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- Waterstudio unveils the world's first floating timber tower Fri, 15 Nov 19, 5:30amAmsterdam-based design firm Waterstudio is already well-known for its incredible floating architecture, but it continues to break ground in the world of innovative design...
- New floating dairy farms could produce 260 gallons of milk each day Sat, 9 Jul 16, 1:22amPicture a future where your milk and yogurt come from a farm floating in your local harbor. That's exactly what the company Beladon aims to do, and they have support from the urban agriculture group From Your Own Town (Uit...
- Inhabitat’s Top 9 Interviews of 2014 Thu, 1 Jan 15, 3:05amIn the past year Inhabitat had the privilege of speaking with a variety of talented designers, architects and thinkers. We chatted with Bianca Bosker about architectural mimicry and Boyan Slat filled us in on his brilliant...
- Inhabitat’s Top 6 Interviews of 2014 Wed, 31 Dec 14, 9:48amIn the past year Inhabitat had the privilege of speaking with a variety of talented designers, architects and thinkers. We chatted with Bianca Bosker about architectural mimicry and Boyan Slat filled us in on his brilliant...
- Snowflake-Shaped Floating Krystall Hotel to Sparkle off the Coast of Norway Thu, 7 Aug 14, 2:28amKoen Olthuis and Dutch Docklands have announced a new project: a five-star floating hotel off the coast of Norway named the Krystall. Reminiscent of their Maldives development the Greenstar, this cold-climate sister project...
- INHABITAT INTERVIEW: Water Architect Koen Olthuis on How to Embrace Rising Sea Levels Thu, 24 Jul 14, 2:08amSea levels are rising, floods are prevalent, and cities are at greater risk than ever due to climate change. Now that we've accepted these facts, it's time to design and build more resilient structures. Koen Olthuis, one...
- Self-Sufficient RE:Villa Floating Island Concept Recycles Coastal Pollution Into Building Material Sat, 28 Sep 13, 6:30amTogether with a naval architect and a building engineer, WHIM architecture is developing an island prototype that employs recycled coastal pollution as building material...
- Steel and Bamboo Ring Celestial Bliss in Taiwan Celebrates Nature’s Endless Circle of Life Mon, 26 Aug 13, 3:00pmThe structure is made from reusable steel, which serves as the primary structural system, and bamboo cladding. The inner projection screen was made from recycled materials, while bamboo sections were incorporated into the...
- Floating Archipelago of Self-Sufficient Man-Made Islands Wins 2012 Odebrecht Award Tue, 30 Oct 12, 7:50amThe Odebrecht Award for Sustainable Development awarded Rice University students Joanna Luo, Weijia Song, and Alexander Yuen, with advising professor Neeraj Bhatia, the top prize for the most innovative sustainable architectural,...
- Qatar’s Artificial Floating Resort Island Represents Best and Worst in Sustainable Development Sat, 23 Jul 11, 8:05amRead the rest of Qatar’s Artificial Floating Resort Island Represents Best and Worst in Sustainable Development Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: aquatic building design, artificial islands,...
- Amphibious 1000: A Design for Qatar’s First Luxury Semi-Submerged Floating Hotel Tue, 17 May 11, 8:20amCalled Amphibious 1000, this design envisions Qatar’s first semisubmerged hotel as a big aquatic animal stretching out from the land into the sea...
- INHABITAT INTERVIEW: Water Architect Koen Olthuis on Floating Buildings & Hydro-Cities Thu, 12 May 11, 9:23amArchitect Koen Olthuis of Waterstudio.nl has been fascinating the Inhabitat editors for years with his innovative floating buildings and aqua-tecture. Far from being confined by convention — or by the boundaries of...
- Mermaid-Inspired Aquatic Building by JDS Architects Mon, 30 Mar 09, 8:00pmLast week we featured flying architecture, and now here’s a floating structure inspired by the grace and curvilinear form of a mermaid. European firm, JDS Architects’ Mermaid building is in a way both ridiculous...