Dream Build

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  • TV-G
  • 2012
  • 2 Seasons

DREAM BUILD is a series about Aussies who have been lucky enough to turn the dream of building their own home into a spectacular reality. The front door will open to some of Australia's cutting edge homes revealing what can happen when the brief is pushed on design and budget.

Each owner will share their experience of throwing down ambitious and challenging briefs to their architect in the hope of creating a 'one in a million' home.

The architect will reveal their design secrets and how they rose to the challenge to give their client the home of their dreams.

Dream Build is a series that ran for 2 seasons (27 episodes) between July 22, 2012 and on ABC1

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Graffiti House
16. Graffiti House
 
Fitzroy is known for its extraordinary street art, prestigious architect John Wardle is not. But he embraced the chance to include graffiti in this innercity Melbourne home.
Wolf House
15. Wolf House
September 1, 2013
The Wolf House is designed by an architect who loves his family, his Star Wars collection and his classic cars, and it certainly shows in the design of his new dream home.
Bisley House (The Black Box)
14. Bisley House (The Black Box)
 
The owner of The Black Box is a self confessed "boy from the 'burbs" who wanted to make his architectural mark... in the suburbs.
House House
13. House House
 
With its unique and imaginary design this inner city house points the way to a new kind of approach to 21st century urban Australian home design.
Link House
12. Link House
 
Built on the site of the owner's childhood home 'Link House' is house designed to last.
Model House
11. Model House
 
Architect, Jeremy Mcleod, says the house really is like a stage, the facade of the house is the set which faces the audience while 'backstage' in the house itself all of the living and working gets done
Runaway Bay
10. Runaway Bay
 
The Stone Age collides with the Space Age in this Dream Build home at Runaway Bay on the Gold Coast. The house combines two contrasting styles representing the differing personalities of its husband and wife owners.
Stringybark
9. Stringybark
 
Owners and husband/wife team Justin Lindsell and Helen McBeth wanted to fulfil a lifelong dream of owning a glass pavilion pole home in the picturesque town of Crafers in the Adelaide Hills.
Wheatsheaf House
8. Wheatsheaf House
 
Architect Jesse Judd designed this beautiful and engaging holiday lodge for his own family.
Angophora Home
7. Angophora Home
 
Richard Cole is an architect with over twenty years experience and he seems to specialize in building magnificent homes in impossible locations!
Jilliby House
6. Jilliby House
June 16, 2013
Americans Mickey and Lanie Clark have built a remarkable bushland home after a two year work trip turned into a 20 year love affair with the Australian landscape.
Cocoon House
5. Cocoon House
June 9, 2013
Cocoon House is a marriage of art and architecture. Its creators describe it as a "sculpture in the round" that can be appreciated from all angles.
Flipped House
4. Flipped House
March 3, 2013
A house which draws on the joy of 60's designs and the mid 20th century modernism style's love of natural products.
Marimekko
3. Marimekko
 
Marimekko House is a home for a family of five busy adults. While quite modest in size the house features bold design incorporating landscaping, courtyards and a rooftop garden to create multiple lightfilled living spaces.
Rolling Cubes
2. Rolling Cubes
 
Shane Hendriks, a builder and designer, took an idea from his son's building blocks and built a house of five cubes. Arranged in an ark to maximise the northerly aspect of the sun, it has a sense of rolling, tumbling movement.
Inner House
1. Inner House
 
What do you do with a heritage listed church, where the heritage requirements dictate that nothing of the new structure can touch the walls of the heritage listed building? You build an inner house.
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Where to Watch Dream Build
Dream Build is available for streaming on the ABC1 website, both individual episodes and full seasons. You can also watch Dream Build on demand at and Tubi TV.
  • Premiere Date
    July 22, 2012