Award-winning architect Piers Taylor and actress and property enthusiast Caroline Quentin explore extraordinary homes built in forest locations around the world, meeting the owners and architects brave enough to take the challenges on.Their journey starts in an ancient pine forest just outside Madrid, where the architect's brief was to weave this contemporary house right amongst the trees themselves. Clad entirely in basalt and glass, the building reflects the surrounding forest, whilst the interior contrasts with incredibly bright primary colours.Their next stop takes them to the USA and to two houses built in the Catskill Mountains in New York State. The first is a very modern tree house, an upside-down three-bedroom home - with the living space at the top, bedrooms on the bottom and offering an incredible view over the trees themselves. Nestled into the woods, the house is built on a plot the size of a caravan and clad entirely in glass. The second house is equally modern in design, and after arriving by helicopter, Caroline and Piers explore this hi-tech, hi-spec structure that was built much like a sky scraper. With a double height open plan living area providing panoramic views of the forest, it seems to hang into the forest clearing below.Piers and Caroline's final stop takes them to Piha in New Zealand, to a house that is built within an indigenous forest of native Pohutukawa Trees. Navigating very strict environmental laws, this wooden-cladded and glass-roofed house mimicks the branches of the surrounding trees, while its huge sliding glass walls open up completely to allow the surrounding forest to become an intrinsic part of the house itself.

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Award-winning architect Piers Taylor and actress and property enthusiast Caroline Quentin explore extraordinary homes built in mountain, forest, coast and underground locations around the world.

Season 1, Episode 1 - "Mountain"
Award-winning architect Piers Taylor and actress and property enthusiast Caroline Quentin explore extraordinary homes built in mountain locations around the world, meeting the owners and architects brave enough to take the challenges on.Their journey starts in the Santa Monica mountains in California, where one homeowner built her dream home from the most unthinkable re-used building material - the wings and tail fins of a disused Boeing 747, which had to be delivered onto the mountain site by helicopter.Their next stop takes them to the desert Tuscon mountain range of Arizona where Caroline and Piers spend the day and stay overnight in a stunning modern house which is heavily influenced by ancient building methods. The home has an innovative take on traditional rammed earth houses, a centuries-old technique of naturally absorbing the heat during the day and releasing it at night, reducing the need for air-conditioning and heating.Next, Caroline and Piers go to the other side of the world to New Zealand's South Island. Designed to fit within strict planning regulations, the house was inspired by the surrounding trees and mountains and is camouflaged using wooden cedar cladding to cloak the building and with fireplaces cast in concrete.The last stop takes them to the Swiss Alps, to a unique alpine chalet. Arriving by cable car, Piers and Caroline discover its hexagonal shape gives it stability in the freezing winter winds while the steel chimney core that anchors the house to the mountain, distributes heat around the house. As the mists clear, an incredible panoramic view of the Alps is revealed.

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