
Floating House by Carl Turner —
Plans for Carl Turner Architect's Floating House -- designed for areas prone to flooding -- can be downloaded for free from the Paperhouses website.

Wikkelhouse by Fiction Factory (Amsterdam, The Netherlands) —
Wikkelhouse, meaning "wrapped house" in Dutch, is a prefab home wrapped in layers of cardboard. Homes are priced from €25,000 ($26,473).

Tentsile Tree Tents (London, UK) —
For the rural adventurer, there is the Tentsile Tree Tent -- an easily transportable bedroom that can be erected anywhere there are trees to anchor from.

Manta Underwater Room by Mikael Genberg (Pemba Island, Zanzibar, Tanzania) —
At the Manta Underwater Room, part of the Manta Resort, guests sleep in an underwater bedroom, where they can observe the passing sea creatures.

Animated Forest by Francis & Arnett (South Snowdonia, Wales) —
Animated Forest was one of Epic Retreats, a project in Wales that saw eight designer cabins that tour the Welsh countryside earlier this year.

Portage Bay Floating Home by Ninebark (Seattle, Washington) —
If you get close enough, you can look right through this renovated 1,200-square-foot home.

Walking House by N55 (Copenhagen, Denmark) —
The Walking House, which is solar- and wind-powered, can move at its resident's command, thanks to its six hydraulic legs.

"Nomadic Homes: Architecture on the Move," published by Taschen, is out now.