Archinect - News 2024-12-22T03:58:33-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/125748002/life-in-the-ocean-micronation-of-sealand-population-2 Life in the ocean micronation of Sealand, population: 2 Alexander Walter 2015-04-20T15:14:00-04:00 >2015-04-28T19:27:01-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/i1/i1v5rir1fdftqyjl.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>Michael Bates grew up seven nautical miles off the coast of England, on a platform made of concrete and metal. Michael, the son of Roy Bates, is the Prince of the Principality of Sealand, a contested micronation [...]. Today, as futurists, tech billionaires and libertarians start looking to the sea for the next stage of cities and governance, Sealand serves as a tiny example [...]. What can the experiences of the Bates family tell those who dream about ocean living?</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> https://archinect.com/news/article/89138635/ocean-city-one-prize-2013-stormproof-competition-entry OCEAN+CITY - ONE Prize 2013 Stormproof competition entry Justine Testado 2013-12-18T13:38:00-05:00 >2013-12-18T15:57:33-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/pv/pvcpsdht98qyg4k7.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>Designed for the Atlantic resort Ocean City on the coast of Maryland, "OCEAN+CITY" by Will Belcher, Joey Hays, Chris Landau, and Henry Moll is an entry the team submitted to this year's ONE Prize: Stormproof competition. Participants in the international competition had to propose smartly designed resilient cities ready to face the challenges of severe climate conditions.</p></em><br /><br /><p> <img alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/514x/ow/owe6d2m3no0jp5oi.jpg" title=""></p> <p> <img alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/514x/qp/qpjeaom3onbhl3wr.jpg" title=""></p> <p> <img alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/514x/cl/clwat2ec7j1qj8hj.jpg" title=""></p> <p> <img alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/514x/mc/mcr6avrvektkj0dv.jpg" title=""></p> <p> <img alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/514x/xo/xo5pzawudd1epup9.jpg" title=""></p> <p> <em>Images courtesy of OCEAN+CITY.</em></p>