--- title: 7 Floating Homes That Will Make You Want To Live on Water description: There’s no one way to build a floating home, so architects and residents are experimenting with provocative and beautiful new techniques. canonical: https://time.com/2924637/7-floating-homes-that-will-make-you-want-to-live-on-water/ author: Noah Rayman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-06-26T14:00:19.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T04:42:55.815Z og:title: 5 Floating Homes That Will Make You Want To Live on Water og:description: There’s no one way to build a floating home, so architects and residents are experimenting with provocative and beautiful new techniques. og:url: https://time.com/2924637/7-floating-homes-that-will-make-you-want-to-live-on-water/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd3f270987c039492/6986994c810bbb80fac925a0/floating-house-5.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 6240 og:image:height: 3510 og:image:alt: Robert Oshatz Architect - Fennell Boat Design og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: 5 Floating Homes That Will Make You Want To Live on Water twitter:description: There’s no one way to build a floating home, so architects and residents are experimenting with provocative and beautiful new techniques. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd3f270987c039492/6986994c810bbb80fac925a0/floating-house-5.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # 7 Floating Homes That Will Make You Want To Live on Water > Sponsored content. 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The Fennel House, designed by Robert Harvey Oshatz, floats on Portland’s Willamette River. Its curved form, reflecting the ripples of the water, is made with Glulam wood beams and sits on a floating platform. Cameron R. Neilson  by [Noah Rayman](https://time.com/author/noah-rayman/)  ## Noah Rayman Jun 26, 2014 2:00 PM UTC  Fifty-five homes float in the IJburg district in east Amsterdam. The structures, designed by the Dutch firm Marlies Rohmer Architects, sit on hollow concrete "tubs" that are submerged half a story. Luuk Kramer  Artist Stephen Turner has spent a full year living aboard the experimental dwelling he built, which floats along southern England’s Beaulieu River. Its wooden exterior is tethered to the shore like a boat and houses a bed, worktable, kitchen and bathroom. Nigel Rigden  The Fennel House, designed by Robert Harvey Oshatz, floats on Portland’s Willamette River. Its curved form, reflecting the ripples of the water, is made with Glulam wood beams and sits on a floating platform. Cameron R. Neilson  Designed by Vietnam-based H&P Architects as an affordable concept home for villagers in some of the country’s most flood-prone ­regions—it costs just $2,500 to build—the Blooming Bamboo Home's bottom layer can be filled with reused oil drums that allow it to float in wet conditions, while steel beams keep it anchored. Doan Thanh Ha  This two-story structure, designed by the architecture firm MOS, is connected to a privately owned island—which is a 20-minute boat ride from the mainland—by a bridge from the top floor. It floats on steel pontoons, which allow it rise and fall with the water level of Lake Huron. Florian Holzherr  Christopher Simmonds Architect added a 600 sq. foot second story during a renovation of this beautiful boathouse in Muskoka, Ontario. Peter Fritz  This floating home concept was designed by the Singapore-based architect Dymitr Malcew to offer luxury on the water. The home sits on a floating, transportable platform. 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