Floating houses for the Lusatian Lakelands
Monday, January 26th, 2009 IBA’s Mobile Floating Architecture Competition for the Lusatian Lakelands in Brandenburg (Germany) had also an entry from our Ecoboot friend and architect Anthony Lau. Anthony now works at an architectural practice in London called Tasou Associates and he designed the house with his colleagues Simon Graham and James Murray. Although not one of the winners of the competition, the design reached the final rounds of judging and we are proud to present their design as it shows a floating house that refers directly to the post industrial mining landscape. Their concept for the competition was to design an object that had both man made and natural qualities. They wanted the Mobile Floating Architecture (MFA) to be comfortable in a variety of environments and geographies, (more…)

Op 1 april schreef Marion de Boo in de Wetenschaps-
Na het winnen van de 
WWWW staat voor WaterWijken WereldWijd. Het is een boek van Ties Rijcken met prachtige foto’s en vlotte verhalen. Deze expert op het terrein van drijvend wonen is ook een fotograaf die de wereld afreisde om vast te leggen hoe ook bewoners in Amerika en Azië de woonboot hebben uitgevonden. De verhalen van Ties Rijcken verschenen reeds als 
