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Building created to float on water
A floating building is a building unit with a flotation system at its base, to allow it to float on water. It is common to define such a building as being
Floating_building
Artificial islands used as infrastructure in aquatic environments
proposed for building floating cities or huge living complexes. Some units have been constructed and are presently in operation. Floating structures offer
Very_large_floating_structure
Seismic stabilized building foundation
Floating raft is a land-based building foundation that protects it against settlement and liquefaction of soft soil from seismic activity. It was a necessary
Floating_raft_system
Building project in Lagos, Nigeria (2013–2016)
The Makoko Floating School was a building project of Makoko, Lagos, Nigeria which was developed in 2013. The school was abandoned in March 2016 over safety
Makoko_Floating_School
Enclosed structure
proximity to geographical features (earth shelter, stilt house, houseboat, or floating home). For residents in need of special care or those society considers
Building
Topics referred to by the same term
Very large floating structure, the theory and practice of building floating structures on the sea Vimana, a flying palace in Hinduism "Floating City" (song)
Floating_city
Lowest and supporting layer of a structure
structure which connects it to the ground or more rarely, water (as with floating structures), transferring loads from the structure to the ground. Foundations
Foundation_(engineering)
Type of United States Navy drydocks
An auxiliary floating drydock is a type of US Navy auxiliary floating dry dock. Floating dry docks are able to submerge underwater and to be placed under
Auxiliary_floating_drydock
Pontoon building in Hobart, Tasmania
The Brooke Street Pier is a floating pontoon building at Sullivans Cove in the waterfront area of the city of Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. It was constructed
Brooke_Street_Pier
Measure of computer performance
Floating point operations per second (FLOPS, flops or flop/s) is a measure of computer performance or compute in computing, useful in fields of scientific
Floating point operations per second
Floating_point_operations_per_second
Shinto shrine in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan
island of Itsukushima (popularly known as Miyajima), best known for its "floating" torii. It is in the city of Hatsukaichi, in Hiroshima Prefecture in Japan
Itsukushima_Shrine
Branch of automation
Retrieved 2022-11-23. Wachs, Audrey. "This company is designing floating buildings to combat climate change disasters". The Architect's Newspaper. Retrieved
Building_automation
Concept of creating permanent dwellings at sea
included modified cruise ships, refitted oil platforms, and custom-built floating islands. The Seasteading Institute says seasteads can "provide the means
Seasteading
Infrastructure concept
A floating airport is an airport built and situated on a very large floating structure (VLFS) located many miles out at sea utilizing a flotation type
Floating_airport
Type of bridge
A floating suspension bridge is a type of suspension bridge supported by towers built on floating pontoons which are tethered to the seabed. The design
Floating_suspension_bridge
Market where goods are sold from boats
A floating market is a market where goods are sold from boats. Originating in times and places where water transport played an important role in daily
Floating_market
Floating water vessel with a crane built on shear legs
A floating sheerleg (also: shearleg) is a floating water vessel with a crane built on shear legs. Unlike other types of crane vessel, it is not capable
Floating_sheerleg
1855 class of British ironclad floating batteries
The Aetna-class ironclad floating batteries were built during the Crimean War for the attack of Russian coastal fortifications. Britain and France each
Aetna-class ironclad floating battery
Aetna-class_ironclad_floating_battery
Basin drained to allow work on a vessel
are several basic types of dry docks: (1) Graving or Basin Docks, (2) Floating Dry Docks, (3) Marine Railways, (4) Vertical Lifts, (5) Marine Travel Lifts
Dry_dock
Third to sixth series of the radio version of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
finally land on Krikkit, where they notice that there are hundreds of floating buildings and warships above the surface. They are soon apprehended by some
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Tertiary to Hexagonal Phases
The_Hitchhiker's_Guide_to_the_Galaxy_Tertiary_to_Hexagonal_Phases
Office skyscraper in Manhattan, New York
create the impression that the tower was floating in mid-air. Reynolds's main contribution to the building's design was his insistence that it have a
