Tree Houses! From the past into the future...

In the future, will we give back the land to native plants and animals and live up in the trees? Hovering aircraft are available now, we just need to wait for the clean energy versions. If we compost our waste, give up plastics and petroleum, grow hydrophonically...what would our new footprint be?


Tree House

The Treehouse Book by Peter Nelson

pic via netnotables.com




wood tree house
Blue Forest Treehouses in the UK -
See their website for more gorgeous, highly ambitious designs. blueforest.com

 

 

Treehouse

Second home among the Pines...

 

 

cedar tree house

Cedar Spire

By the TreeHouse Co, Scotland. A 45-foot spire with cedar shingles, a copper turret, a side deck and two staircases with multilevel verandas adorn this lightening struck tree.

www.treehousecompany.com




treehouse
Treehouse in Kerala, India
www.blog.indiatouristspots.com



tree house
Sanasuma Yoga Retreat
Outside Colombo, Sri Lanka sanasuma.co.uk



treehouse japan
Treehouse in Japan by Takashi Kobayashi www.treehouse.jp



treehouse
Lake Nest Treehouse
Southampton, NY. 100% salvaged/reclaimed Doug Fir, pruned branches/vines, and driftwood. By Roderick Romero www.romerostudios.com



tree house point
Tree House Point
One hour east of Seattle. Pete Nelson, world renowned treehouse builder and author, teaches treehouse building.
www.treehousepoint.com



treehouse.
Painted Treehouse
Source



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Falcon's Perch Treehouse Long Island, NY
Photo by Pete Nelson www.telegraph.co.uk



alnwick tree house

Alnwick Gardens
TreeHouse Co., Scotland. Very large- 6,000 square foot tree house holds a 120-seat restaurant, a retail shop, classrooms, and two private dining rooms.

www.treehousecompany.com




tree house
The Minister's Tree House in Crossville, TN - Reclaimed wood, recycled materials...
Buy Print: www.etsy.com
Read more: www.all-that-is-interesting.com



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The Minister's Tree House - close up
Flickr: Baking with Medusa www.flickr.com




treehouse
Treehouse Wencke in Germany
By www.baumraum.de  - see many more designs here...



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The Redwoods Treehouse in New Zealand
A restaurant www.yellowtreehouse.co.nz

 

slat tree house

4Treehouse
By Lukasz Kos, Toronto. A three-level hexagonal home wraps around and within four trees overlooking Ontario’s Lake Muskoka.
www.studiolukaszkos.com

 

 

steel tree house

Steel Tree House

Joel Sherman of J.L.S. design brought the house up into the trees.
Lake Tahoe, California
.    www.tahoearchitect.com




mirrored tree house
A Tree Hotel
Northern Sweden, a light-weight aluminium structure hung around a tree trunk, a 4×4x4m box clad in mirrored glass. The exterior reflects the surroundings and the sky, creating a camouflaged refuge. The interior is made of plywood. Access to the cabin is by rope ladder. I worry about the birds though
. www.tvark.se/treehotel




tree house sphere
Free Spirit Spheres
Set among the tall trees of the west coast rainforest of Vancouver Island, Canada. Handcrafted spheres are suspended like pendants from a web of rope.

www.freespiritspheres.com



geodesic green house
O2 Treehouse
Built from 100% sustainable materials and based on the geodesic sphere, the modular design is fully customizable. Cable suspension system, available in steel or aluminum. Build yours from a kit or have one custom designed. Calif, Wisconsin and MN.

www.o2sustainability.com



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Treehouse Djuren, Germany
By Baumraum www.baumraum.de - see inside pics!



tree houses
Tree House in Osnabruck, North-West Germany
Lots more photos here: www.baumraum.de



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Cone Treehouses
By Baumraum, Germany www.baumraum.de



 

futuristic tree house

Modular Tree House
Sybarite, London
. These environmentally friendly, very light-weight prefabricated modular structures are made from 70% recycled materials. Powered by wind. Currently being built worldwide... Really! Waiting for a real picture! We hope one of the new owners will share. There is a place to tie your clean energy hovering aircraft. We can break up all the asphalt roads and let nature take back the planet!

www.sybarite-uk.com

 

 

tree homes

Fab Tree Hab

Mass Institute of Technology

Live in a tree, not up in a tree...the tree grows in place 'as' the housing structure, instead of the growing, felling and transporting of lumber. A living structure is grafted into shape with prefabricated reusable scaffolds. A roof-top trough harvests water for human use; the plumbing system is positioned to provide for gravity-induced flow and gray-water reuse; a composting system treats human waste and will later return nutrients to the eco-system. www.archinode.com

 

 

 

tree stump house

Home is where the heart is...





Terrific TreeHouse Designs

 



 


Builders of 'Livable' Treehouses:

 

TreeHouse Workshop has built treehouses all across the country. Each treehouse is unique. They begin each treehouse with a consultation for tree selection and design. Once designed, each treehouse is built by experienced craftsmen utilizing specialized hardware and salvaged materials. Seattle, WA 

www.treehouseworkshop.com

 

 

Blue Forest Ltd, UK is one of the world's leading luxury tree house design and construction companies. www.blueforest.com

 

 

 

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kaylee
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awesome
Reply #5 on : Mon January 16, 2012, 12:37:05
this iz pretty kool and iv never had treehouse..... <3
Lori
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this is awesome
Reply #4 on : Thu May 12, 2011, 17:23:22
this is so awesome. I will do this.
Keiren
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Reply to HC
Reply #3 on : Thu April 14, 2011, 10:15:00
Hi Hc,
You are right! Matscapes did not belong on this page...moved them over to vertical farms..Cheers!
Damon Delaney
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Treehouse's
Reply #2 on : Sun April 10, 2011, 05:36:26
We built my son a treehouse and had a blast dailing it in, we used ohia trees and bamboo for the roof, quite addicting! i like the idea of giving gaia back her planet!
HC
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The danger of the end of individualism
Reply #1 on : Tue April 05, 2011, 10:14:21
Matscape? No no no no no no no
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