Tree houses are buildings constructed among the branches or next to the trunk of one or more mature trees, and are raised above the ground. Tree houses can be built for recreation or permanent habitation. Generally, the term “tree fort” is used only for recreational structures and not permanent homes. In this post you can see the 8 of the most amazing tree houses ever built.
1. These incredible looking tree houses are called ‘Free Spirit Spheres’ and are designed by Tom Chudleigh, and is an eco-friendly living quarter that was created to co-exist unobtrusively with its forest environment. Wooden spheres are built much like a cedar strip canoe or kayak, suspension points are similar to the chain plate attachments on a sailboat and the stairways hang from a tree much like a sailboats shrouds hang from the mast. If you are more curios about these awesome tree houses you can see tour of this tree house in the video below.
2. The 4TreeHouse was designed by Lukasz Kos a masters student at the University of Toronto’s School of Architecture & Design. Posing as a Japanese lantern on stilts, Kos’ creation floats within the fir trees on Lake Muskoka, Ontario, an elegant slatted structure that scales the trees and lets light radiate down it’s core. – Via – Inhabitat
3. Sybarite is one of the most exciting architectual practices in London. The conceptual treehouse pictured above is one of the projects from UK-based Sybarite design. This treehouse is a modular system which capitalises on the beauty of its setting whilst minimising its impact upon it. The layout, along with panoramic windows, maximise benefit of the sun path, orientated so the kitchen enjoys morning light whilst the living and bedroom spaces have the pleasure of the sunset and twilight. The flexible form, comprised of modular prefabricated sections, enables configurations ranging from one to five bedrooms. The company’s site reports, “The prefabricated design can be installed on site within two weeks and is extremely lightweight, uses many recycled products, is part self-sustainable and low on maintenance.”
4. Three MIT designers – Mitchell Joachim, Lara Greden and Javier Arbona – created this living tree house in which the dwelling itself merges with its environment and nourishes its inhabitants. This home concept is intended to replace the outdated design solutions at Habitat for Humanity. Until now this house is just a concept, an a really cool one. Despite its odd exterior, the house will look normal on the inside. The walls, packed with clay and plastered over, will keep out the rain, and modern technology will be welcome. You can find more informations about this project here, and below is a short video ( 18 sec ) that presents the house.
5. This amazing treehouse above was designed by Takashi Kobayashi, one of japan’s leading treehouse creators. This house was designed after an advertising agency in Tokyo, hired him to design a treehouse for a Nescafé commercial now running on Japanese television. Mr. Kobayashi built an oval bird’s nest of a house, 12 feet high and 9 feet in diameter, reached by a circular staircase, and the final price for this tree house was about $38,000. The house is located on a field there owned by the town of Kamishihoro, where it remains an enticing, if off-limits, gift from Nestlé, the makers of Nescafé, to the people of Hokkaido. – Via – NyTimes
6. German cooperative Baumraum knows how to keep imagination alive in their homes. They create treetop dwellings which integrate beautifully into their forested surroundings, and preserve the integrity of the trees that support them. With the breezy playfulness of a hammock and the trusted stability of an old oak tree, baumraum won’t make you grow up to enjoy a sophisticated house. Now you can have your very own treehouse with a cool design thanks to Baumraum an architects studio from Germany.
7. Dustin Feider had a different vision: one that would be good for the tree, the environment and the deep human need to reconnect with nature and our primordial roots. Through his company, O2 Treehouse, Feider is out to revolutionize not merely treehouses but the entire concept of habitat. All the materials used for the treehouse are entirely recycled – and while the original O2 Sustainability Treehouse is 13 feet wide, interiors and sizes can be customized according to customer specifications.
8. When the Duke and Duchess of Northumberland laid out plans to create the largest public gardens in all of Europe, they commissioned the TreeHouse Co. to create a gigantic tree house that would house a 120-seat restaurant, a retail shop, two classrooms, and tow private dining rooms. Opened in January, 2005, the Treehouse at Alnwick Gardens is a labyrinth of turrets, treetop walkways, and cavernous spaces. At 6,000 square feet, it’s one of the largest wooden tree houses in the world.
Did you enjoy this post? Then please consider subscribing to our FREE newsletter by RSS or e-mail
Share or save this article!
Published by Michael January 8th, 2008 in Architecture
84 Comments
May 17th, 2008 at 1:03 pm
[...] Top-Eight amazing tree-houses [...]
May 29th, 2008 at 12:04 am
It is said that in ancient Lemuria, people lived in the trees… now I see the incredible possibilities
))
Many Thanks!
Pat Crosby
June 3rd, 2008 at 10:23 pm
Whoa. Me and my grandpa (please note that I am 11 years of age) are trying to build a tree house and I assure you it will not appear on this website!
Cheers- Shelby
June 8th, 2008 at 10:39 pm
Wow! These tree-houses are simply amazing. The are no words I can conjure up to describe the wonderful quality and beauty of the simple idea of a tree house. I loved it and will share these pictures with many a people.
Thanks! I enjoyed these pictures and videos alot!
