Grand Designs NZ 9-3

On a steep site in the wilds of Mahurangi, just north of Auckland, architect Felicity Brenchly is prepared to do whatever it takes to get their family home built.

An off the grid monolith in the Marlborough Sounds is a challenging build. But when you live 12,000 miles away like the O'Briens, it's nigh on impossible.

In North Canterbury Phil Metaxas takes on the ambitious task of completing another man’s dream – that of a post-modernist castle.