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Floating architecture: page 4

  • Baca Architects' floating homes

    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 about Baca Architects proposes floating settlements to combat overcrowding in cities

    Calum Lindsay | 9 June 2017 | 1 comment
  • 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 about BIG and Barcode Architects unveil terraced block for IJburg waterfront

    Jessica Mairs | 30 November 2016 | 8 comments
  • Currie Park by Carlo Ratti

    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 about Carlo Ratti proposes floating plaza for Florida waterfront

    Dan Howarth | 1 November 2016 | 4 comments
  • Chichester floating home by Baca Architects

    Baca Architects moors modular floating home on Chichester Canal

    Baca Architects – the studio behind the UK's first amphibious house – has completed a boxy floating home on Chichester Canal in southern England. More about Baca Architects moors modular floating home on Chichester Canal

    Eleanor Gibson | 23 October 2016 | Leave a comment
  • Floating pavilion Veetee designed by students in response to the challenging and changing environment

    Floating wooden pavilion designed by students to deal with forest flooding in Estonia

    Estonian interior architecture students designed this floating timber pavilion to provide a shelter, sauna and campfire for visitors to the Soomaa National Park wetlands during flooding. More about Floating wooden pavilion designed by students to deal with forest flooding in Estonia

    Jessica Jones | 10 October 2016 | 1 comment
  • Gensler parliament

    Temporary floating parliament on the Thames could save the UK millions, claims Gensler

    The world's biggest architecture firm has proposed moving the UK's Lords and MPs into a bubble-like building on London's River Thames to reduce the cost of refurbishing the crumbling Houses of Parliament. More about Temporary floating parliament on the Thames could save the UK millions, claims Gensler

    Anna Winston | 7 October 2016 | 7 comments
  • BIG stacks shipping containers to create floating student housing in Copenhagen harbour

    BIG stacks shipping containers to create floating student housing in Copenhagen harbour

    Shipping containers are stacked on a floating platform to create these buoyant student halls of residence designed by Bjarke Ingels' firm for Copenhagen harbour (+ slideshow). More about BIG stacks shipping containers to create floating student housing in Copenhagen harbour

    Jessica Mairs | 22 September 2016 | 13 comments
  • Floating home in Seattle by Vandeventer + Carlander features water-level bedrooms

    "Float-level" sleeping quarters in this single-family home moored to the shore of Seattle's Lake Union allow residents to go swimming directly from their bedrooms (+ slideshow). More about Floating home in Seattle by Vandeventer + Carlander features water-level bedrooms

    James Brillon | 14 August 2016 | Leave a comment
  • ETH Zurich students build floating wooden pavilion for Manifesta art biennale

    Visitors to this year's Manifesta art biennale can watch films while enjoying a swim in this floating pavilion, built by students to float on Switzerland's Lake Zurich ( + slideshow). More about ETH Zurich students build floating wooden pavilion for Manifesta art biennale

    Eleanor Gibson | 29 July 2016 | Leave a comment
  • Omar Kbiri and Studio OBA unveil concept home for divorcing couples

    Conceptual home for couples designed to split into two halves after divorce

    This floating house is designed by Amsterdam-based Studio OBA to break apart, so unhappily married occupants can cast their spouses adrift. More about Conceptual home for couples designed to split into two halves after divorce

    Jessica Mairs | 11 July 2016 | 12 comments
  • Kunlé Adeyemi's floating school posed "danger to the kids," headmaster claims

    A row has broken out over architect Kunlé Adeyemi's award-winning Makoko Floating School following its collapse earlier this week, with a community leader in Lagos claiming pupils were evacuated three months ago over safety concerns and architecture critics questioning its credentials. More about Kunlé Adeyemi's floating school posed "danger to the kids," headmaster claims

    Marcus Fairs | 11 June 2016 | 14 comments
  • Kunlé Adeyemi's Makoko floating school destroyed after

    Kunlé Adeyemi's floating school suffers "abrupt collapse"

    Nigerian architect Kunlé Adeyemi has confirmed reports that his award-winning Makoko Floating School has collapsed. More about Kunlé Adeyemi's floating school suffers "abrupt collapse"

    Amy Frearson | 8 June 2016 | 18 comments
  • Makoko Floating School by Kunlé Adeyemi

    Kunlé Adeyemi docks Makoko Floating School at the Venice Biennale

    Venice Architecture Biennale 2016: Nigerian architect Kunlé Adeyemi has been awarded the Silver Lion for bringing his floating school to the Venice Biennale, as part of his ongoing research into building for flood-prone regions (+ slideshow). More about Kunlé Adeyemi docks Makoko Floating School at the Venice Biennale

    Jessica Mairs | 31 May 2016 | 1 comment
  • Yarra pool project in Melbourne harbour by Studio Octopi

    Studio Octopi designs floating swimming pool for Melbourne's Yarra River

    Venice Architecture Biennale 2016: the architects behind plans to create a cluster of freshwater swimming pools on the River Thames have unveiled a proposal for a floating pool on the Yarra River in the Australian city of Melbourne. More about Studio Octopi designs floating swimming pool for Melbourne's Yarra River

    Alyn Griffiths | 27 May 2016 | 1 comment
  • Matthew Butcher launches floating weather station on Essex's Thames Estuary

    This floating weather station by Matthew Butcher has been cast adrift in the flood-prone Thames Estuary, and is intended as a critique on the current trend for floating architecture (+ slideshow). More about Matthew Butcher launches floating weather station on Essex's Thames Estuary

    Jessica Mairs | 6 May 2016 | 4 comments
  • Swale Floating Farm

    "Floating food forest" proposed for New York's waterways

    A collective of designers and artists in New York has proposed transforming a shipping barge into a verdant floating farm, with berry bushes, lime trees and swaths of lavender, among many other plants. More about "Floating food forest" proposed for New York's waterways

    Jenna McKnight | 2 May 2016 | 6 comments
  • WA Sauna by GocStudio

    WA Sauna by goCstudio floats on Seattle's Lake Union

    Visitors can take a plunge into a cold lake after warming up in this floating wooden sauna by Seattle firm goCstudio – the latest example of the trend for buoyant architecture (+ slideshow). More about WA Sauna by goCstudio floats on Seattle's Lake Union

    Jenna McKnight | 30 March 2016 | 8 comments
  • Nordhavn Islands Copenhagen by CF Møller

    CF Møller plans Copenhagen harbour baths that will double as school classrooms

    The craze for harbour baths in Denmark continues, with CF Møller set to build a trio of floating classrooms to provide "aqua learning" and water sports training for the new Copenhagen International School. More about CF Møller plans Copenhagen harbour baths that will double as school classrooms

    Amy Frearson | 30 March 2016 | 1 comment
  • Water Lane by Baca

    Baca completes flood-resilient home beside an Oxfordshire brook

    This larch-clad residence by floating architecture specialists Baca Architects is raised above its flood-prone site in Oxfordshire, England, on wooden blocks and an elevated deck (+ slideshow). More about Baca completes flood-resilient home beside an Oxfordshire brook

    Jessica Mairs | 26 March 2016 | 2 comments
  • Floating arts centre for Idle women by Muf

    Muf adapts former cargo boat to create floating arts centre for women

    Marking International Women's Day, design studio Muf has embarked on a project to transform a narrowboat into a touring cultural centre promoting contemporary female artists. More about Muf adapts former cargo boat to create floating arts centre for women

    Amy Frearson | 8 March 2016 | 2 comments
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