Yntegra Group creates "first-of-its-kind" floating padel court in Miami Harbor
Investment firm Yntegra Group has unveiled a floating padel court in Miami Harbor that was partially constructed using recycled steel from shipyards. More
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EFFEKT and MAST design floating platform for marine park in Denmark
Sømærket is a proposal for a floating pavilion in Denmark, which local studios EFFEKT and MAST have designed to be towed between cities to "raise awareness about the underwater world". More
La Balsanera house aims to revive "tradition of living on the river" in Ecuador
Architecture studio Natura Futura Arquitectura and architect Juan Carlos Bamba have created a floating house along the Babahoyo River in Ecuador. More
Floating Bamboo House offers model for "stable and safe accommodation"
Vietnamese studio H&P Architects has created a prototype for a floating home made of bamboo that is designed to withstand rising sea levels. More
Sandellsandberg creates floating sauna for trips across Stockholm archipelago
Swedish studio Sandellsandberg has completed the Big Branzino, a floating sauna designed to drift against the changing backdrop of the Stockholm archipelago. More
Kvorning Design references salmon scales for ovoid Salmon Eye pavilion
Salmon Eye is a floating exhibition pavilion and aquaculture visitor centre on Norway's Hardangerfjord, which Kvorning Design created with a facade formed from stainless steel plates designed to mimic fish scales. More
Powerhouse Company builds floating office in Rotterdam's Rijnhaven
Dutch architecture firm Powerhouse Company has used cross-laminated timber to construct an off-grid office building that floats on water. More
MAST develops adaptable flat-pack system for building floating homes
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. More
ACT! Studio and Borhaven Arkitekter add "joyous" floating sauna to Oslo harbour
Norwegian architecture studios ACT! Studio and Borhaven Arkitekter have created the Bademaschinen floating sauna in Oslo harbour. More
This week the Maldives unveiled a floating island city
This week on Dezeen, the Maldives revealed its plans to create the "world's first true floating island city" with 5,000 homes that will rise with the sea. More
Maldives reveals "world's first true floating island city" to cope with rising sea levels
The Maldives has partnered with architecture studio Waterstudio to create a brain-shaped floating city that will house 20,000 people in a lagoon near the country's capital. More
BIG and Samoo unveil design for "flood-proof" floating city Oceanix Busan
Architecture firms BIG and Samoo and tech company Oceanix have revealed their design for a first-of-its-kind climate-resilient floating city, destined for the seas off Busan in South Korea. More
Olson Kundig creates floating Water Cabin in Seattle's Portage Bay
Knotty cedar and galvanised steel were used to form a two-storey, floating home by US firm Olson Kundig that draws upon cabin architecture. More
Built environment must adapt to "widespread and severe" climate change fallout says IPCC report
Cities are failing to prepare for climate change and should focus on resilient design solutions such as building houses on stilts or creating floating neighbourhoods, according to the latest report from the United Nations' climate change panel. More
Commenter calls Adidas' floating tennis court a "ridiculous publicity stunt"
In this week's comments update, readers are baffled by Adidas and Parley for the Oceans' decision to float a recycled-plastic tennis court within the Great Barrier Reef and discussing other top stories. More
Adidas and Parley for the Oceans launch floating tennis court in Great Barrier Reef
Sports goods company Adidas and environmental organisation Parley for the Oceans have collaborated to create a recycled-plastic tennis court that floats within Australia's Great Barrier Reef marine park. More
Ten floating architecture projects that sit directly on water
Last week Dezeen featured Bruges Diptych, a floating events pavilion in Belgium that references 15th-century canal homes. Here, we have rounded up 10 other floating architecture projects spanning housing, farms and event spaces. More
PARA Project designs surreal pavilion floating on a Belgian canal
American studio PARA Project has designed a wooden pavilion on a canal in Bruges, Belgium, to be an uncanny "doppelgänger" of an adjacent 15th-century canal house. More
Mando Xie proposes green floating cities to enable "human civilization to continue" on the ocean
Mando Xie imagines humanity moving into ship-like floating cities covered with trees to escape rising sea levels in this proposal, which is a finalist in Dezeen's Redesign the World competition powered by Twinmotion. More
Justinian Khoo envisions networks of floating cities "to provide freedom for nature on land"
The second finalist in Dezeen's Redesign the World competition powered by Twinmotion is Justinian Khoo, who has proposed moving humanity into sustainable floating cities so that nature can reclaim the land. More