In episode 1, Dermot visits the award winning Cabbage Tree House, a stunning home embedded in the hillside of the suburbs of Bayview in Sydney’s Northern Beaches. Designed by Peter Stutchbury, the cave-like house, with its outdoor bath and breath taking views, is home to Jan and Graeme Page. The 200 square metre house sits on 20,000 square metres of rain forest, half of which the owners haven’t got to see yet. "The gardeners come three times a week", Graeme says. "It’s like living in a national park". A family of koala bears, a 3 metre python, lizards and wallabies live in the back garden of Cabbage Tree House.
Dermot explores unusual buildings in Melbourne, including a floating pavilion with copper cladding, and a property that incorporates the surrounding landscape into its rooms.
The architect visits unusual properties in Sweden including a treehouse hotel. Architect Asa Kallstenius shows him a Japanese-inspired holiday home on the Northern Archipelago.
The architect visits impressive Irish properties, including a house in Goleen, West Cork, which boasts four mono-pitched extensions and sensational sea views
Dermot takes to the road once more, to explore architecture and design in Spain and Scotland. In this first edition, Dermot travels to Catalonia.
Dermot takes an architectural trip around Scotland. From Edinburgh to Glasgow, from the Isle of Skye to the Highlands, Dermot discovers that mother nature plays a huge part in Scottish architecture
