Last year at the Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show, Miami-based firm Arkup announced the first-of-its-kind “livable yacht” project: an eco-friendly, hurricane-resistant, rectangular vessel that ...

Sea levels are rising, but the solution to the problem is not to fight water but live on it. The idea isn’t exactly new, but here’s a first, concrete proposal towards helping man (and woman and their ...

Arkup, a sustainable and liveable marine vessel developer, has unveiled its latest solar-electric houseboat before it will be on display at the Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show this month. This ...

MIAMI — Häcker Kitchens, a German manufacturer of modern kitchen cabinetry with U.S. offices in Miami, has partnered with Arkup, an award-winning maker of livable yachts, to "create kitchen concepts ...

Imagine for a moment that you don’t have millions of dollars to spend on a home. This is the case for most people. That being said, I've found it. I’ve found the one yacht that doubles as a living ...

In 2017 we wrote about Arkup, a company designing “hurricane-proof” livable yachts powered by solar energy and capable of operating completely off the grid. Now, the company has finally debuted a real ...

When the housing startup Arkup revealed its plan to build a floating, hurricane-proof yacht in 2017, South Florida had just witnessed the devastating effects of Hurricane Irma, a Category 4 storm that ...

Living in a houseboat sounds awesome until you consider what happens during a bad storm. After all, crashing waves, battering winds, and potential floods all have the potential to damage your home and ...

The Arkup 75 is an aquatic, self-propelled villa created by Waterstudio.NL. With the core bells and whistles, including furniture, the yacht will cost you $5.5 million, but you can also customize one ...

Dutch architecture studio Waterstudio.NL has created a solar-powered electric yacht-cum-villa with retractable stilts that allow it to be raised fully out of the water to become an off-grid home.

You could be forgiven for thinking that Arkup's ambitious concept for a floating home would never be realized, but it has indeed been built and is now for sale for a cool US$5.5 million. Boasting ...