Cutting-edge engineering is making it possible to live on the water in ways like never before. Using innovative construction methods, hi-tech structures are remaking cities and pushing the future of home building to new frontiers. Aquatecture strives for sustainable living with floating homes like Arkup #1 in North Miami, Florida and Seastead, off the coast of Thailand; smart floating communities like Schoonschip Amsterdam; floating dairy farms like Floating Farm in Rotterdam, Netherlands; and artificial islands like Freedom Cove in British Columbia, Canada.

A brand-new engineering marvel commands the Rio de la Plata between Buenos Aries, Argentina and Montevideo, Uruguay as the world's fastest passenger ferry, a hi-tech super ship equipped with cutting-edge technology; experts reveal the innovative HSC Francisco's hidden secrets.