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?

Earlier this year, UK-based Eleven Magazine launched their inaugural design ideas competition, "Cambodia 2015: P...

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:

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

Floating Architecture always captures my attention and mesmerizes me! There's something extraordinary about a structure seamlessly floating on water without any real support. It's a mystery to me, and I'm always trying to dive into the science of it. As if floating architectural structures weren't masterpieces already, architects are now getting even more creative and

underwater spherical building

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

Sea urchins, mussels and crabs are expected to reside on a floating structure in the San Francisco Bay created by California College of the Arts.