This Quaint English House Can Jack Itself Up On Stilts To Avoid Floods
If climate change is going to bring the deluge to England, there's not need to rethink how to build houses: just make sure they can rise high enough to stay dry.
If climate change is going to bring the deluge to England, there's not need to rethink how to build houses: just make sure they can rise high enough to stay dry.
A house that rises up on stilts to escape flooding seems like a fine idea. After all, permanently raised homes exist all over the world, for flood avoidance, to keep animals and vermin out, and even to stop the house from melting the permafrost on which it is built. But when you imagine a house that can rise up over troubled waters, you probably don't imagine a traditional brick box, straight out of a child's drawing. Unsurprisingly, this ultra-conservative design comes from the U.K.