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Architects in Holland are showing the rest of the world a way of turning adversity into opportunity.

The inevitable rise in sea level that comes with climate change is going to make it increasingly difficult to control flooding in low-lying Holland. But instead of cursing their fate, architects are designing a new Holland that will float on water, and the Dutch government seems willing to try out the scheme. Holland has made other countries begin to question, too. Who says you have to live on dry land?

the Watervilla Kortenhoef is a two story home, balancing itself perfectly due to half of its mass being submerged underwater.

the Waterstudios architecture firm focuses solely on building structures to support themselves on water, with building methods that make these homes cheaper on water, than land.

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Mark your calendar as we wrap up our fall session this coming Sunday.

Volume 14: Back to basics - bringing you activists, architects, artists, chefs, community organizers, coolhunters, critics, curators, designers, dreamers, enthusiasts, entrepreneurs, fabricators, fanatics, fashionistas, historians, rabblerousers ‹ all manner of insiders and outsiders.

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i kinda wish i had one of these.

Jae Gu and Yun Jung got us in 2nd place for the IDSA Charrette de 24 Heures!