"Generally floating houses are very expensive, and very ugly," Capdevila says. "I wanted to build a floating house that was affordable, easy to build, secure, and very well designed."  Photo 1 of 5 in Modern Homes in Poland by William Harrison from Minimal Floating House in Poland

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Designer Alejandro Capdevila of Isola System built this approximately 800-square-foot floating house in Wrocław, Poland. "Generally floating houses are very expensive, and very ugly," Capdevila said. "I wanted to build a floating house that was affordable, easy to build, secure, and very well designed."

"Generally floating houses are very expensive, and very ugly," Capdevila says. "I wanted to build a floating house that was affordable, easy to build, secure, and very well designed."