Chrysler_Building
Skyscraper in Osaka, Japan
stations in the world. The building primarily highlights the rooftop Kuchu Teien Observatory, also known as the Floating Garden Observatory. The two-floor
Umeda_Sky_Building
School in Metchosin, British Columbia, Canada
student commons building, two theatre-style seating lecture halls as well as traditional classrooms, labs and a floating marine sciences building. The college's
Pearson_College_UWC
Labs, Inc. It is designed to float buildings, roadways, and utilities in a few feet of water. The self-adjusting floating environment draws from existing
SAFE_Building_System
Floor not attached to the subfloor
A floating floor is a floor that does not need to be nailed or glued to the subfloor. The term floating floor refers to the installation method, but is
Floating_floor
Stairs that appear to float
cantilever is a beam,the impression of floating stairs". 17 June 2013. Taylor, Russell. "Stone Cantilevered Stairs". The Building Conservation Directory. Retrieved
Cantilevered_stairs
Planned development in the Indian Ocean
Maldives Floating City is a development in Maldives designed to tackle the rising sea levels of the Indian Ocean. Set to open in 2027, the city will house
Maldives_Floating_City
Floating bridge carrying a freeway in Seattle, Washington
Evergreen Point Floating Bridge, also known as the 520 Bridge and officially the Governor Albert D. Rosellini Bridge, is a floating bridge that carries
Evergreen Point Floating Bridge
Evergreen_Point_Floating_Bridge
Harbour in Bristol, England
Avon New Cut", "New Cut", or simply "The Cut". It is often called the Floating Harbour as the water level remains constant and it is not affected by the
Bristol_Harbour
Gaza dock provided by US military
The Gaza floating pier was a floating dock facility created by the U.S. military after being proposed immediately before U.S. President Biden's 2024 State
Gaza_floating_pier
Type of dock supported by pontoons
A floating dock, floating pier or floating jetty is a platform or ramp supported by pontoons. It is usually joined to the shore with a gangway. The pier
Floating_dock_(jetty)
Marine vessel for space launch or landing
A floating launch vehicle operations platform is a marine vessel used for launch or landing operations of an orbital launch vehicle by a launch service
Floating launch vehicle operations platform
Floating_launch_vehicle_operations_platform
Tunnel that floats underwater
A submerged floating tunnel (SFT), also known as submerged floating tube bridge (SFTB), suspended tunnel, or Archimedes bridge, is a proposed design for
Submerged_floating_tunnel
Type of ship
Floating nuclear power stations (Russian: плавучая атомная теплоэлектростанция малой мощности, ПАТЭС ММ, lit. 'floating combined heat and power (CHP)
Russian floating nuclear power station
Russian_floating_nuclear_power_station
Dutch architect
Koen and its work in the field of floating developments. Olthuis, Koen; David Keuning (9 November 2010). Float!: Building on Water to Combat Urban Congestion
Koen_Olthuis
Poles or pillars that raise a structure
damage to a building during flooding events or from waves, winds, or tides. These stilts must be designed to provide the floating building with stability
Stilts_(architecture)
Establishing of human activities at sea and use of the ocean
ship – Vessel designed to move very large loads Floating building – Building created to float on water Floating dock (jetty) – Type of dock supported by pontoons
Ocean_development
Proposed type of large building
seascraper, also known as a waterscraper, is a proposed large building which will function as a floating city. It would generate its own energy through wave, wind
Seascraper
1871 novel by Jules Verne
A Floating City, or sometimes translated The Floating City (French: Une ville flottante), is an adventure novel by French writer Jules Verne first published
A_Floating_City
Radiant light and heat from the Sun, harnessed with technology
difference between dissimilar materials into an electric current. Floating solar or floating photovoltaics (FPV), sometimes called floatovoltaics, are solar
Solar_energy
Skyscraper in Baltimore, Maryland, US
also includes operation and maintenance of the building. Construction of an array of grassy floating gardens, tethered to the waterfront bulkhead below
Baltimore_World_Trade_Center
Freshwater lake in the United States
Evergreen Point Floating Bridge at the site, which opened in 1963. The 7,710-foot-long (2,350 m) floating span is the longest floating bridge in the world
Lake_Washington
Indigenous people of Bolivia and Peru
shower building with tile roofs, water heating cells and a hot water boiler to allow for warm showers.[citation needed] Houses on the floating islands
