For a new floating home community on Lake union that ecco had previously designed and permitted, we were asked to do a floating home design.  The client's inspiration was a modern take on mid-century floating homes and classic yacht cabin design.  Floating homes are a unique and challenging design problem in urban areas, with very limiting envelope restrictions that require creative visual tricks and flexible use of spaces to capture the client’s needs.  With two master suites on one level and a great room upper level, this home takes full advantage of views of the vibrant house boat community, Gasworks Park, and from the roof deck downtown seattle.  The barrel vault roof over the great room was both an aesthetic goal of the client's as well as a functional one, providing natural light into the core of the home.