Weird and Wacky 
The Octuri Wind Powered Yacht/Plane(0)
Put this on the list of things that every wealthy island owner should have. Designer Yelken Octuri has created a flying yacht for Omani princes Aziz, Dawood and Hashim. The flying yacht was designed to allow the princes to enjoy sailing along the Omani coastline. Four masts retract to become wings as the yacht turns [...]
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NOAH: A Floating Home for New Orleans
After the Hurricane Katrina tragedy, designers and engineers began working together to developa plan to keep the residents of the Big Easy safe during times of flooding. One idea being proposed is a giant floating building called NOAH, which stands for New Orleans Arcology Habitat.
The habitat boasts 20,000 residential units as well as 3 hotels and 500 [...]
The Ark: A Floating Hotel for an Uncertain Future
With arable land becoming increasingly scarce and waters rising around the world, developers and engineers are looking at alternatives to finding places to lodge our ever growing population.
Russian architectural firm Remistudio has taken the concept of a man-made biosphere and gone to sea with its vision for the floating “Ark Hotel.” Designed to withstand floods, [...]
Haunted Island
Islands can be luxurious, relaxing and even…spooky!!! In a past episode of Destination Truth host Joshua Gates explores Pemba Island off the east coast of Africa. The island is reputed to be so haunted that many local fisherman wont visit the island. Apparently in the past hte island was used as a slave trading post. [...]
Iceburg Cabin
Part floating island and part floating home, architect Daniel Andersson has envisioned a nouveau lake house that lets guests sleep with the fish — where the living space sits directly below the water’s surface and from above emerges an expansive roof deck. Andersson’s design came about when he was approached by his client, Ålands Hotell [...]
Hawaii Sized Plastic Island
Probably one of the most bold island development proposals I have seen in a long time a group of architects from the Netherlands have proposed a crazy idea to take all the plastic floating in the Pacific Ocean and recycle it into a floating island the size of Hawaii.
Climate refugees would be able to move there [...]
Underwater Skyscraper: A Self Sufficient City
Upside down, self sufficient, floating island cities. The future will no doubt be an interesting place to be, where potentially millions of people will be pseudo-islomaniacs.
Touted as a self-sufficent floating city, Sarly Adre Bin Sarkum’s Water Scraper utilizes a variety of green technologies. It generates its own electricity using wave wind, and solar power and it [...]
The Gyre: An Upside Down Floating Skyscrapper
I remember when a simple floating building was the avant guard of design. Now engineers are pushing the limits with even more outrageous designs. Can you imagine living in a high-rise apartment building where the 360 degree views are of fish and saltwater?
Although still just a concept, this upside-down, underwater eco-skyscraper (say that five times [...]
Water Purification Island
Man made islands are just for business and pleasure, they can serve a wide variety of functions including giving you a work out and purifying the water.
A new man made island design allows eco-conscious exercisers to synch your workout with a little river detox, then rehydrate with a cup of the fresh water you just [...]
Haunted Halloween Island
Although most of the world doesn’t celebrate Halloween, here in North America it’s the spookiest day of the year! Of course this isn’t to say the rest of the world doesn’t have their share of terrifying places. Considered one of the most haunted places in the world Poveglia is a haunted island near Venice, Italy.
This [...]