Dermot Bannon's Incredible Homes
Ireland's best-known architect Dermot Bannon showcases some of the world's most amazing, unique and architecturally designed homes. From sunny Sydney to London city, from stylish Melbourne to the snowy landscape of northern Sweden, from New York to Los Angeles, Dermot explores how people live in luxury around the world.
- 2019-2019
- 1 season
- Documentary
Ireland's best-known architect Dermot Bannon showcases some of the world's most amazing, unique and architecturally designed homes. From sunny Sydney to London city, from stylish Melbourne to the snowy landscape of northern Sweden, from New York to Los Angeles, Dermot explores how people live in luxury around the world.
Season 1 Episode Guide
6 Episodes 2019
Episode 1
Sydney
50 mins
Dermot Bannon visits i.a. 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 m² house sits on 20,000 m² of rain forest.
Episode 2
Melbourne
50 mins
Homes visited include: Compound House in Brighton; John Henry's home in Eltham; Warrak Farm on the Mornington Peninsula and Villa Marittima in St. Andrew's Beach. Dermot also flies to Cairns to see Alkira in Queensland's Daintree Rainforest.
Episode 3
Sweden
Swedish design embraces both darkness and the weather.
Episode 4
London
Episode 5
New York
Episode 6
LA Homes
Irish Architect Dermot Bannon visits 5 homes in the Los Angeles area. The first is at Laguna Beach, right on the coast. The 2 nd home is a Giga sized mansion being built on speculation by a builder, size 16,000 sq ft. The Wave House is the 3 rd home, built 5 blocks from the sea, and no architect was involved. Then Dermot visits a home built by a well known local architect that Dermot wanted to meet, Larcan O'Herlihy from Dublin, who designed a house for a Lifecoach couple. Lastly he drives 2 hours inland to Joshua Tree National Park in the desert where he meets the architect and owner, Robert Stone, who he had had a hard time to arrange the visit, but finally was given permission to see. The owner rents the house on AirB&B for $500 a night.
