With much of the Netherlands below sea level, flooding has been a chronic problem for centuries. Global climate changes have only exacerbated the problem.To ease the effects of flooding, Koen Olthuis ...

In a quiet, shady street in Rijswijk, the Netherlands, Koen Olthuis and the design team at Waterstudio are changing the world. From this deceptively nondescript headquarters, Waterstudio is designing ...

Koen Olthuis’s Dutch practice, Waterstudio, has been preparing for the environmental impacts on architecture for ten years now – building a practice on the assumption that a new solution for ...

FLOAT! is a beautiful volume that explores the world of floating architecture through historic, current, and future developments as well as the technologies behind them. Eye-catching images, bright ...

South Florida — especially Miami and the Keys — was one of several regions that Hurricane Irma pummeled in early September. The Category 4 storm brought winds of up to 70 mph, destroyed hundreds of ...

A new resort development in the Maldives (currently sitting five feet above sea level) will be ready if the country starts to go underwater–the whole thing is already floating. Coming to a real estate ...

There are two groups of people in the world who live by the water’s edge: the extremely rich and the extremely poor. For one, it’s a lifestyle choice; for the other, they rely on the water for their ...

As property and land prices soar, could oceans and lakes be a viable solution to the Australian housing affordability crisis? It's an idea that appeals to Dutch architect Koen Olthuis, whose ...

For the last 13 years, Dutch Architect Koen Olthuis has been designing floating structures at his firm Waterstudio. His spectacular visions for reimagining urban environments has resulted in over 200 ...

Architect Koen Olthuis of Waterstudio.nl has been fascinating the Inhabitat editors for years with his innovative floating buildings and aqua-tecture. Far from being confined by convention — or by the ...