In a corner of the Rijksmuseum hangs a seventeenth-century cityscape by the Dutch Golden Age painter Gerrit Berckheyde, “View of the Golden Bend in the Herengracht,” which depicts the construction of ...

"We're not only invested in building on water. It's not about 'floating architecture,' that's really not what my practice is focused on. It's really the relationship between water and the city, ...

Can floating cities be the solution to rising sea levels? Can architecture prepare in advance for coastal changes? We explore a few ways that our cities are, or should be, interacting with water.

A Dutch developer is building a sprawling, floating city in the Maldives. The city is slated to house 20,000 people in a web of 5,000 floating buildings. These buildings will include homes, shops, and ...

With space at such a premium in many modern cities, this project tackles the need for more new housing in an interesting way. Named Spoorweghaven, it's envisioned for a disused dock in the Netherlands ...

There are moments when time and place collapse. The past and present merge. Something new feels strangely familiar. The debut of the Floating Museum’s latest project, for Mecca, conjures the past and ...

Luca Curci Architects has proposed a unique symbol of environmental awareness and sustainability where "where the history of glass meets the contemporary experimentation." The Floating Glass Museum ...

From extreme cantilevers to tilted towers and floating forms, these structures appear to challenge the laws of physics. This video explores the engineering, design choices, and innovations that make ...