Aug 4, 2025
'Blatto' Houseboat, Lake Union, Seattle, Washington,
Designed by Studio GO’C
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'Blatto' Houseboat, Lake Union, Seattle, Washington,
Designed by Studio GO’C
Pura Vida, Portage Bay, Seattle, USA,
Courtesy: Hoshide Wanzer Architects + Interiors,
Builder: Dyna Builders,
Photographs by Andrew Giammarco
The Tidal Array (Italy, 2077)
Courtesy: 𝐍𝐞𝐨𝐜𝐨𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐜 𝐀𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞
stefan floating home ~ studio diaa | photo credit: kevin scott
"La Balsanera," Babahoyo, Ecuador,
Several centuries ago, the Babahoyo River in Ecuador, with its floating houses, was one of the main storage and rest points on the trade route taken by merchants and farmers between the cities of Guayaquil and Quito.
Today, the river is no longer used as a trade route, and the number of floating structures has fallen from 200 to 25, putting them at risk of extinction, despite being recognized as intangible human heritage in Ecuador.
Natura Futura and Juan Carlos Bamba
Floating house in the Netherlands
© Long Nong Huang
Floating Home
In 1899, while touring Texas, Canadian actor Charles Coghlan fell in and died in the city of Galveston. His body was placed in a lead coffin, which was sealed and the interred in a vault.
A year later, a severe hurricane hit Galveston, causing much destruction, including the cemetery where Coghlan was buried. His coffin was washed out of the vault and out of the cemetery by the raging waters and was carried out to sea.
The coffin drifted for years on the ocean currents, out of the Gulf of Mexico, along the Florida coast, and into the Atlantic Ocean where the Gulf Stream carried it north. Coghlan’s body had drifted more than 5,600 miles when it was finally discovered in 1908 by fisherman on the shores of Prince Edward Island, Coghlan’s home! His body was reburied in the churchyard of the parish where he was baptized.
Wow, this 1963 floating house in Portland, Oregon is so elegant, and it’s listed for $399K. This is not your nautical-themed floating home.
It has 2 decks facing the water.
More decks on the back and you can walk around the whole house, just like you’re on land. There’s even outdoor storage.
Nice entrance and a private “yard.”
Enter the dining room. You don’t expect to see a formal fireplace, even though it’s faux.
The living room opens to a deck and there’s a dinette space to the side.
Quite a big kitchen and it’s doesn’t look like a typical nautical setup.
Full bath off the kitchen.
The main bd is huge. It has room for a full living room. There are 2 bds in the home.
The en suite.
Lovely deck for the main bd.
Have morning coffee with this view.
The outside spaces on this home are just beautiful.
This deck is large enough for entertaining, also.
If a buyer prefers living on the water, this home for less than $400K is a great choice.
https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/55-NE-Bridgeton-Rd-UNIT-11-Portland-OR-97211/2062359727_zpid/