Uru_people
2023 French documentary film
a portrait of the L'Adamant Day Center in Paris, France. It is a floating building located at the foot of the Pont Charles-de-Gaulle on the right bank
On_the_Adamant
Type of wind turbine
A floating wind turbine is an offshore wind turbine mounted on a floating structure that allows the turbine to generate electricity in water depths where
Floating_wind_turbine
1938 flood in Southern California, United States
by the sheer erosive force of floodwaters or by the collision of floating buildings and other wreckage. Some communities were buried as much as 6 feet
Los_Angeles_flood_of_1938
Mosque in Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia
Indian Mosque or Floating Mosque is a floating mosque located at the bank of Sarawak River, Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia. The building is officiated by
Indian_Mosque,_Kuching
tallest building in Dubai is the Burj Khalifa, which rises 828 metres (2,717 ft) and contains 163 floors. The tower has stood as both the tallest building in
List of tallest buildings in Dubai
List_of_tallest_buildings_in_Dubai
there are images of buildings that appear to look like temples or palaces floating in the sky, as well. These floating buildings lead down to what appears
Taima_mandala
Floating power station
are power plants installed on a deck barge. These are sometimes called "floating power plants" or "barge mounted power plants". They were initially developed
Powership
Buddhist temple in Colombo, Sri Lanka
Seema Malaka (Sinhala: සීමා මාලකය) is a Buddhist temple in Colombo, Sri Lanka. The temple is mainly used for meditation and rest, rather than for worship
Seema_Malaka
Boat used as a home
Venezuelan Navy in the 20th century. The building resembles a ship with its anchors, lifeboats, and radars, floating on water. It is located in the neighbourhood
Houseboat
Environmentally responsible construction principles
Green building (also known as green construction, sustainable building, or eco-friendly building) refers to both a structure and the application of processes
Green_building
Building in Tokyo, Japan
beauty salons, and select shops. The defining feature of the building is a seemingly-floating spiral ramp (15 m in diameter) that encircles the rear gallery
Spiral_(building)
1996 short story collection by Koji Suzuki
seven stories, and an extra plotline forming the prologue and epilogue. "Floating Water" (浮遊する水; Fuyū Suru Mizu) was adapted as Dark Water (2002) by Hideo
Dark Water (short story collection)
Dark_Water_(short_story_collection)
United States Navy drydock
YFD-2 (Yard Floating Dock-2, USS YFD-2) was an auxiliary floating drydock built for the United States Navy in 1901. The first parts were laid down in
YFD-2
Type of floating bridge
A pontoon bridge (or ponton bridge), also known as a floating bridge, is a bridge that uses floats or shallow-draft boats to support a continuous deck
Pontoon_bridge
Building in Sha Tin, Hong Kong
reopened as 'Club One' in summer 2018. The current building was a replacement for the former Shatin Floating Restaurant that had opened in 1963 and which was
ClubONE_Riviera
Group of artists led by Kazimir Malevich
Chashnik, a young students of his, drafting unorthodox plans for free-floating buildings and enormous steel and glass structures along with more practical
UNOVIS
Italian mosaic and antiquity expert
Emperor Caligula's pleasure boats, the Nemi ships which were more like floating buildings than boats and never meant to sail. Following Caligula's assassination
Dario_del_Bufalo
Office in Makati, Philippines
style and the architect's signature of floating volumes. With an estimated height of 74.8 meters (245 ft), the building is the first in the Philippines to
L._V._Locsin_Building
Proposed floating city project
The Freedom Ship is a floating city project proposed in the late 1990s by engineer Norman Nixon. The namesake of the project reflects the designer's vision
Freedom_Ship
ULCC tanker, longest ship in history
built. In 2013, her overall length was surpassed by 30 m (98 ft) by the floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) installation Shell Prelude, a monohull barge
Seawise_Giant
Former mosque in Palu, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia
that supported the mosque floating on the bay. As such, the mosque has partially submerged in the ocean. However, the building remained intact. Reportedly
Floating_Mosque_of_Palu
American architect
to consider the health of the environment and local ecology. The Nexus Floating Sea City would be 7.6 kilometres (4.7 mi) in length and 4 kilometres (2
Eugene_Tssui
Island country in Southeast Asia
rooftops and vertical surfaces of buildings, and other initiatives like building one of the world's largest floating solar farms at Tengeh Reservoir in
