From the Epic of Gilgamesh, composed in Mesopotamia 4,000 years ago, to Evan Almighty — Hollywood’s 2007 take on the Noah’s Ark story — floods and their catastrophic effects have long provided inspiration for storytellers. As global warming provokes increasingly severe weather events, however, the gap between art and life is fast narrowing, with apocalyptic…
Welcome to the floating metropolis of Hamburg which combines cutting edge architecture with relaxed living in an urban surrounding. Waterside living is being promoted since traditional property prices are high in Hamburg. Four years ago city authorities granted permission to allow development of new homes on local rivers and canals. Architects were given a free…
In life there are simply something’s that with our current level of understanding and technological capabilities we are unable to replace once they have been used and depleted. The most widely agreed upon things that we are unable to reproduce are the life of one, natural resources and of course land. With these things in…
A model floating home is currently moored near the historic building of the Scheepvaartmuseum, the shipping museum. In the coming weeks, the public can visit the modern version of Amsterdam’s traditional wooden houseboats. Next year the first 38 families are due to enter their new homes floating on the IJ lake near Amsterdam city centre.…
We at Bowcrest Marine are looking to partner Developers and Authorities nationwide who are interested in exploring the creation of Floating Home Communities in suitable locations. These floating communities can be comprised just of homes or a mix of residential Floating unit together with commercial facilities such as Floating Restaurants, Floating Shops, Community Centre’s, Pubs,…
Bowcrest Marine has embarked on a major push to bring the concept of Living On Water to the UK in the same way that is embraced in the Netherlands and other countries around the world. It is time that old thinking moves aside to enable bold and imaginative ideas to combat housing shortages, flood risk,…
Indicators appear to be showing that the countries economy is slowly recovering with many of the doom and gloom merchants actually having their thunder stolen buy continuing good figures from the RPI and such a BA. It is conceivable that if the slide in property prices comes to and end as people start to cotton…
The barge market continues to be slow for the UK sector of the market and likewise the Americans. However the Australians who enjoying excellent exchange rates with the Euro are active with many clients planning trips over to Europe in the next few months. Buyers however are being far to wary in committing to some…