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Those with even a passing interest in architecture and design will know the name Kevin McCloud. \xa0

The award-winning presenter and broadcaster of Grand Designs UK, the show running for 25 years.\xa0

Kevin McCloud has ridden its wave of success as he takes viewers on a tour of astonishing homes and wondrous architecture.\xa0

The presenter has a love of architecture, telling Newstalk ZB\u2019s Mike Hosking that the extent to which people take a \u201cpiece of nothing\u201d and turn it into something is fascinating.\xa0

\u201cEver since we, you know, crawled out of a hole, or out of the water onto dry land millions of years ago, we\u2019ve been attempting to try and kind of straighten the earth a bit.\u201d\xa0

\u201cMake it in our image almost.\u201d\xa0

McCloud told Hosking that he\u2019s sure that every architect has the desire to try and defeat the universe and build something that lasts.\xa0

\u201cWhat the universe wants to do is, basically, turn every mountain into dust.\u201d\xa0

\u201cAnd then every human being wants to kind of, somehow, lift up the dust and form it into something.\u201d \xa0

There is one thing McCloud will critique about architecture though, and that\u2019s scale.\xa0

\u201cI think generally we, we do build really too big.\u201d\xa0

\u201cWe spend all this money on stuff, and ideas, and all were doing is just trashing our planet, trashing resources, trashing, you know, trashing our bank balances.\u201d\xa0

McCloud told the Newstalk ZB host that in his opinion, that money should be spent on storage, clever design, joy, craftsmanship, and perhaps fewer bathrooms.\xa0

\u201cWe tend to build houses with more toilets than occupants, which I don\u2019t understand.\u201d\xa0

He\u2019s bringing his love of architecture to kiwi audiences, taking to the stage for \u2018Kevin McCloud\u2019s Home Truths\u2019, bouncing around telling stories and showing slides.\xa0

Unlike what his producer might want, it\u2019s not much of a song and dance but he does want audiences to enjoy themselves.\xa0

\u201cThat\u2019s what it ought to be.\u201d\xa0

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