Any half-decent near- or post-apocalyptic movie imagines the world of tomorrow as something out of Mad Max. With all the basics gone, what sense is there for comfort, let alone luxury? This project ...

When a heavy storm hit in October, residents of the floating community of Schoonschip in Amsterdam had little doubt they could ride it out. They tied up their bikes and outdoor benches, checked in ...

SCHOONSCHIP, Amsterdam - Marjan de Blok readjusts her body weight as she treads across the jetties linking a floating community on the River IJ. Her cheeks and nose are elfin red from the whipping ...

A Kentucky company, Floathouzz, has created floating homes to meet the demand for waterfront living. Unlike traditional houseboats, these units are built like houses with residential materials and do ...

Amsterdam city officials are now adjusting planning laws to support more floating projects. Nienke van Renssen, a city councillor from the GreenLeft party, told the BBC that floating homes allow ...

Ara: Mechanical engineer Kumar Prashant’s five-year-old dream to create floating houses in India’s flood-prone areas is no longer his alone. He built a prototype in Ara. The chief secretary of Bihar, ...

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This story was originally published by Yale Environment 360 and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. When a heavy storm hit in October, residents of the floating community of ...

German company Forster Trabitzch want to build you a floating home. At two stories tall with lots of sexy curves and parking space for the family yacht (seriously), the models certainly look good, but ...

Don’t use a carpenter’s level to establish a horizontal line when building a floating house, says Marc Even, who often has three custom homes, in various stages of completion, bobbing on the water ...