A staggering 4.2 million Americans could be displaced by rising sea levels in the next 100 years, according to a Nature Climate Change study.
But a floating home could help you continue living safely along a coastline.
California-based Terry & Terry Architecture has designed floating concepts that it feels could very well be the future of housing down the road. Scroll down for a closer look.
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'We can take such a crude (thing)... and turn it around to find a more positive way of using that technology,' Alex Terry, a leading architect at the firm, told Tech Insider.
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'I suspect, to be realistic, it's more designed for bay water or lagoons or estuaries,' Terry said. 'I think open ocean would be a little more challenging.'
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There would also be room for a garden on the side, Terry said.
Terry and Terry Architecture
Terry and Terry Architecture
Terry and Terry Architecture
There are other use cases for the Tidal House too. 'This could be converted into a little hospital too -- it's a decent size and it could be bigger or smaller,' Terry explained.
Terry and Terry Architecture
Terry and Terry Architecture
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