The World's Most Extraordinary Homes

For this week’s blog post I watched The World’s Most Extraordinary Homes. Which is a British series that consists of 4-hour long episodes that gives viewers a sneak peek into breathtaking homes around the world. The show’s hosts are architect, Piers Taylor, and actress Caroline Quentin. The entire first season was extremely easy for me to get through in one night’s sitting. The first season’s theme is mountains, forests, coasts, and underground. Each category previously listed has its own episode, making up the 4 episodes in the first season.

In each episode, Piers and Caroline first get to go through the house without the owners present, then the owners will come and give them their own personal tour. Both the owners and the architects are often both shown and give the backstory on how and why these amazing homes were built. Each structure is very conscious of the beautiful nature around them and tends to incorporate it into the architecture. Each episode brings you with brand new ideas that you would never even think of when building a home. In one of the episodes, a home was made out of an old Boeing jet. Using the jet wings on the side of the home and using every possible aspect of the plane. They used this portion to be very educational on the architecture and overall use of the aircraft.

What I enjoyed most about this series is how relaxed and casual it was. It did not have the usual HGTV feel of usual housing shows. When watching HGTV will often leave you feeling as if they are rubbing the money and beautiful homes in your face. It also most of the time feels very forced and impersonal. Like these owners really don’t a camera crew trampling through their multi-million-dollar mansion. The World’s Most Extraordinary Homes gives me the exact opposite feel, the owners are very casual in their homes and it doesn’t feel like they are just showing off their homes because of how much money they have spent on them. This show Is much more focused on the architecture and actual beauty that these homes bring. I truly felt like I was just on an adventure exploring beautiful homes around the world when watching this show.

The hosts bring a lot of energy and knowledge to the show that I think makes it much more entertaining. They keep the episodes very fun and upbeat. Caroline can be a tad annoying and tends to make extremely cheesy jokes throughout the series. They definitely used this show to educate people on the beautiful architecture and homes that can be found around the world. The appreciation for the beautiful structures is very evident. If you can get past the sometimes-corny hosts, you will truly enjoy getting the opportunity to explore some of the world’s most extraordinary homes.