Singapore
Country in East Asia
About a third of China's workforce are domestic migrant workers, the floating population. The hukou ('household individual') system restricts citizens'
China
Lebanese architect
Retrieved 2019-11-02. "AUD chair of architecture proposes design for floating building". Middle East Architect. Retrieved 2019-11-02. "Dr. Kachaamy's FOOTPRINT
Georges_Kachaamy
Wetlands in India as per Ramsar list
the Earth.Loktak Lake in Manipur is famous for hosting the world's only floating national park, which sits right on top of the water. Vembanad-Kol Wetland
List_of_Ramsar_sites_in_India
Passenger facility on the River Mersey
The current terminal is composed mainly of a floating landing stage, with a small passenger terminal building, but a larger terminal is planned by the new
Liverpool_Cruise_Terminal
Australian architect (born 1949)
shaping the waterfront area of Tasmania's capital city, Hobart. The floating building Brooke Street Pier, was the first of its kind in Australia. It includes
Robert_Morris-Nunn
Vehicular cable ferry in Devon, England
The Dartmouth Higher Ferry, also known as the Dartmouth–Kingswear Floating Bridge, is a vehicular and passenger cable ferry, which crosses the River Dart
Dartmouth_Higher_Ferry
Mosque in Northeast, Penang, Malaysia
The Penang Floating Mosque (Malay: Masjid Terapung Pulau Pinang), also known as Tanjong Bungah Floating Mosque (Malay: Masjid Terapung Tanjong Bungah)
Penang_Floating_Mosque
Capital of France
of the newest parks, the Promenade des Berges de la Seine (2013), has floating gardens. During the Roman era, Paris's main cemetery was located on the
Paris
Contemporary architetonic movement
many ideas have been put forth: This essentially involves creating floating buildings inspired by the buoyancy of icebergs and the shapes of various organisms
Bionic_architecture
Pontoon bridge in western Washington State, United States
The Hood Canal Bridge (officially William A. Bugge Bridge) is a floating bridge in western Washington state, United States. It carries State Route 104
Hood_Canal_Bridge
Bridge in Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Floating Bridge (Arabic: الجسر العائم) is a pontoon bridge located in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The bridge is the first of its kind in the region and
Floating_Bridge,_Dubai
submarine) In 2006 Rosenergoatom and Sevmash signed a contract for the floating nuclear power plant. NMZ produced the nuclear power plants KLT-40S for
Nizhny Novgorod Machine-building Plant
Nizhny_Novgorod_Machine-building_Plant
Proposed bridge or tunnel in Canada
designs have included a bored tunnel, a submerged floating tunnel, a pontoon bridge, or a floating cable-stayed bridge. Challenges to establishing a fixed
Vancouver_Island_fixed_link
Combinational digital circuit
This is in contrast to a floating-point unit (FPU), which operates on floating point numbers. It is a fundamental building block of many types of computing
Arithmetic_logic_unit
Russian floating nuclear power plant
is a non-self-propelled power barge that operates as the first Russian floating nuclear power station. The ship was named after academician Mikhail Lomonosov
Akademik_Lomonosov
American entrepreneur and venture capitalist (born 1967)
jacobin.com. Retrieved 28 June 2025. Gelles, David (13 November 2017). "Floating Cities, No Longer Science Fiction, Begin to Take Shape". The New York Times
Peter_Thiel
Soviet model of mobile pontoon bridge
The PMP Floating Bridge (Russian: Понтонно-мостовой парк, ПМП "pontoon / bridge park") is a type of mobile pontoon bridge designed by the Soviet Union
PMP_Floating_Bridge
2025 film by Kim Byung-woo
tsunami and appears to die after colliding with a floating car. She then reawakens in the building with Hee-jo, who has resuscitated her. As they search
The_Great_Flood_(film)
tallest buildings and structures Unfinished building NASA Institute for Advanced Concepts suggested building space elevator on equatorial floating platform
List of visionary tall buildings and structures
List_of_visionary_tall_buildings_and_structures
Swimming pool bridging two buildings
The pool is the world's first "floating" swimming pool, and bridges a gap between two high-rise apartment buildings in the development. It is suspended
Sky_Pool,_London
Group of six buildings in Washington D.C., U.S.
The Watergate complex is a group of six buildings in the Foggy Bottom neighborhood of Washington, D.C., United States. It includes a development of cooperative
Watergate_complex
Public art installation in London, England
Antepavilion, an annual art contest. Currently, they are displayed on floating platforms on the Regent's Canal, in front of the art centre in repurposed
Sharks!
