Arch Daily has a huge scoop on this amazing Tree House of sorts by Sander Architects. And by huge I mean photo gallery DELUXE. According to the post, the site was limited space-wise, so the answer was to build up. This vertical beauty is one of the coolest structures and structure posts I’ve seen in a while. Seriously – look:

Awesome right!? It makes me rethink what I want in a house, I’ll tell you that much. The back story is really interesting too and kind of touching, totally worth a read.
Go see scads more images and read this great post.
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International Listings recently sent me a link to a post that might be of interest to Offbeat readers – 10 Astonishing Treehouses You’d Love to Live In.
I took a look and it’s a nice post. Some of these treehouses have been featured here at Offbeat before, but not all of them; for example, the San Juan del Sur Tree House:

Beautiful – and likely very relaxing; you gotta adore that pool. There are a few more gems that I’ve never posted here. You can visit the original post at International Listings to see all the cool treehouses.
[image via International Listings]

This last week and a half we saw some new treehouses – not as many as I’d have liked. You know, I don’t think Offbeat is the kind of place that suits series. I spend all week thinking about what I could post if we weren’t doing a series. Hmmm, maybe no more. In any case, we have seen plenty of treehouses over the week, and over time here, so in case you missed something here’s a round-up.  

Snapshot: Old School Beauty
It’s a Love Shack, Baby!
Tree Houses of Korowai
A Different Kind of Treehouse
Baumraum Designer Treehouses
Okinawa’s Treehouse Restaurant
Bestest. Treehouse. Ever.
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This is some totally random treehouse room I found a long time ago; and really this site is selling cool wall murals for children’s spaces, not truly homes of any sort. Still, it’s worth a look. I keep wondering which lucky kid on the planet owns this room. I’d have loved this as a kid – well maybe not the overly vibrant blur chair set and curtains, but you know what I mean.

See more wall mural creations at Leland’s.
[image via Leland's]

This treehouse wasn’t made exactly to be a treehouse; at least not how you might think.
The Tree House Clapham is covered in the book Diary of an Ecobuilder, and is really special. A huge tree occupied the lot of the Clapham house, making home building a bit of work. However, instead of taking the tree out the home was built around the tree in a way. It’s easier if you see.

There are plenty of tree features going on in this eco-home. Like the great staircase:

Other eco features of this home include reduced energy demands, reclaimed and recycled material use, rainwater …read more

Well, I ran into a little family emergency, and been mia for three days – it’s all good though; getting taken care of, and treehouse week is still a good plan I’d say, so let’s just keep on with that for a few days. Although I do still have one non-treehouse guest to post (tomorrow).
I really love the TreeHouse Workshop company. They create the most beautiful treehomes – some not that high, more tree platforms, but still the beauty outweighs the lowness of the low structures. Not all the treehouses by this company are livable, some are meant for fun, …read more

Born Rich always features the coolest rich gear. If you didn’t believe that fact before, you sure will now. I missed this back in January (sadness) – I could have been enjoying it’s splendor all this year.
The Treehouse Fridge!!!: Yeah I tripled exclamation pointed it.

Holy smokes. This is by far one of the top five oddest refrigerators I’ve ever seen. It’s got compartment/shelf like branches that hold items like fruit, which means you, the rich owner, can nicely pick your fruit from it’s shelves. Bizarre yet I really want one now. I’ll bookmark it for when I make my first …read more

Being that it’s June, and time to be outside, I’ve had my mind on treehouses. It almost never hurts to see another treehouse, so for a week, that’s all we’re going to do. Minus one special guest (more on that later). I’ve got some traditional treehouses, some fancy treehouses, and some items that really just relate to treehouses but are so cool we’ll see them anyhow. Stay tuned for plenty of structures in the trees goodness this week. I know it’s mid-week; bear with me, I got off to a late start.
First up, Sybarite’s version of the treehouse. A unique …read more

Is Tin Man two words or one? Tinman? Hmmm, well, in any case I found his perfect kooky house. This is a totally bizarre treehouse. Just ignore that tractor in front.

I for one am totally intrigued. Although, it does look like a place where you might get instant rust poisoning or something. It’s one of the strangest treehouses I’ve ever seen – and I’ve seen plenty. It’s in Washington so maybe I should seek it out. If you’d like to see some close-ups and extra photos check out Waymarking.com – the treehouse section.

Peggy, over at Tree Hugging Family, did this killer post about IslandWood at Bainbridge Island. The whole article is worth a read – it’s an environmental learning center and Washington state’s first LEED Gold project. Very slick. Of course I was most smitten with the structures at IslandWood. Terribly unique, sustainable, and simply amazing.
Metropolis – one of the best magazines around, featured IslandWood in their January piece – Into the Woods. To give you a taste, here’s IslandWood’s version of a treehouse:

Stunning! To see more cool structures at IslandWood read the entire Into the Woods article, or visit IslandWood.