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MASS Design crowns a 1920s houseboat with a timber luxury lookout

After meticulously renovating a 1920s houseboat into a home for two, a pair of clients reached out to multidisciplinary...

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Solar-powered floating hotel room is designed to pop up anywhere on water

Valencia-based architecture firm Mano De Santo has proposed a plug-and-play hotel room that could be easily transported...

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Sail your worries away on this solar-powered floating tiny home

For those wanting to sail away from the stresses of daily life, this solar-powered tiny house boat is the perfect...

The home has large glass windows and is clad in copper and concrete

The Jackson House floats at the base of a canyon in Big Sur

This beautiful home located at the base of a canyon in Big Sur is made from an array of materials, including copper...

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This prefab floating house in Amsterdam was inspired by Japanese tatami rooms

If you’re strolling through Amsterdam and notice a houseboat with a design that doesn’t match the surrounding...

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This whimsical houseboat in Seattle is straight out of a fairy tale

Floating on Seattle's Lake Union, this fairy-tale houseboat - which is on the market for $850,000 - has more storybook...

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Two photographers are sailing through Europe in amazing handbuilt houseboats

Collaborative artists Claudius Schulze and Maciej Markowicz are sailing through Europe in two self-built tiny homes....

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This incredible floating hotel can take you on the voyage of a lifetime in Japan

Guntû is a gorgeous floating hotel that takes passengers on a whirlwind tour of Japan's Seto inland sea. The vessel...

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Sail away from it all in this gorgeous floating tiny home

The tiny home trend is now taking to the open ocean with this beautiful tiny houseboat. The Nautilus Hausboote...

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This floating hotel and spa in Sweden will fill you with wanderlust

The team behind the famous Treehotel in Sweden just unveiled plans for a new floating hotel and spa on the Lule...

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Dubai's new self-sufficient floating villas can withstand rising seas

Millions of people will be displaced by rising sea levels - but these floating homes are designed to weather the...

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This solar-powered floating farm combines agriculture and dining under one roof

As urban farming becomes increasingly popular, people are finding new, unexpected ways of incorporating agriculture...

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These hurricane-proof floating homes are packed with green features

These solar-powered, zero-emissions floating homes are packed with green goodness. Designed by Dutch architect...

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INHABITAT INTERVIEW: Koen Olthuis of WaterStudio.nl talks about design for a Water World

In light of all the dire news related to climate change, rising sea levels and the natural disasters which have...

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Coal barge in London converted into a sophisticated floating home

A 1924 barge in London has been transformed into an amazing floating home. The historic Humber Keel cargo boat...

Wayne Adams, Catherine King, Freedom Cove, self-sufficient floating island, Vancouver Island, British Columbia

Couple spent 20 years building Freedom Cove, their self-sufficient floating oasis

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OrBAKZjUxIE Adams and King have been living in their own self-made floating...

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INHABITAT INTERVIEW: Water Architect Koen Olthuis on How to Embrace Rising Sea Levels

Sea levels are rising, floods are prevalent, and cities are at greater risk than ever due to climate change. Now...

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Amazing floating hotel allows guests to sail away in their own private yachts

The Catamaran apartments each feature a living room, kitchen, bathroom, and upstairs sleeping area, floor-to-ceiling...

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Futuristic oceanscapers are floating villages 3D-printed from algae and plastic waste

The project aims to resolve long-lasting tensions between Western governments and African countries when it comes...

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Sustainable eco huts built on stilts in an idyllic French pine forest

A series of beautiful eco lodges gently meld into an idyllic pine forest in southwestern France. Designed by French...

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World's first floating city one step closer to reality in French Polynesia

San Francisco's Seasteading Institute has signed a memorandum of understanding with the French Polynesian government...

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6 amphibious houses that float to escape flooding

Building in a flood zone sounds like asking for trouble, but that doesn’t have to be the case if you use the...

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Floating Paris gym uses human energy to cruise down the Seine River

Italian architects Carlo Ratti Associati have unveiled a new design for a floating gym powered by human energy....

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BIG and Barcode Architects unveil floating zero-energy apartments for Amsterdam

Just when you think green design has grown stagnant, Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) comes around with a groundbreaking...

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Floating observatory on the Dutch flat sands changes shape with the tides

Drie Streken is located at the centre of ‘Zeven Stricken’ (seven illuminated points of the compass), on the...

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Vandeventer + Carlander unveil lavish floating homes on Seattle's Lake Union

The house sits on a 24-foot wide by 44-foot long concrete float moored to a dock on Lake Union. Its glass facade...

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Solar-powered Floating Tidal House defies climate change with retractable legs

The concept house can flow with the tides and respond to environmental changes. Its legs can be deployed and retracted...

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Off-grid UFO home is completely powered by wind, water and sun

Founders Pierpaolo Lazzarini and Luca Solla said they designed the UFO home for those who desire to "live in a...

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Could maglev hovering homes be the answer to rising sea levels?

Magnetic levitation (aka “maglev”) technology is mostly associated with high-speed trains, but it could someday...

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7 Futuristic floating cities that could save humanity

Prefab self-sustaining floating city by AT Design Office As the world’s most populous nation, China has serious...

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