Floating + Pool Light installation illuminates the East River to test and report on water quality
LED lights on a plus-shaped installation floating on Manhattan's East River change colour based on the water quality conditions. More
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Floating Farm in Rotterdam is now home to 32 cows
A floating dairy farm has opened in Rotterdam, showing how food production can become less vulnerable to climate change. More
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BIG unveils Oceanix City concept for floating villages that can withstand hurricanes
Architecture firm BIG has designed a concept for a floating city of 10,000 people that could help populations threatened by extreme weather events and rising sea levels. More
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Brooks + Scarpa's inflatable pavilion concept captures energy from lightning storms
Brooks + Scarpa principals Angela Brooks and Larry Scarpa explain their concept for a public pavilion that could harness energy from lightning in our penultimate P.O.D.System Architecture movie. More
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Inflatable yellow theatre barge pops-up on east London canal
This year's Antepavilion is an inflatable arts venue on a barge that unfurls in just 12 minutes, created by architects Thomas Randall-Page and Benedetta Rogers. More
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OOPEAA's floating sea pools offer new swimming facilities to waterside cities
Architecture studio OOPEAA plans to introduce waterborne swimming pools to coastal and riverside cities around the world, with the first set to be built in Oulu, Finland. More
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Seven of the best pavilions to see at the Bruges architecture triennale
Dezeen promotion: a floating timber school and a swan-inspired tower are among the pavilions to see at the Triennale Bruges 2018, in Belgium. More
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SelgasCano creates bulging vivid-pink pavilion for Bruges architecture festival
Spanish architecture duo José Selgas and Lucía Cano has erected a pink vinyl pavilion on a canal in Bruges, which floats between the city's historic brick buildings. More
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Lazzarini Design wants to build a city of floating pyramids
Architect Pierpaolo Lazzarini is trying to crowdfund the creation of a self-sufficient floating city-hotel of modular pyramids. More
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Competition: win a book documenting homes on the water
Our latest competition gives five readers the chance to win a copy of Gestalten's Rock the Boat book, which explores an assortment of homes on water. More
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Visit floating homes from around the world via our new Pinterest board
We've created a new Pinterest board dedicated to homes on water, including the Japanese-inspired houseboat we published this week, a prefab floating house and an amphibious home that rises to avoid flood water. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest ›
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Julius Taminiau creates compact living spaces inside Japanese-inspired houseboat
Architect Julius Taminiau borrowed principles from traditional Japanese tatami rooms to create a well-proportioned layout featuring space-saving built-in furniture at his floating home in Amsterdam. More
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Artificial island creates floating events space in Copenhagen harbour
Australian architect Marshall Blecher and Magnus Maarbjerg from Danish design studio Fokstrot have teamed up to create a wooden island, floating in Copenhagen harbour. More
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BIG unveils scheme to protect San Francisco creek from flooding
Danish firm BIG has developed a proposal to protect the San Francisco Bay from flooding caused by climate change, which includes building floating villages connected by ferries, a red-hued cycle route, and a highway for autonomous vehicles. More
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Small Architecture Workshop's charred-timber sauna floats on a Swedish lake
Milan-based studio Small Architecture Workshop has built a sauna on a floating platform in Åmot, Sweden, which features a blackened-wood exterior and a large window that overlooks a lake.
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The Seasteading Institute's floating cities are designed for unregulated innovation
A plan to build self-sufficient floating cities outside of national borders features in the latest movie from our Dezeen x MINI Living video series. More
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Louis Kahn's floating concert hall may go to scrap
A stainless steel barge that American architect Louis Kahn designed to host orchestral concerts will be scrapped at a Louisiana shipyard, unless it finds a new owner by the end of the month. More
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Baca Architects proposes floating settlements to combat overcrowding in cities
The latest instalment of our Dezeen x MINI Living video series explores the "aquatecture" of Baca Architects, which includes plans for floating houses, villages and even a Grand Prix track. More
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BIG and Barcode Architects unveil terraced block for IJburg waterfront
Bjarke Ingels Group and Barcode Architects have revealed their competition-winning design for an Amsterdam tower, which will terrace down to touch the surface of the IJ lake. More
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Carlo Ratti proposes floating plaza for Florida waterfront
Architecture office Carlo Ratti Associati has used submarine technologies to design a buoyant public space off the coast of West Palm Beach's Currie Park. More
