Jonathan Glancey visits Holland's floating homes
"It makes you think of the flood in the book of Genesis, of Noah and his ark. Should that flood ever return, Maasbommel's citizens are prepared. Or at least, a few dozen of them are. In this riverside village, some 60 miles from Amsterdam, 37 amphibious houses have been built, or are under construction, on the wrong side of the dyke. Should the waters rise, these cheerful clapboard houses will rise too, up to 12 ft, to keep their occupants and their possessions dry. When the floods abate, they will sink slowly back to their original position."
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