Matt Fajkus adds perforated steel screens to Austin boathouse
Austin studio Matt Fajkus Architecture has designed a boathouse in the Texas city with perforated metal facades calibrated to balance light and shade throughout the year. More
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Building Arts Architects creates remote glass boathouse on Ontario lake
Toronto practice Building Arts Architects used a small watercraft and boats to transport prefabricated elements to build this boathouse on a site only accessible by water in Ontario. More
Foster + Partners reveals New York City boathouse featuring zigzag roof
Foster + Partners has unveiled plans to build a timber boathouse on Manhattan's Harlem River for a non-profit that teaches local teens to row. More
Charred cedar clads Ontario lake boathouse by Akb Architects
Toronto studio Akb Architects has designed this blackened wood holiday home and boathouse alongside a large deck for diving into an Ontario lake. More
Polycarbonate Dock Building by Michael Green Architecture glows on Vancouver beachfront
Vancouver firm Michael Green Architecture has built a boathouse for storing racing shells and sails and monitoring maritime activity, with translucent walls and garage doors. More
Julius Taminiau creates compact living spaces inside Japanese-inspired houseboat
Architect Julius Taminiau borrowed principles from traditional Japanese tatami rooms to create a well-proportioned layout featuring space-saving built-in furniture at his floating home in Amsterdam. More
Mu Architecture completes black lakefront home with two-storey boathouse
Canadian studio MU Architecture has integrated a lake house into a steep site in southern Quebec, overlooking a secluded bay and private boathouse. More
Off-grid boathouse by Andersson-Wise sits on Lake Austin
American studio Andersson-Wise has completed a two-storey boathouse in Austin, with openings on the upper level that enable occupants to dive directly into the water. More
Traditional Washington boathouse by Hoedemaker Pfeiffer offers sweeping coastal views
Giant sliding doors allow occupants to take in the sunrise and sunset from this modest boathouse that was overhauled by American studio Hoedemaker Pfeiffer. More
Andersson-Wise assembles new and salvaged materials into rustic Austin boathouse
US firm Andersson-Wise Architects has created a modest boathouse in Texas, designed to blend with its site as if it were "in a state of natural decomposition". More
Mulroy Architects completes timber-clad rowing centre for Oxford school
A pool with a stationary boat on top is the centrepiece of this rowing centre designed by Mulroy Architects for a private boarding school in Oxfordshire, England (+ movie). More
Old Norwegian boathouse overhauled to create glowing wooden summer house
Oslo studios Koreo Arkitekter and Kolab Arkitekter have transformed an old boathouse on Norway's west coast into a summer house that becomes a glowing beacon by night (+ slideshow). More
Brown + Brown transforms derelict stone buildings into boatbuilding workshop
Children and adults learn the skills of boatbuilding inside this harbour-side stone structure that Scottish firm Brown + Brown has updated with a contemporary wooden roof. More
Blackened-timber boathouse completed by Weiss Architecture on a Canadian island
This blackened-timber boathouse and pavilion designed by Weiss Architecture occupies a cedar jetty that projects out from the rocky coastline of an Ontario island (+ slideshow). More
Snøhetta's revamped Hudøy boathouse offers shelter to summer campers
Snøhetta has revived an old wooden boathouse on a Norwegian island to create a dormitory for children visiting an annual summer camp (+ slideshow). More
Studio Gang's Chicago boathouse designed to echo the rhythms of rowing
Chicago firm Studio Gang Architects has completed a boathouse on the northern bank of the Chicago River with a rhythmic roofline intended to capture the alternating motions of a rower's arm movements (+ slideshow). More
Cais Bagaúste by Belém Lima Arquitectos
Portuguese studio Belém Lima Arquitectos has perched a pair of gabled cabins on the edge of a dam in northern Portugal to provide a public boathouse and cafe (+ slideshow). More
Michael Baker Boathouse by Associated Architects
An elongated timber prow oversails a solid brick base at this school boathouse in Worcester, England, by British studio Associated Architects (+ slideshow). More
Foros Yacht House by Robin Monotti Architects
This yacht house on the southernmost tip of the Crimean coastline by Robin Monotti Architects includes four holiday apartments (+ slideshow). More
The Boathouse by Alex Cochrane Architects
London-based studio Alex Cochrane Architects added a timber balcony and an open-plan interior to this Victorian boathouse in a deer park in the south of England. More