The Italian design studio is known for its out-of-this-world yacht concepts. Over the years, Lazzarini has shown vessels that can fly, yachts that can host massive car garages, and futuristic ships ...
It would be unfair to rate dreams, especially those that never came to be, but if such a rank existed, it would have the City of Meriens among the top entries. So here’s how one architect and ...
Rising sea levels caused by climate change are threatening the Maldives at an alarming rate. The government has stepped in with an idea they hope will house residents and continue to attract tourists: ...
Rising sea levels have spurred investment and interest in technology that can prevent or mitigate flooding. But some say it’s time to tackle the issue from a different angle: constructing floating ...
In a time of economic crisis, what could be more outré than a superyacht? Why, a terayacht of course -- a name given to vessels even bigger than super, mega and gigayachts. The latest luxury boat to ...
Designed as a turtle shaped floating metropolis, the Pangeos Terra Yacht could become one of the largest sea structures ever ...
Feel free to bicker about the name floating city vs. floating district, but for the 12,000 people expected to live on a floating pontoon design off the coast of Buson, South Korea, the project ...
Following news of Bjarke Ingels Group’s floating city off the coast of Busan, architecture firm Waterstudio and Dutch Docklands has released early renders of another floating waterfront community ...
Pierpaolo Lazzarini is certainly no stranger to imagining – and even realizing – unusual designs, but his latest conceptual yacht is his most ambitious to date. Taking the form of a gigantic turtle, ...
Quartz reports that underwater habitat architect Jacques Rougerie has unveiled a bold concept for a floating city that can house up to 7,000 people. The vessel, dubbed “City of Mériens,” takes the ...
The living spaces in the 'floating city' are all connected by walkways, airways, and waterways. The city would be powered by 100% renewable energy and include many of the modern amenities of today's ...