Hospital in Massachusetts, United States
Tufts Children's Hospital (formerly Floating Hospital for Children) in Boston, Massachusetts was a downtown Boston pediatric hospital owned by Tufts Medical
Tufts_Children's_Hospital
Open-source CPU instruction set architecture
the RISC-V ISA is a load–store architecture. Its floating-point instructions use IEEE 754 floating-point. Notable features of the RISC-V ISA include:
RISC-V
Floating church in Cambodia
Church of Chong Khnies is a Roman Catholic church in Cambodia. It is a floating church, lying on the Tonle Sap lake. Cathedral of Phnom Penh St. Joseph's
Chong_Khneas_Catholic_Church
Non-profit organization
study for The Floating City Project. In September 2016 the Seasteading Institute met with officials in French Polynesia to discuss building a prototype
The_Seasteading_Institute
Low-energy buildings, which include zero-energy buildings, passive houses and green buildings, may use any of a large number of techniques to lower energy
List of low-energy building techniques
List_of_low-energy_building_techniques
Former municipality in Akershus, Norway
and were then transported onwards by rail. Today, many of Fet's floating buildings have been preserved and converted into a museum and cultural centre
Fet,_Norway
Residential skyscrapers in Manhattan, New York
(August 19, 2016). "Tour the American Copper Buildings' skybridge and roof, first look at its floating lap pool". 6sqft. Archived from the original on
The_Copper_(building)
Repurposed moored car ferries (1983–2011)
(ex-TSS Dover) were two former car ferries used as permanently moored floating nightclubs in the United Kingdom from the 1980s to the 2000s. Both ships
Tuxedo_floating_nightclubs
Walking surface of a room
floor one can sense underfoot. Where a special floor structure like a floating floor is laid upon another floor, both may be called subfloors. Special
Floor
Floating hotel
(Korean: 호텔해금강), originally the Four Seasons Barrier Reef Resort, was a floating hotel. Originally designed to exploit the tourism potential of the Great
Hotel_Haegumgang
Type of ocean claim
"tech-colonialism" at sea. Such settlements have been suggested to be established with floating accommodation platforms, such as very large cruise ships or artificial
Ocean_colonization
2006 book by C. M. Kösemen
and has since then, per Kösemen himself, "had a life of its own as a PDF floating around the backwaters of the internet like a ghost ship". One of the common
All_Tomorrows
FLOATING BUILDING
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Muslim/Islamic
Flowing
Boy/Male
Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
Floating in Glory
Boy/Male
Tamil
Floating, Revolution
Girl/Female
Tamil
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Australian, Danish, Greek, Latin
Flowing
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Muslim
Flowing
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Hindu
Flowing
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Greek
Flaming.
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Gujarati, Indian
Floating
Girl/Female
Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Marathi, Sanskrit, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu
Flowing
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Hindu
Floating, Revolution
Biblical
flowing
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Indian, Sanskrit
Flaming
Boy/Male
Biblical
Flowing.
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Flowing, River
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Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Marathi
Floating; Revolution
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Tamil
Flowing
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian, Tamil, Traditional
Flowing
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Tamil
Floating, Revolution
Boy/Male
Arabic, German, Muslim, Sindhi
Flowing
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Greek
(ΣÎÏγιος) Greek form of Latin Sergius, possibly SERGIOS means "sergeant."
Boy/Male
Tamil
Polite, Humble
Surname or Lastname
English (Lancashire)
English (Lancashire) : habitational name from a place in Lancashire, so named from Old English fisc ‘fish’ + wīc ‘trading place’.
Boy/Male
Scottish
Son of Dougal.
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Tamil, Telugu
Lustre; Loveliness
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
Joy of the Gods
Boy/Male
Indian
One who laughs often
Girl/Female
Indian
Star, The pleiades
Girl/Female
British, Christian, Danish, Dutch, English, French, Latin, Swedish
Form of Beatrice; Bringer of Joy; Traveler; Voyager through Life
Boy/Male
Christian & English(British/American/Australian)
Wild or Crazy
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a.
That flows or for flowing (in various sense of the verb); gliding along smoothly; copious.
n.
Decoration by means of flutes or channels; a flute, or flutes collectively; as, the fluting of a column or pilaster; the fluting of a lady's ruffle.
n.
Floating threads. See Floating threads, above.
n.
The act of putting a foot to anything; also, that which is added as a foot; as, the footing of a stocking.
n.
The second coat of three-coat plastering.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Float
a.
Ardent; passionate; burning with zeal; irrepressibly earnest; as, a flaming proclomation or harangue.
adv.
In a floating manner; swimmingly.
adv.
In a floating manner.
a.
Free or lose from the usual attachment; as, the floating ribs in man and some other animals.
a.
Receiving its charge through the muzzle; as, a muzzle-loading rifle.
a.
That flares; flaming or blazing unsteadily; shining out with a dazzling light.
n.
The science of floating bodies.
n.
A coat or covering; a layer of any substance, as a cover or protection; as, the coating of a retort or vial.
a.
Buoyed upon or in a fluid; a, the floating timbers of a wreck; floating motes in the air.
n.
A coating or covering resembling ice, as of sugar and milk or white of egg; frosting.
a.
Not funded; not fixed, invested, or determined; as, floating capital; a floating debt.
a.
Passing swiftly away; not durable; transient; transitory; as, the fleeting hours or moments.
a.
Floating on the waves.
n.
The state of floating.