Floating structure

Queenslander houses in flood-prone areas could soon float above floodwaters, using a pontoon structure designed by James Davidson Architect (JDA).

Image 9 of 13 from gallery of Architecture and Climate: 6 Techniques for Emergency Shelters. Section Fold & Float. © SO?

Seth McDowell’s design studio, mcdowellespinosa, won an Architectural League Prize this summer for its futuristic visions for New York and Hong Kong that use today’s waste to create new structures for tomorrow’s cities.

Designed by MOS Architects, Floating House intersects a vernacular house typology with the site-specific conditions of this unique place:

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.

Image 10 of 13 from gallery of CEMEX + Aptum Architecture's Floating Concrete Structures Act as Mangroves for Shorelines. Photograph by Aptum Architecture

exploring the severe effects of population increase and global warming on future living conditions over the world, manila-based architecture firm dada has introduced the 'currents for currents' floating housing solution for the coastal communities.

Image 32 of 45 from gallery of Floating Pavilion / Shen Ting Tseng architects. Courtesy of ShenTingTseng Architect

Dutch artist Marc van Vliet created a wooden floating observatory that connects the flat sands, the tides, the sun and the visitors.

Completed in 2016 in Zürich, Switzerland. A team of thirty architecture students from Studio Tom Emerson at ETH Zurich have designed and built a pavilion for Manifesta 11, the nomadic,...