Wednesday, February 17, 2010

100 tree house design

Luxury Tree House in Los Angeles

This inspiring - and inspired! - House of wood and glass tree is a sanctuary from the hustle and bustle of everyday. Located in Nichols Canyon, Los Angeles, CA, Banyan Treehouse is a compact house design combines art studios and recreation getaway overlooking downtown Los Angeles. Architectural firms designed RPA luxury tree house in the clouds will you nine. In accordance with the natural theme, the studio is finished in luxury, organic oiled wooden palette siding, mahogany windows and roof Rheinzink. Wooden structure raised above 12 ft steel pillars, and is located to the base of a large pine tree.

Luxury Tree House in Los Angeles
Luxury Tree House in Los Angeles
Luxury Tree House in Los Angeles
Luxury Tree House in Los Angeles
Luxury Tree House in Los Angeles
Luxury Tree House in Los Angeles
Luxury Tree House in Los Angeles
Luxury Tree House in Los Angeles
Luxury Tree House in Los Angeles
Luxury Tree House in Los Angeles

Monday, November 30, 2009

Contemporary Tree House be Translated into a Modern Home

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Contemporary Tree House
Contemporary Tree House
Contemporary Tree House

Contemporary Tree HouseThe main living level of this contemporary tree house sitting in the canopy, among the green leaves moist soil fertile by scrolling below. It's one of the difficult to describe. Nature with architecture is not a strange couple in any way, but it has never been done like this. According to the architect, "We have to really walk around the house to capture the complexity and connection to the outside by using natural wood floating on the ceiling curved laminated wood beams passing through the glass walls of the generous wrap around the main living room. This impressive design seven years in the making, from drawing board to completion in 2004, and it was worth every last second of the wait. Yet another factor is playing a very contemporary, flowing style - the music. Oshatz Architect Robert Harvey has created this amazing, the artistic architecture in the woods of Portland, Oregon, for clients who love music will be translated into modern homes.

Contemporary Treehouse by Architectural Firm Baumraum

Contemporary Treehouse
Contemporary Treehouse
Contemporary Treehouse
Contemporary Treehouse

Contemporary Treehouse If you thought you had outgrown your treehouse, guess again. Despite this modern house design brings a truly sophisticated, still boasts a traditional play elements that make a real tree house - a rope ladder, lots of outdoor deck, and of course, nature-inspired interiors. Designed by the architectural firm Baumraum, a company that specializes in the tree-dwelling, striking atree house with curved roof and many windows. Those who appreciate modern architecture with an unconventional twist to plan the next trip to the North-West Germany, where you will find thiscontemporary tree house perched between alder and oak in Osnabruck.

Tuesday, August 11, 2009

Office and House in the Forest

Office in the Forest
Office in the Forest
Office in the Forest
Office in the Forest

Monday, November 10, 2008

Amazon Treehouse

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I came across yet another tree house company called Amazon Treehouses and what I particularly love about their tree house design is that it’s magical, almost as if taken from a fairytale.

An inspirational secluded haven you always dreamed of or an amazing focal point for your garden - Just let your imagination run wild and take it to a higher level, sort of speak. As I saw those treehouse pictures I was completely taken, I mean these treehouses are beautiful and the locations, OMG…

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Made for children and adults alike and with prices ranging from 5,000 through to 100,000+, these unique treehouses are designed for domestic use as well as hotels, eco-tourism resorts and more.

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…winter wonderland…

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Saturday, October 25, 2008

Tree House Design with Winding Staircase Rises to the Challenge

From the heart to a quiet forest in Wilmington, Delaware, this contemporary tree house was admittedly a labor of love for architect Whitney Sander of Sander Architects. Built for her sister after the death of their father, this warm, wooden, wooded residence evokes the feeling of “home” surrounded by hundreds of hundred-year-old trees whose leaves join to create a leafy 150-ft. “ceiling.” With a rushing stream at its feet,Tree House features a spectacular spiral staircase, running up the front of the home, past the modern Juliet-inspired balcony, and the expanse of glass that forms the front facade. The home’s very vertical construction places the master bedroom and living at the top, among the trees, with a rooftop deck as the most luxurious crowning touch.

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Friday, October 24, 2008

Whimsical Wooden Tree House Brings Nature, Music to Life in Portland, Oregon

Nature with architecture is not an odd pairing by any means, but it’s never been done quite like this. But another factor plays heavily on this contemporary, flowing style – music. Architect Robert Harvey Oshatz has created this awesome, artistic piece of architecturein the woods of

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Portland, Oregon, for a client who’s love of music would be translated into a modern home. This impressive design was seven years in the making, from the drawing board to its completion in 2004, and it was worth every last second of the wait. The main living level of thiscontemporary tree house sits in the canopy, among lush green leaves with the dewy earth rolling out below. It’s one of those designs that’s difficult to describe. According to the architect, “One has to actually stroll through the house to capture its complexities and its connection to the exterior with the use of a natural wood ceiling floating on curving laminated wood beams which pass through a generous glass wall which wraps around the main living room.”

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Monday, June 16, 2008

4TREEHOUSE by Lukasz Kos

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What is it about tree houses that we love so much? Their playfulness, the escapism they offer, and the platforms they provide into nature all come to mind. We have written about the 4Treehouse by Lukasz Kos before, but when we saw it again in this month’s Dwell, the gorgeous glowing image stopped us in our tracks. Posing as a Japanese lantern on stilts, Kos’ creation floats within the fir trees on Lake Muskoka, Ontario.

What’s more, the design frames spectacular views of the forest, from inside, out, down and up!

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Letting the existing trees set the parameters of the project, the tree house was constructed around the base of four existing trees, rather than stretching between them. The project was an exercise in minimizing impact to the trees, site, and nature itself. A swing was suspended from the four trees, forming the structural foundation for thetree house. The result is a delicate balance between the slat wall enclosure and the swaying trees.

The tall, tube-like structure allows for visitors to ascend up along with the trees. There are three – yes three! – levels which vary in transparency, letting light both in as well as out.

Lukasz Kos is a cofounder of Testroom, a Toronto-based architecture and design firm.

4TREEHOUSE by Lukasz Kos,house design


4TREEHOUSE by Lukasz Kos,house design


4TREEHOUSE by Lukasz Kos,house design


4TREEHOUSE by Lukasz Kos,house design


4TREEHOUSE by Lukasz Kos,house design

Sunday, June 15, 2008

To The Trees!

Treehouses have grown-up and are winning awards for excellence in design and innovation. If the idea of treehouse as family dwelling conjures up images of the Swiss Family Robinson, then prepare yourself for the following reinterpretations.

In 2003 Lukasz Kos, a masters student at the University of Toronto's School of Architecture & Design, took honourable mention at the OAA awards for his Muskoka, ON. treehouse, an elegant slatted structure that scales the trees and lets light radiate down it's core.

More recently, Joel Sherman of jls Design produced his AIA award-winning Steel Tree House in Lake Tahoe, CA, a sprawling residence that is cleverly engineered to work with snow loads and sloping terrain. Then there is Marcio Kogan's BR House in Araras, RJ that was built up to the canopy, and allows trees to puncture through the roof at points creating a contemporary elevated living space.

It seems that idea is less about reducing the ecological footprint, and more about the treehouse as a relic of childhood that is virtually extinct in urban settings. By resurrecting them on a very grand scale in a more sylvan setting, these treehouses are the ultimate in treehouse design, and no doubt the owners are the most popular kids in the forest.

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