The flood-proof home of the future: Designers envisage what houses will look like by 2072 amid rising sea levels - including buoyant foundations, inflatable rafts and kitchens on the TOP floor

Having an upstairs kitchen and several inflatable rafts outside is not many people's vision of a dream home. But this 'flood-proof' design concept may …


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