"Built to last a lifetime, or even more." Builder unveils incredible homes that can withstand Category 5 hurricanes: 'Just one solid, continuous wall' first appeared on The Cool Down.

LifeArk's amphibious housing can move with rising water, which lets people build in areas with high flood risk.

Magician <b>Paul Daniels's</b> home on the banks of the Thames was said to be worth £2.25million. But now it may be impossible to sell after a council rejected plans to protect it from flooding ...

When a home goes up on stilts, the changes also wouldn't require a sea wall to come down. That is, at least not right away. Doing so could create problems for nearby properties, officials said.

They often include a river and its surrounding floodplain. These floodways are usually kept clear to allow water to drain from adjacent flood zones. But some houses are built in or near regulatory ...

3 Number of people who died last week in Italy, where heavy rains and strong winds spurred flooding in the country’s northwest, northeast, and central regions, EuroNews reports. In the Trissino flood ...

Homes in Nunapitchuk, Alaska, on April 12, 2025. Many homes in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta are built on an elevated post and pad foundation to protect the homes from seasonal flooding.

Residents in Oxford are flood-proofing their homes as climate change threatens to bring heavier rain and more extreme weather in the future. Some residents recall that 2007 was the worst year for ...

Yangon (AsiaNews) – At least 2,790 houses have collapsed in the 19 villages on Inle Lake, Shan State, with almost 100 deaths reported so far, from the 7.7-magnitude earthquake that struck ...

At least eight people died in the floods and 6,000 were displaced, while the lake’s biosphere, which is a UNESCO reserve, was disrupted causing an environmental crisis.

Traditionally built to protect properties against the devastating effects of flooding and to stabilise houses on tricky sloping sites, stilt homes offer a wealth of unconventional design possibilities ...

"These large panes of glass are the immediate connection to nature," said Mehaffey. Mies's virtually see-through glass and steel house was built on stilts to protect it from flooding. "It's in s ...