A PHOTO TOUR OF 9 ENCHANTING TREE HOUSES FOR GROWN UPS

A Photo Tour of Enchanting Tree Houses for Grown Ups
By Claire Cottrell, Flavor Wire, 30 November 2012.

Philip Jodidio, one of the world’s most popular writers on the subject of architecture, has written a fantastic book set to be released mid-December titled Tree Houses: Fairy Tale Castles in the Air. Proof that enchanting treetop dwellings aren’t just the stuff of childhood fantasies, the stunning tome takes readers around the world to peek inside 50 of the most imaginative, awe-inspiring, at-one-with-nature digs for modern day dilettantes. From Sweden’s Treehotel inspired by the philosophic film The Tree Lover to Andreas Wenning’s treetop baumraums, click through to check out some of the incredible havens featured in this beautiful book. What do you think - could you live in one of these tree dream houses?

1. Teahouse Tetsu by Terunobu Fujimori - Hokuto City, Japan

Image credit: Akihisa Masuda via TASCHEN

2. The UFO by Inredningsgruppen at Treehotel - Harads, Sweden

Image credit: Inredningsgruppen via TASCHEN

3. The Mirrorcube by Tham & Videgård at Treehotel - Harads, Sweden

Image credit: Åke E:son Lindman via TASCHEN

4. Between Alder and Oak Baumraum by Andreas Wenning - Osnabrück, Germany

Image credit: Alaisdair Jardine via TASCHEN

5. 4tree house by Lukasz Kos - Lake Muskoka, Ontario, Canada

Image credit: Lukasz Kos via TASCHEN

6. Free Spirit Spheres by Tom Chudleigh - British Columbia, Canada

Image credit: Tom Chudleigh via TASCHEN

7. Tree House by Nicko Bjorn Elliot - Toronto, Canada

Image credit: Jesse Colin Jackson via TASCHEN

8. Bialsky Tree House by Michael Ince - Bridgehampton, New York

Image credit: Pete Nelson via TASCHEN

9. Pilotis in a Forest by Go Hasegawa - Gunma, Japan

Image credit: Iwan Baan via TASCHEN

Image credit: TASCHEN

Top image: Teahouse Tetsu

[Source: Flavor Wire. Edited. Top image added.]