Archinect - News 2013-05-22T15:40:29-04:00 http://archinect.com/news/article/49772782/floating-architecture-finding-ways-to-live-with-rising-water Floating Architecture: Finding Ways to Live With Rising Water Archinect 2012-05-31T14:58:00-04:00 >2012-06-15T09:43:47-04:00 <img src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/514x/fa/fafbqnd2pzrgxl8a.jpg" width="514" height="354" border="0" title="" alt="" /><em><p>There is a saying that "God made the world, but the Dutch made Holland." And for centuries, the Dutch have built different types of barriers to hold back rising water and allow for development. But as sea levels continue to rise, instead of trying to fight the water, Dutch architects and urban planners are taking a new approach: finding ways to live with it.</p></em><br /><br /><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd"> <html><head><meta></head></html> http://archinect.com/news/article/30929754/startup-ducks-immigration-law-with-googleplex-of-the-sea Startup Ducks Immigration Law With 'Googleplex of the Sea' Archinect 2011-12-14T17:06:17-05:00 >2011-12-14T20:52:41-05:00 <img src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/514x/f3/f341cd5fcb8021a28a70dbe960c9fef7.jpg" width="514" height="247" border="0" title="" alt="" /><em><p>Blueseed says U.S. immigration law is choking the flow of &ldquo;bold and creative&rdquo; entrepreneurs into Silicon Valley. So it&rsquo;s building a floating IT fortress where entrepreneurs can be bold and creative right next to Silicon Valley without actually setting foot on U.S. soil.</p></em><br /><br /><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd"> <html><head><meta></head></html>