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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The debate is whether Arkup #1 should be taxed as a home, or whether it's exempt as a "vessel." Attorneys for the owner say taxing a vessel registered with the State of Florida would be illegal. The ...

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 ...

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 ...

The houseboat of the future. A glamorous floating motor home. The “first electrical livable yacht.” However you choose to describe Arkup’s eco-friendly luxury yacht, the mansion on water is a marvel ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.