An envious mood must occasionally strike anyone who drives Highway 101 past the Sausalito houseboat district on Richardson Bay. You can't help but think how pleasant such a home would be, combining ...

In our search to live life on every imaginable surface, one designer has created a custom houseboat that's meant to help its occupants live a full and aquatic off-grid life. What you're looking at is ...

London has a raft of luxury houseboats that are as comfortable as new-build homes, with architect-designed glass spaces, designer kitchens and sustainable, low-energy features. “Some houseboats in ...

Aptly christened the Cube Houseboat, the angular 59-foot vessel was inspired by the pioneering creations of the modernist movement and the work of Swiss-French architect and designer Le Corbusier. The ...

From dingy, fishy-smelling bolt-hole to eco-friendly luxury barges, houseboats have come an amazingly long way over the years. And if you’re dreaming of sailing through some of the world’s best ...

Dutch architectural firm +31Architects has designed a series of solar-powered houseboats, with plans to complete the first prototypes by the end of the year in partnership with German manufacturer WSM ...

It's really quite astonishing that more research and development isn't being done in the area of water-borne housing: 71 percent of the Earth's surface is water, the world's already overcrowded ...