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All Aboard! 15 Modern Houseboats, Boatels & More Floating Architecture

Often designed with potential climate-change-induced flooding in mind, these houseboats, floating hotels and other water-based structures prove you don't need land to live a life of luxury. The ...

Hovering Tiny Black House Haunts the Woods Under a Railway Bridge

Looking like something out of a creepy fairytale, this little black house hovers in the air beneath the arch of an old railway bridge, a spindly ladder reaching down into the fallen leaves. If ...

Paradise Found: Spend a Night Floating Above the Great Barrier Reef

Better hope your kids remain firmly tucked into their Finding Dory-themed beds all night long lest they get a little too enthusiastic about leaning over the edge of this wall-free AirBNB floating ...

Looking Beyond Land: 12 Floating Galleries, Schools & Cemeteries

Even without the threat of rising sea levels, we've got land scarcity issues in nearly every major city, prompting engineers and architects to look towards the rivers and seas as settings for ...

Super-Deluxe Swim Platform: Rent This DIY Floating Sauna

In Finland, where the tradition of sitting in steamy saunas is even more appealing in frigid winter, a group of enterprising DIYers has built their own multi-level floating spa, sun deck and dive ...

Coming Next Year: World’s First Floating Apartment Complex

Living in close proximity to ever-rising water can be a difficult prospect, and while the Dutch have come up with all sorts of ways to work with instead of against it, this is a new achievement: ...

Water Villas: 3 Sleek Modern House Boats in Urban Settings

When the bustle of urban life becomes too much to bear, wouldn't it be nice to retreat to your own private floating getaway – without even needing to travel? Modern house boats have all the ...

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