Property News · May 6, 2019

This houseboat of the future is a US$5.5 million floating mansion designed for sea level rise


Why let sea rise sink your Miami lifestyle when you can go with the flow aboard the Arkup houseboat?Arkup features the ingenious engineering feature of four hydraulic pilings that stabilise the vessel on the sea bottom or allow it to lift like a house on stilts above floodwaters, king tides and hurricane-whipped storm surges. South Florida sea levels are projected to rise 6 to 12 inches by 2030, 14 inches to nearly three feet by 2060, and 31 inches to nearly seven feet by 2100, according to the…

Source : South China Morning Post
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