The Float height-adjustable table is one of the items that's OfficeIQ compatable. A battery-powered sensor within the desk communicates with the app via Bluetooth.

For those seeking to join the standing desk trend, there's the Float Adjustable Work Table ($2194) from Human Scale. Its counterbalance mechanism means you only need one hand to raise or lower the table from 27 to 47 inches in height.

Float candlesticks by Anderssen & Voll for Muuto (2013)

A worker operates the float-sink tank. Heavier, nonrecyclable materials sink to the bottom, leaving on the water's surface only rPET, which then becomes white rinse flake.

Float coffee table by Luca Nichetto for La Chance, 2012.

Here's another view of the Quereres table with the jewelry box seeming to float.

The firm achieved a floating effect of the upper floors by treating the ground floor with a glass facade.

Dylan, 10, and Zoe, 13, have a lazy float down the creek, Huck Finn–style, in a steel horse-watering tank.

The glass-enclosed master bedroom floats above the corrugated, oxidized steel exterior.

Cedar slats help this Ontario lake house float soundly atop still waters. Photo by: Raimund Koch

The 510 Cabin is one of Leggitt's designs, executed with the help of student apprentices.

The living area floats atop a deeply recessed steel-reinforced concrete block structure. Tasmania, Australia Dwell Magazine : September / October 2017

The Bulthaup kitchen also features Calacatta quartzite countertops from Stone Fleury. A Float console table by Aleksandra Zee hangs along a wall opposite the bar stools.

A Cor-Ten steel "sleeping volume" seemingly floats atop a predominantly glass "living volume." Intersecting these two stacked volumes is a double-height, timber box which houses the multipurpose spaces.

Dining Room: Nothing changes the feel of a room like new lighting. Where other chandeliers can be complicated and heavy, the Hope Chandelier designed by Francisco Gomez Paz and Paolo Rizzatto for Luceplan provides a more optimistic installation.

The cover of Murakami Versailles.

A clerestory around the perimeter of the butterfly roof gives an illusion that the roof floats over the box of the treehouse.

“Many of Los Angeles’s iconic modern houses float above the city like tethered spaceships on stilts,” says Clive. “I had always yearned for the opportunity to design my own floating home.” Custom black zinc panels and sandblasted concrete form the exterior.

A self-taught designer embarks upon a solo mission to resuscitate a 19th-century homestead. See the rest of the home in our story, "Hope Floats." (Pin)

A minimal galley kitchen floats in the open plan.

"We hope that in time the house will make the client's lifestyle better by providing spaces that can change as they progress in life, much like how an outdoor space constantly changes with the environment," say the architects.

The larch veranda has no railing, so it appears to float in the lush meadow.

Pendant by Matthew Fairbank Design.

Clock by Ding3000 for Discipline.

The structure of the coop was inspired by the new bus shelters and newsstands in New York City.

The three-story Blue Lake Retreat is located in Marble Falls, Texas. The residence was designed by Lake Flato Architects to integrate naturally into the steep topography. With living spaces on the top floor and four bedrooms on the two lower floors, the timber structure is connected to the hillside by a bridge and boasts a cantilevered deck that floats just above the lake.

The home appears to float above the natural pool, adding an element of whimsy.

Pricing is not yet available for ENSAMBLE, but a single board of cholguán retails for about $5. By keeping assembly simply and using glue to join the system, the Andes House hopes to make it a cost-effective solution for the office and beyond.

The interior scheme prevents clutter in a variety of creative ways, including concealing a heat pump in the walls and installing flush-fitting LED spotlights. The architects explain, “Since the redesign, the prevailing impression is one of spaciousness, the suffusion of light and simple elegance.” A statement-making Hope Suspension Light by Luceplan is an elegant addition to the living area. The table, which was designed by the architects and fabricated by VHB Memmingen, is surrounded by CH24 Wishbone Chairs by Hans Wegner for Carl Hansen & Son.

The modules “float” above the landscape to minimize site impact.

A Jeff Koons lobster joins a float by the artist KAWS in the pool.

Built on stilts, the dwelling appears to float gently on top of the landscape.

A mobile by Shigeki Fujishiro floats above a sideboard by Taku. The birdcage is by Keiichi Sumi.

“At night, the Smith House appears to float like a glass box in space.