Seattle Floating House

Anchored on dreamy location along the banks of Lake Union in the heart of Seattle, lays this beautiful modern contemporary floating home designed by Studio Diaa. The stunning house features an airy design that merges indoor and outdoor into one peaceful space, thanks to expansive sliding doors that provide picture perfect views of the water, and a wrap-around deck overlooking the adjacent garden. The exterior walls are clad in dark cedar contrasting beautifully with the whitewashed pine and oak flooring of the interior. The home consists of a single level that totals 650 square feet, and features an open kitchen and dining area, plus two bedrooms and a bathroom.

Photography is by Kevin Scott

FLOATING HOUSE | BY MOS ARCHITECTS

Less is more, MOS Office translated into architecture all the simplicity of a landscape with trees, rocks and a huge frozen lake. Built on the icy waters of Lake Huron, in Pointe au Baril city in Ontario, Canada, is the Floating House, it demands more pictures than words. Made entirely of wood - as a continuation of the deck that connects to the nearby cliff - the residence floats on a steel frame sized to guarantee stability in the different water levels....
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QVIST Cabins

These amazing cabins by QVIST Arkitektur sit right at the intersection of architecture and nature, and that is where this small Scandinavian studio clearly does its best work. Based in Denmark, QVIST Arkitektur approaches cabins and summer houses as site specific projects rather than repeatable objects. Each design responds directly to landscape, light, wind, and how people actually want to live when they slow down. What stands out to us is the studio’s cal...
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Land on Water

Building on water has gained popularity as a result of growing awareness of sea level rise and an increased risk of urban floods, but current options, such as concrete foundations filled with polystyrene and plastic pontoons, are rigid, challenging to move, and incredibly unsustainable. A new system of straightforward, flat-packed modules made of recycled reinforced plastic has been envisioned by Danish maritime architecture studio MAST. These mo...
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