The fifth place is awarded to this design. This floating settlement contains a modern city square and it is more like floating town. This design also won the peoples’ choice award.

This design won award for best exterior design. This structure is shaped to use maximum of wind and solar energy. It is covered by solar panels. It is completely closed.

From the photo that has been provided, you can see that this settlement is still in construction. No, it is not mistake made by designers, they created a basic design of a sea settlement that it is not actually floating but it is fixed into the ground. Designers wanted to create a design that can be expanded without limitations and this is what they created in that manner.

This settlement reminds me on some of those incredible buildings that are used to be built in Dubai. It rather looks like a giant floating luxury hotel. This design won a best picture award. As you can see, this is completely solution for luxury life on the sea. Design also includes beach-like edges and small botanic gardens.

And this one is the winning design. As you can see, this design is more like a normal little urban settlement and when you’re inside you even wouldn’t notice that you are in a floating settlement. This floating settlement is designed to be just like a normal settlement that can be found on the ground. There are a few buildings, a few of little gardens and little square in the middle. Looks like it is perfect for peaceful life with family.

This cabin was built and designed by Pier Hein Eek who built it for his friend Hans Liberg. Hans Liberg, who is musician, wanted to have some peaceful place so he could play in peace and where he could get more inspiration for his work.

But what really makes this little building awesome is the fact that it actually has a wheels on the bottom and it can be moved to any place. Image source Thomas Mayer Archive.

Traditional understanding of way how we live considers that home is stable building that is built on the ground. This way of thinking often brings a lot of troubles for young people who are trying to establish their own home and to start separate life from their parents.

For building ground-based home first what you need is a ground, a piece of land which is often not so inexpensive.

The Joanna’s Tafoni Floating Home probably shows us a future of human’s settlements. As ground-based homes are becoming more and more expensive the floating homes could eventually become very popular.

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Harmony is a creation of a Chinese designer called Weili Feng. The vehicle is purely recreational and to top all, its eco-friendly. The vehicle would be your best companion over the weekends. This would not only allow having as much fun you want to have but at the same time is quite stylish as well. Harmony can run on land and on water as well, it is propelled by hydrogen.

This also has solar panel to get the solar energy while it’s on the water. The same is used to convert into electricity which is required while Harmony is on a sail. This makes this vehicle a perfect example of being stylish yet eco-friendly.