I will be looking to build a tree house, but only wishing it would be one like this.
-Hannah (age 12) =]
July 7th, 2008 at 10:22 pm
[...] möchte. Wer sich noch weitere ausgefallene Baumhaus-Modelle anschauen möchte, der sei auf diese Galerie verwiesen. Männer drucken Subscribe to RSS feed Leave a [...]
July 14th, 2008 at 6:05 pm
[...] the term “tree fort” is used only for recreational structures and not permanent homes. In this post you can see the 8 of the most amazing tree houses ever [...]
July 23rd, 2008 at 5:37 pm
Holly CRAPPPP these are cool
August 2nd, 2008 at 6:52 pm
i see all theese great trees but try and build one on a palm tree to show my dad it is possible!
August 3rd, 2008 at 12:57 pm
[...] August 3, 2008 Baumhäuser Posted by blaubeere under Uncategorized | Schlagworte: große Kinder | Das Haus könnte mir gefallen. Gefunden hier. [...]
August 8th, 2008 at 11:50 pm
[...] Mehr davon unter: http://freshome.com/2008/01/08/top-8-most-amazing-tree-houses/ [...]
August 20th, 2008 at 9:56 am
beutiful houses & also like to see some more beutiful houses. thank you…
September 21st, 2008 at 1:20 am
I luv house numba 2 + 3
September 27th, 2008 at 4:06 pm
WOW! all of these treehouses are amazing! i especially like the 3rd and 4th one! great architecture! thanks!
October 8th, 2008 at 1:46 pm
[...] from larch and Douglas pine it can virtually be put in every tree out there. Is that the coolest treehouse you’ve ever seen? – via [...]
November 5th, 2008 at 7:25 pm
[...] from larch and Douglas pine it can virtually be put in every tree out there. Is that the coolest treehouse you’ve ever seen? – via [...]
December 9th, 2008 at 10:25 pm
beautiful…
December 15th, 2008 at 10:58 pm
[...] up and using stop-motion techniques to illustrate the process. Thanks in part to Deputy Dog and Freshome and for more sustainable designs be sure to see these collections of strange recycled architecture, [...]
January 10th, 2009 at 5:46 pm
I Absolutely LUV!!!!! these tree houses. They are so amazing. I would like to try and build on but that would be like impossible for me and my brother!
The very first one is awesome! I love how it is circulur and then you walk out on to a bridge and then down winedy stairs.
This site awesome!
January 24th, 2009 at 4:55 pm
hey that tree house is so cool. how much is those kind of tree house we so want one .
February 11th, 2009 at 1:00 am
[...] Credit: freshome [...]
February 11th, 2009 at 2:53 pm
Wow! We are going to build a treehouse on our new land. What wonderful ideas and inspiration.
March 1st, 2009 at 7:33 pm
Hi The 6th one superbbbbbbbbbbbbb! I love Tree Houses and I has a plan to built them:)
March 10th, 2009 at 5:04 pm
Hi, If you like Treehouses have at look at my new Treehouse
)
site. Let me know whatcha think, I hope you like them.
I was the original designer for the Alnwick Garden Treehouse (Photo.8)
way back in the day, was a great project to work on.
March 15th, 2009 at 8:56 pm
wowzas!!! these are incredible!!!! i love my life!!! thank you so
very much for loving me back you but muncher incorperated!!!!!
March 23rd, 2009 at 9:48 am
[...] Der Vorstellung von Andreas Wennings Baumhäusern möchte ich diesen Post zur Seite stellen. Freshsome hat acht interessante Baumhauskonzepte ausfindig gemacht. Warum lebe ich in einer Wohnung? Related [...]
March 23rd, 2009 at 11:32 am
to the cunt in the video who doesn’t want to cut down trees for a
house, HALLO you’re fuxing sphere is made out of wood.DEADSHIT
March 30th, 2009 at 2:07 am
WOW!! (Yes I know I put two exlamation points) I wonder if the disigns are still avaliable.
I would love to build it! I already have 7 treehouses.
March 30th, 2009 at 10:42 pm
[...] Link: 8 Most amazing Tree Houses (via Freshome) [...]
May 6th, 2009 at 11:43 pm
Wow! I like the free spirit spheres!
May 17th, 2009 at 1:04 pm
#4 is my favorite. I have to wonder, though, how long a house like
this would last. With the trees still growing, would you have to
prune your house? Would the plaster crack as the trunks expanded?
Would moisture & lack of sun exposure on the trunks invite wood
destroying insects to infest the inner roof?
May 17th, 2009 at 4:20 pm
Like anything as long as you look after it, a Treehouse can
last 15-25 years easy. There is a Treehouse in the Uk which was
constructed in the 16th century and is still around today.
May 23rd, 2009 at 4:18 pm
[...] via [...]
June 23rd, 2009 at 5:10 am
[...] FreshHome’s own list, both of which include this floating orb house. What’s the floor [...]
June 30th, 2009 at 4:45 pm
these kind of houses are good for the enviorment and it realy good and can last for a long time if you take mcare of it