Artificial Islands
Designed environments built on water, from floating structures to reclaimed islands and offshore interventions.
ONOMA Architecture Rescues a 1958 Mercer Island Home and Gives It a Second Life
A full gut renovation on a wooded Mercer Island lot preserves midcentury Douglas fir bones while rethinking every wall around them.
mmkplus Resurrects a Forgotten Artificial Island on Seoul's Han River as a Modular Cultural Park
Nodeul Island Park reclaims a 30-acre abandoned landmass with terraced plazas, a performance hall, and a village-like grid of public life.
Proximity Island Frame: A Floating Platform That Holds the Horizon Still While the Sea Moves
qiaoxi wu's Editor's Choice entry rides existing offshore columns with the tide, framing the sea-sky line as a fixed datum in a restless ocean.
Proximity Island: An Abandoned Oil Rig Reborn as a Vertical Cultural Ecosystem at Sea
Sasha Pokidova stacks galleries, research spaces and co-housing cells inside a sponge-like hexagonal skin, turning offshore industry into a micro-city.
Salvaged Island
An Alternative Architectural Solution to use Aquatic Infrastructure as an Integrated Facility.
Look at the future use of industrial structures: Proximity Island
Architectural Ideas for Repurposing Oil rigs
