Paralympic design: adaptive sailing equipment
Sailors at the London 2012 Paralympics are using boats fitted out with custom seats, handles and pedal controls. More about Paralympic design: adaptive sailing equipment
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Paralympic design: adaptive rowing equipment
Stabilising pontoons and specially designed seats are just some of the modifications that can be made to equipment used by rowers at the London 2012 Paralympics. More about Paralympic design: adaptive rowing equipment
UK should "learn from the Netherlands" and build floating housing - Alex de Rijke
Dezeen Wire: "we're advocating other UK architects to design on water," architect Alex de Rijke told Dezeen at the Venice Architecture Biennale this week, where his firm dRMM are exhibiting proposals for floating housing at the British Pavilion. More about UK should "learn from the Netherlands" and build floating housing - Alex de Rijke
Water Villa by Framework and Studio Prototype
Timber batons create geometric patterns across the exterior of this houseboat in Amsterdam by Framework and Studio Prototype. More about Water Villa by Framework and Studio Prototype
Z-Boat by Zaha Hadid
Architect Zaha Hadid has been commissioned to design a limited edition speedboat for American art dealer Kenny Schachter (+ slideshow). More about Z-Boat by Zaha Hadid
Antagonist by Art of Kinetik
This luxury wooden speed boat is the latest model to be launched by Serbian yacht builders Art of Kinetik. More about Antagonist by Art of Kinetik
SeaOrbiter by Jacques Rougerie
French architect Jacques Rougerie has designed a cross between a skyscraper and a boat for exploring the unchartered territories of the earth's oceans. More about SeaOrbiter by Jacques Rougerie
Movie: Thomas Heatherwick on designing a boat for the Loire
Movie: Thomas Heatherwick talks to Dezeen about his design for a riverboat in France in this interview filmed by Dezeen at Heatherwick's ongoing exhibition at the V&A museum in London. More about Movie: Thomas Heatherwick on designing a boat for the Loire
Ar Vag by Thibault Penven /ECAL
Movie: Ecole Cantonale d’art de Lausanne (ECAL) student Thibault Penven has designed a folding boat. More about Ar Vag by Thibault Penven /ECAL
Cutty Sark by Grimshaw
London architects Grimshaw have completed the restoration of historic tea clipper the Cutty Sark, which reopened to the public today in Greenwich. More about Cutty Sark by Grimshaw
Philippe Starck to design yacht for Jobs family
Dezeen Wire: the "revolutionary" new product that French designer Philippe Starck claimed in a radio interview on Friday to be designing for Apple has been revealed by online technology publication AllThingsD to be a yacht for the family of late CEO Steve Jobs - AllThingsD
A spokesperson from Apple told the magazine that the company is not working on a new product or project with Starck. However the designer was working on plans for a yacht for Jobs before his death last year, to be constructed by boatbuilders Feadship.
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Designed in Hackney: The Floating Cinema by Studio Weave
Designed in Hackney: last summer Hackney architects Studio Weave turned an old narrow boat into a floating cinema that toured the canals of east London. More about Designed in Hackney: The Floating Cinema by Studio Weave
Competition: six wooden boats by Papafoxtrot to be won
Competition: Dezeen and toy company Papafoxtrot have teamed up to offer readers the chance to win one of six hand crafted wooden boats, each worth more than £100. More about Competition: six wooden boats by Papafoxtrot to be won
Dezeen archive: boats
Dezeen archive: following our story this week on a ship-shaped apartment, here's a roundup of all Dezeen's stories about boats. See all the stories »
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A Room for London by David Kohn and Fiona Banner completes
A boat-like structure temporarily anchored to the roof of London’s Southbank Centre is in fact a rentable one-bedroom apartment by London architect David Kohn and artist Fiona Banner. More about A Room for London by David Kohn and Fiona Banner completes
Foldboat by Max Frommeld and Arno Mathies
London Design Festival 2011: designers Max Frommeld and Arno Mathies showed off their folding boat that's made from a single, standard-sized sheet of plastic at Multiplex at The Dock last week. More about Foldboat by Max Frommeld and Arno Mathies
The Sea Chair by Alexander Groves, Azusa Murakami and Kieren Jones
What if plastic polluting the seas could be harvested by a retired fishing trawler, then transformed into chairs by an onboard factory? More about The Sea Chair by Alexander Groves, Azusa Murakami and Kieren Jones
Watervilla de Omval by +31 Architects
Dutch architects +31 Architects have completed this curvy house boat on the river Amstel in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. More about Watervilla de Omval by +31 Architects
Bote by Big-Game for Materia
Milan 2011: here's another project from Lausanne studio Big-Game (see their furniture in our earlier story) this time a series of cork toy boats for Portugese company Materia. More about Bote by Big-Game for Materia
Firmship 42 by Studio Job
Artists Studio Job of Belgium have fitted out the interior of this private boat with teak, Corian and nautical iconography. More about Firmship 42 by Studio Job