Treehouse Book

by Candida Collins

Tree houses have come of age. The image of a few planks nailed into the branches of a tree has changed into a new generation of specially designed and built structures, suitable as a playhouse, a study, or even a guestroom. Totally inhabitable and filled with designer furniture, plumbing, and electronic wizardry, the twenty tree houses featured in this book are to be admired, dreamed about, and even built.

Featuring spectacular photography of exteriors set up among the trees, and interior shots that offer design ideas for living the “high” life, The Treehouse Book offers a fairy tale castle, a thatched cottage, a complete hotel, and much more. Each project was designed using computer technology and built using sustainable materials to create structures that only seem like fantasy. Each is cleverly fitted to the chosen trees, avoiding long-term damage to these remarkable structures.

With a section on plans and building techniques to help the competent reader design and build a fabulous tree house for him or herself, The Treehouse Book will inspire everyone to dream about what life would be like leaving all cares and worries behind and below.

160 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2009

Reviews

[Dawn · Rating 4 out of 5]

I need my very own treehouse. Just like in this book. :)

[Nicola · Rating 3 out of 5]

Into the Woods reading challenge, Book #1

Note: All the treehouses in the book are built by the same same company (which actually makes sense since permission would be required from owners for the interior and exterior photos on private property). There's a little history on treehouses, i.e. Queen Elizabeth I and Queen Victoria, treehouse restaurants etc., but mostly it's sumptuous photo spreads. There's also some information at the back on their design and build process using computer and physical modelling.

[Wendelle]

a photographic collection of ideal houses. magical wooden structures built accommodatingly around trees, with rope bridges, wraparound wooden decks, and woodland views. the incredible author went around the world to take pictures of treehouses.

[Marianne · Rating 3 out of 5]

Upside: Lots and lots of pretty interior and exterior pictures of treehouses. Downside: They're all designed by the same company so there's not as much variation as is usual in this sort of book.

[Megalion · Rating 3 out of 5]

The treehouses are pretty but other than a little introduction & history section in the front, the rest are all built by the same company and get repetitive quickly. It's worth a quick look through but not worth buying unless you're using this company to build yours.

[Christopher Walls · Rating 3 out of 5]

Very cool treehouse images. I really like the last chapter where the "building a treehouse" stuff started, however not enough meet on the how. The pictures were great and the introduction paragraphs were fine. It is worth an amusing flip through.

[Michael Oswald · Rating 3 out of 5]

Looked at the pictures - these treehouses are way too fancy

[Mojohand · Rating 3 out of 5]

Book has an editting error on page 152 where a sentence ends and in never picked up on the following pages, omitting information in the process.