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Archive for the ‘Homes That Float’ Category

April 14th, 2008

Robert Harvey Oshatz - The Fennell Residence

In the last post we saw the amazing Wilkinson Residence by Robert Harvey Oshatz. We also looked at some of his design approach. Now we’re going to see such a cool house, you’ll adore it 100% guaranteed.
The Fennell Residence is a floating house in Portland, Oregon, that was designed beautifully to match the floating aspect. […]

By Jennifer Chait -- 0 comments

December 28th, 2007

Amphibious Homes

~ By Marye Audet
A few years ago our property and that of 100 or so of our neighbors flooded. Many of the houses that flooded were not in a flood plain but because of a rapid increase in building around us the water run-off was more than the creek could handle and at 2 […]

By Jennifer Chait -- 1 comment

December 9th, 2007

The Smallest (Real) Home on the Planet

I can’t 100% guarantee the title (you know those kooky home builders) but I’m pretty sure this is the smallest home I’ve ever seen. So small in fact, that one can push it around the city, or the forest, on a hill, in a national park. Of course, this may be the only home you […]

By Jennifer Chait -- 24 comments

November 24th, 2007

Current Mood: Enthralled With Drew Heath

Before launching into this post I did want to point out one reader’s home in Amsterdam. It’s a very cool boat home with a green roof (as in eco-green — not color green; well, it is green in color too but well, you get the point). Home dweller Andi posted this in an older post […]

By Jennifer Chait -- 2 comments

December 1st, 2006

House Hanging by a String

Okay, now here is a home I would not want to inhabit for I am very scared of heights!

 
I’m pretty sure this isn’t a real home and was simply photoshopped in. I bet it would have an awesome view, though!
 
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By Ingrid -- 3 comments

October 16th, 2006

The Cosmic Muffin

 
The Cosmic Muffin is pretty original. Is it a plane? Is it a boat? Well, it’s both! The Cosmic Muffin was once a Boeing 307 owned by Howard Hughes. In 1969, pilot Kenneth W. London rescued it from destination garbage dump, and spent the next four years turning the once-plane into a yacht.
In 1974, the […]

By Ingrid -- 1 comment

March 28th, 2006

Floating Homes of Halong Bay

Halong Bay is a body of water along the coast of north Vietnam, part of the larger Gulf of Tonkin. The region is well known for the almost 2,000 monolithic islands that rise up spectacularly from the water and densely populate the bay.
Another thing that Halong Bay is well known for are the floating […]

By Kevin Humphrey -- 2 comments

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