The first phase of a floating pool planned for the East River is nearing completion in Brooklyn, with a barge and an infiltration system designed to clean river water as it flows into the structure. More about Images show near-complete prototype of swimming pool designed to float in New York river
Danish architecture studios Arcgency and MAST have completed Bedding 1 in Copenhagen, a floating community space and guesthouse that is moored alongside the artificial island of Christiansholm. More about Floating community space in Copenhagen by Arcgency and MAST "makes water an active part of everyday life"
London studio TiggColl has put a new spin on the houseboat, creating a bright and spacious family home that is step-free and easy to maintain. More about TiggColl's modular Float House makes life on water more accessible
Student architectural practice Rabagast Studio has completed Watercave, a floating timber sauna on a small pontoon in a Norwegian lake. More about Rabagast Studio floats timber sauna atop lake in rural Norway
A floating plaza designed by Italian studio Carlo Ratti Associati and US firm Höweler + Yoon Architecture has anchored in Belém, Brazil, following its residency at the Venice Architecture Biennale. More about Amazon River becomes permanent home for Carlo Ratti and Höweler + Yoon's AquaPraça plaza
Designer Cheng-Tsung Feng has created four floating wooden shelters for ducks in Taiwan to provide protection from extreme weather conditions. More about Floating pinecone-shaped huts shelter ducks from "Taiwan's intensely hot summers and frequent typhoons"
Italian studio Carlo Ratti Associati and US firm Höweler + Yoon Architecture have debuted a floating plaza with sloping floors at the Venice Architecture Biennale before it journeys to Brazil for COP30. More about Carlo Ratti and Höweler + Yoon's floating AquaPraça plaza anchors in Venice
California architect Nick Polansky used redwood decking to clad a barge and topped it with recycled shipping containers to create the Fjord floating sauna in San Francisco Bay, USA. More about Floating sauna made from shipping containers installed in California
Italian studio Carlo Ratti Associati and US firm Höweler + Yoon Architecture have unveiled their design for a floating plaza, which will form part of this year's Venice Architecture Biennale before relocating to Belém, Brazil. More about Carlo Ratti and Höweler + Yoon design floating AquaPraça plaza for Amazonian bay
Architecture studio MAST is designing a floating residential neighbourhood in a disused dock in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, that will be fully accessible by boat. More about MAST designs "largest floating housing development in Europe" to revitalise Rotterdam dock
Investment firm Yntegra Group has unveiled a floating padel court in Miami Harbor that was partially constructed using recycled steel from shipyards. More about Yntegra Group creates "first-of-its-kind" floating padel court in Miami Harbor
Sømærket is a proposal for a floating pavilion in Denmark, which local studios EFFEKT and MAST have designed to be towed between cities to "raise awareness about the underwater world". More about EFFEKT and MAST design floating platform for marine park in Denmark
Architecture studio Natura Futura Arquitectura and architect Juan Carlos Bamba have created a floating house along the Babahoyo River in Ecuador. More about La Balsanera house aims to revive "tradition of living on the river" in Ecuador
Vietnamese studio H&P Architects has created a prototype for a floating home made of bamboo that is designed to withstand rising sea levels. More about Floating Bamboo House offers model for "stable and safe accommodation"
Swedish studio Sandellsandberg has completed the Big Branzino, a floating sauna designed to drift against the changing backdrop of the Stockholm archipelago. More about Sandellsandberg creates floating sauna for trips across Stockholm archipelago
Salmon Eye is a floating exhibition pavilion and aquaculture visitor centre on Norway's Hardangerfjord, which Kvorning Design created with a facade formed from stainless steel plates designed to mimic fish scales. More about Kvorning Design references salmon scales for ovoid Salmon Eye pavilion
Dutch architecture firm Powerhouse Company has used cross-laminated timber to construct an off-grid office building that floats on water. More about Powerhouse Company builds floating office in Rotterdam's Rijnhaven
Danish maritime architecture studio MAST has developed Land on Water, a system for constructing floating buildings that aims to be more flexible and sustainable than traditional methods. More about MAST develops adaptable flat-pack system for building floating homes
Norwegian architecture studios ACT! Studio and Borhaven Arkitekter have created the Bademaschinen floating sauna in Oslo harbour. More about ACT! Studio and Borhaven Arkitekter add "joyous" floating sauna to Oslo harbour
This week on Dezeen, the Maldives revealed its plans to create the "world's first true floating island city" with 5,000 homes that will rise with the sea. More about This week the Maldives unveiled a floating island city