HONG KONG — Bruce Lo grew up in a stilt house, perched above a river in the rural fishing village of Tai O. Lo recalls one time when the stilts weren’t tall enough and an extremely high tide ...

Brown says, “So this stilt house has died multiple times on screen.” Lorraine Jonsson’s stilt home in the Stone Fisher development in Sherman Oaks offers a spectacular view of the canyon. Photo by Amy ...

Under pressure from insurers and FEMA, homeowners building in flood-prone and coastal areas, like those in Florida and Texas, are increasingly designing elevated stilt houses ...

Pilings and planks are about all that’s left of Jim Kelly’s “stilt house,” tucked near one of the mangrove islands that dot the backcountry fishing hole known as Bull Bay. O… ...

This is one of the smaller stilt houses in Ganvie, Benin, where people have lived along the water for centuries. Photo: Iwan Baan After the devastating 2011 tsunami, the Japanese government spent ...

For the iconic stilt homes of the Florida Keys, perched on concrete columns rising 12 feet or more above the ground, Hurricane Irma and its powerful storm surge was the ultimate test. Most of the e… ...

There were more than 20 of these stilt houses in the 1940s. “And a hurricane came and blew half of them down. And then the No-Name Storm in 1993 blew more down.

The stilt homes have become a recognizable part of West Florida’s history. The modest houses, made of all wood, dot the horizon and rise from 4-6 feet about the waterline.

A towering stilt house can be found in villages of the ethnic minorities in Vietnam's Central Highlands. Known as the Rong, the communal building was traditionally made from wood and bamboo. These ...