Designed by Cambridge-based Mole Architects for an architect and developer, the Houseboat is a curved, split-level structure...

There's a reason why prefabs are becoming ever so popular in the booming northwestern corner of Seattle, Washington.

Recently renovated, this 212-square-foot houseboat currently docked in Seattle can be your cozy getaway.

On Bainbridge Island, off the Washington coast, Charlie Hellstern Interior Design and The Miller Hull Partnership create the...

These lakeside, riverside, and seaside homes embrace their proximity to water in a refreshing way.

Based on the travels of a beloved French naturalist, Mr. Plocq's Caballon is a rounded cabin that takes a page from both naval...

Home to some of the finest home furnishing stores and vintage flea markets, and the world’s most prestigious home décor trade...

On the island of Zeeburgereiland, this duplex references Dutch maritime history and biophilic design.

Two city dwellers find respite aboard a 65-square-foot floating home on Eastern Hungary’s Lake Tisza.

A luxury boutique hotel draws inspiration from the shipwrecks that line Namibia’s treacherous Skeleton Coast to create a...

Listed at $190,000, this tiny vessel named after a root vegetable amplifies nautical living with colorful, quirky quarters.

Docked in Copenhagen's Teglholmen harbor, this floating home combines nautical and industrial inspiration.

Revived and retrofitted as delightful—and functional—tiny homes on wheels, these skoolies receive top marks.

A summer home on the island of Vlieland in the Northern Netherlands takes the shape of a stormproof tent by De Waard, an iconic...

A hemp farm’s fields flow from the hills to the walls of a new prefab home by Practice Architecture.

Brace yourself—these floating homes might just make you say goodbye to dry land.

With a fresh, new interior look that borrows its form and fine details from yachts, Bowlus Road Chief's Wave trailer allows you...

Building a small home doesn’t equate to easy lifting.

Idaho-based Traverse Design + Build gave the 27-foot trailer new life with a contemporary retrofit.

These modern loft designs are a step above the rest.

If being surrounded by water puts you in a good mood, then a modern houseboat may be your perfect escape.

Inspired by Frank Lloyd Wright’s philosophy of organic architecture, this vintage airstream has a pared-down interior filled with...

Starting in 1974, architect Eduardo Longo built the radically organic Casa Bola as a prototype for modular city apartments.

The Meteorite by Ateljé Sotamaa, clad in 272 prefabricated panels of cross-laminated timber, uses air gaps to keep the interior...

When a couple in Amsterdam decided to upgrade their residence from a small houseboat to a larger one, they sought a design that...

Pieter Weijnen’s brand of maritime modernism brings a touch of magic to Amsterdam’s Steigereiland, where the architect built his...

This adventure-ready tiny home blends trailer functionality with A-frame cabin aesthetics.

After a year-long renovation, The Fleming Hotel in Hong Kong just reopened with a new sophisticated look that pays homage to the...

Subverting the traditional, conservatively cozy British barn conversion, Carl Turner created a getaway in rural Norfolk for...

We’re thrilled to share the projects that wowed our expert judges panel and our readers this year.

Omelette you finish, but these are the best egg-shaped buildings of all time.

Christi Johnson might be best known for stylishly embroidering vintage garments.

The price of timber is all over the place, but the need to build—and to build sustainably—isn’t going anywhere.

Jaguar is leaping into the future with a new design studio that can model a car in two weeks flat—but the British brand hasn’t...

From the no-frills vessel to the modernist liner, and the ’90s megaship to today’s boutique offerings, the cruise ship has come a...

A table by Brooklyn-based designers Reed Hansuld and Joel Seigle is a finalist for this year’s NYCxDesign Best in Show award.