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New Age, Self-Sufficient Floating Office in Rotterdam Claims to be the World’s Largest

One of the consequences of climate change is a rise in water levels, but this construction isn’t going under easy. It’s not your ordinary vessel, and it’s not your typical office building. The ...
New Atlas

"World's largest" floating office designed for climate change resilience

Described by creator Powerhouse Company as the world's largest floating office, the recently completed Floating Office Rotterdam is designed to rise with the tides of climate change, will get all of ...
Fast Company

90% of Rotterdam is below sea level. So the city built an office building that floats

The people of Rotterdam know a thing or two about living on the water. About 90% of the second-largest city in the Netherlands lies below sea level, which leaves it vulnerable to rising waters. To ...
Inhabitat

Self-sufficient floating office building for GCA will take anchor in Rotterdam

Rotterdam-based architecture firm Powerhouse Company has unveiled designs for a unique floating office building to be anchored in the historic Rotterdam port of Rijnhaven. Created as the new ...
ArchDaily

Powerhouse Company Designs Floating Timber Office for Rotterdam

Powerhouse Company has revealed a new design for Floating Office Rotterdam (FOR), the headquarters of the Global Center on Adaptation (GCA). As the team states, construction will start this spring, ...