New Zealand architect Davor Popadich invoked nautical sheds in his unconventional design for his family’s home on Auckland’s...

Helicoptered to the site in prefab pieces, a holiday retreat springs up on a remote and roadless island.

After two years at sea with their family of five, a couple continues their tiny house lifestyle by renovating a rundown Airstream.

No expense has been spared and no detail overlooked in a luxurious new build near the city’s design district.

Here’s a rare chance to own one of eight historic homes designed by Harry Gesner and built by Norwegian shipbuilders in 1959.

If you're eager to put your sea legs to good use, but don’t want the work of setting sail, then consider camping out on one of...

Inspired by the call of the open road, San Francisco–based artist Jay Nelson crafts curvaceous campers from reclaimed materials.

The Houdini-like designers behind this boathouse employed giant steel arches to make the structure disappear from view and in its...

Ten Steps To Heaven: $1,599,999.

A steel exterior protects the Ontario retreat from harsh weather—but its interior is surprisingly pink.

This temporary accommodation for traveling professors tilts toward the water like the bow of a boat.

On a small granite outcrop in Canada’s windswept Georgian Bay, an architect couple build a humble getaway more than eight miles...

Two city dwellers find respite aboard a 65-square-foot floating home on Eastern Hungary’s Lake Tisza.

No roads lead to the set of residences in remote Canada, modernized with steel roofs, window boxes, surprising swaths of color,...

Gestalten takes readers on board an array of floating dwellings across the globe that embrace beautiful and functional design.

On the edge of a tiny island accessible only by boat, this buoyant summer home lives the life aquatic.

Designed for an architect and developer, the Houseboat is a curved, split-level structure brimming with evocative textures.

Built by Norwegian craftsmen in the ’50s, these quirky, boat-shaped residences in Los Angeles are rarely on the market.

Set at the edge of Stoney Lake in Ontario, Canada, is a photographer's home, studio, and boat house.

A three-pavilion home in a national park north of Sydney sits in an estuary and is accessible only by boat.

A vacation home for a Chilean family rises on stilts from a rocky cliff, enjoying idyllic views of Lago Todos los Santos.

We’re swooning over this 58-foot canal boat, which can even go completely off-grid.

Govaert & Vanhoutte Architects' Minimalistic Concrete Pad-Belgium

New York City is synonymous with the great buildings that stand within its limits: the Empire State Building, Grand Central...

Willow Island comes with a solar-powered boat and a 1932 Colonial cottage complete with 360-degree views of placid Putnam Lake.

Affordable, adorable, and convertible, this camper combines a trailer, caravan, and yacht into one.

In the Poplar Dock Marina of London sits a 1924 barge that has been transformed into Beecliffe, a contemporary floating home with...

The wood-paneled, solar-powered houseboat lets you putter around your favorite body of water in Scandinavian style.

This family getaway—which is only accessible by boat—has a bunk room below and a mess hall above that takes advantage of...

A design-minded pair ensures that their tiny seaside getaway on stilts in Hampshire, England, is shipshape.

Built in 1963, the remote home is situated steps away from the water.

The secluded beachfront property comes with a shingle-clad guest cottage and terraced garden.

The cofounders of The Brooklyn Home Company take their skill set to sea to give a 1983 tugboat a bow-to-stern revamp.

When a couple in Amsterdam decided to upgrade their residence from a small houseboat to a larger one, they sought a design that...

This stunning one-bedroom houseboat can run 100% off the grid—and it's currently up for grabs.

Four structures situated on a wooded strip of Chappaquiddick Island in Massachusetts celebrate their stunning natural...