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Reuters provides business, financial, national and international news to professionals via desktop terminals, the world's media organizations, industry events and directly to consumers. The three modern houses are built near Mumbai, two of which are more in a rural setting. The exemplary Vega Cottage on the Vega island near the Arctic Circle is unlike any other cottages the hosts have ever seen. The season ends with Piers and Caroline visiting a mind-blowing J-House home in Israel, which is a palatial white house with supremely luxurious interiors.
The architect Kamal Malik, who lives in the home with his family, grew up in the Himalayas and wanted the house to be open to views of nature and the surrounding mountains. But the architects behind this house wanted to nod to traditional Indian architecture by using recycled materials - in some cases pieces up to 125 years old. Reuters, the news and media division of Thomson Reuters, is the world’s largest multimedia news provider, reaching billions of people worldwide every day.
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She is best known for her performances in the critically acclaimed ‘Men Behaving Badly’, ‘Kiss Me Kate’, ‘Blue Murder’, and ‘Life Begins’. Piers Taylor is a well renowned, award-winning architect, television presenter, academic, and the founder of Invisible Studios Architects. Award-winning architect Piers Taylor and actress/property enthusiast Caroline Quentin travel the world touring beautifully unconventional homes. The architects, Shilpa Gore-Shah and Pinkish Shah, built the house to be economical and to stand as an example for other architects to not be wasteful with materials.
Former India cricketer Sachin Tendulkar has revealed how he threatened to send a young teammate back home after the latter got carried away while playing a match during the Australian tour. While speaking at an event organised by Infosys, Tendulkar said he had to warn a young teammate while playing a practice match in Australia as he got carried away and was playing around with the crowd. Tendulkar stated that the player ended up giving two runs where it was just a single.
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It has a cantilevered entranced that protects the family cars, and leads into a courtyard with a pretty water feature covered in marigolds. In terms of structure the House of the Three Streams, in the Western Ghats mountain range, features little more than a roof and the occasional glass window, with much of the interior exposed to the elements. The architects wanted to create a space for the family that was private, but open enough to let light pour in. Kolkata’s most-ordered snack on Swiggy is a classic— the Kolkata roll.
The building took two years to make as all of the concrete had to be mixed onsite, meaning that every time the monsoon rain hit construction ground to a halt. The house is split across six levels and built of Cotta stone from southern India, which the architects also incorporated into the interiors. The bathroom features floor to ceiling mirrors, and an old pink water pipe has been repurposed as both a contemporary lamp and a toilet roll holder. The interior decor also makes use of recycled materials, and a showstopping piece of wall art was created using vintage sari printing patterns drawn from every state in India. The duo also dropped into an ultra-minimalist countryside home with a metal roof, beneath which lies living quarters exposed to the elements - and with panoramic views of the lush surroundings.
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The first series focused on houses built in challenging surroundings, and how they were designed to respond to these environments. The second series focused on one country per episode, and traveled to different destinations in each nation. The property is planned around an open air courtyard accessed through a huge metal gate, and has water features that use rain filtered through recycled pipes. Tap "Sign me up" below to receive our weekly newsletter with updates on movies, TV shows, Rotten Tomatoes podcast and more.
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The series was also picked up by Netflix between March 2018 and July 2022. The views expressed in the contents above are those of our users and do not necessarily reflect the views of MailOnline. It is accessed through natural steps that were cut out of bedrock, and offers stunning views of the river Ganges and the cattle that drink from it. The Riparian House is tucked away in the countryside in Karjat, not far from Mumbai, and its grassy roof means its hard to spot on first glance.
“I was the captain of the team and we are on a tour of Australia. One of the junior players -- it was his first tour -- he was carried away, he was playing around with the crowd, and where it was single, he ended up giving away two runs. No one else knew what I was telling him but he knew that he cannot afford to do that again. Because I said, 'if you do this again, I will send you back home. You will not go back to the hotel, you will be back in India',” Tendulkar revealed in an event conducted by Infosys.
‘The World’s Most Extraordinary Homes’ Season 2 premiered on February 28, 2018, on BBC Two. The season was spread across 8 episodes and the last episode released on June 27, 2018. The show is full of breath-taking views, amazing architecture, stunning designs, truly extraordinary homes.
He also loves James Bond and controversially thinks that Timothy Dalton was an excellent 007. David is the What To Watch Editor and has over 20 years of experience in television journalism. He is currently writing about the latest television and film news for What To Watch. Caroline Quentin and Piers Taylor cast their extraordinary homes net further afield to India. Piers Taylor and Caroline Quentin travel across the globe to find extraordinary homes.
Given an unlimited budget and the best architects money can buy, many of us might opt to include the very latest in materials and technology when building our dream home. Actor and property developer Caroline Quentin and Architect Piers Taylor visit 3 modern homes near Mumbai India, with the first two being in a more rural setting. Their first stop in The World’s Most Extraordinary Homes is just outside Mumbai to visit a fortress mixed with a traditional Indian courtyard house, where wild grasses and trees grow inside as well as out.
Even Piers and Caroline, who have seen and experienced already so much in their careers, get totally mesmerized each and every time, with the beauty of the houses they visit. The series, in its purest sense, is the perfect definition of aesthetics, and the show is meant for each and everyone without exception. Caroline is an English actress, television presenter, and property enthusiast.
There has been no official announcement regarding the renewal of the show yet. However, the series, overall, has received decent reviews from the audience. We expect ‘The World’s Most Extraordinary Homes’ Season 3 to release sometime around April 2020. While in Arizona, Piers, and Caroline visit a house that has given a modern and innovative definition to a rammed earth house.
