Big Design Adventure

Tim Ross, Kevin McCloud

Booking Overview

An interview-led architecture and design show exploring significant buildings, designers, cultural spaces, and the people connected to them, with guests ranging from design inheritors and institutional leaders to prominent creative figures. Suitable pitches include architects, designers, heritage specialists, curators, cultural-institution leaders, and notable creatives with a substantive connection to the built environment; booking difficulty is high because the show favors distinctive, accomplished guests with strong subject-matter relevance.

Metrics

Episodes: 43

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 4.8/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Neutral

Location: Australia

Contact Information

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hello@bigdesignadventure.com

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Host

Tim Ross - Australian comedian, broadcaster, and design enthusiast known for his focus on architecture and modernist design.

Kevin McCloud - British designer, writer, broadcaster, and celebrated host of Grand Designs.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

high

Typical Credentials:

Established architects, designers, heritage and cultural leaders, custodians of important buildings or design legacies, and prominent creative professionals with a substantive connection to architecture or the built environment.

Required Achievements:

Leadership of significant architectural, cultural, or heritage institutions, Recognized design, architecture, or creative careers, Direct stewardship of important buildings, collections, or design legacies, Notable public, media, or cultural contributions

Recent Guest Discussions

Paula Day - Robin And Lucienne Day, British Modernism, Furniture And Textile Design, The Festival Of Britain, And Accessible Design.

Sam Neill - Acting, Architecture, Wine, Life, And The Relationship Between Creative Work And The Spaces People Inhabit.

The Very Reverend John Witcombe - Coventry Cathedral, Postwar Architecture, Cultural Programming, Reconciliation, And The Role Of Sacred Spaces In Public Life.

Recent Topics

Architecture, Design, Modernism, Heritage, Buildings

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on

Big Design Adventure

S3 Ep 9 – BONUS CHAT - The Ernő Goldfinger Legacy

August 18, 2026

It’s a bonus episode with Pippa Goldfinger, especially curated by Kevin for you. Works best if you listen to the main episode first - Series 3, Episode 9. To view images from this episode, head to our Instagram page - @big_design_adventureAnd be sure to follow Tim Ross (@modernister) and Kevin McCloud (@kevin.mccloud1) We’d love to hear from you, reach out to us on hello@bigdesignadventure.comKnow someone who would love this podcast? Please help us share this ex...

S3 Ep 9 – The Ernő Goldfinger Legacy

August 18, 2026

Tim and Kevin head to West London to borrow the keys to an apartment in Trellick Tower, the iconic Brutalist apartment block designed by Hungarian émigré architect Ernő Goldfinger — an absolute banger of an example of social housing. Joining them on the sofa is Ernő’s granddaughter, Pippa, who shares her very personal story of growing up around her incredibly progressive grandparents, particularly at 2 Willow Road, Ernő’s groundbreaking modernist development th...

S3 Ep 8 - “Don’t knock the bloody thing down!”

August 11, 2026

This week Kev drags a slightly confused Tim to Leigh, outside Manchester, to explore Leigh Spinners Mill, a vast former cotton mill. He’s less confused when he finds out it’s been given an extraordinary new life as a thriving community hub. Built in 1913 for the Horrocks family, the mill is a reminder of the textile industry that once dominated Greater Manchester, shaping its towns, communities and skylines before its decline during the 20th century. Joining the lads is planner an...

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