Treetop Hideaways

TREEHOUSES FOR ADULTS

PHILIP JODIDIO PREFACE BY EMILY NELSON

Whether it’s a yearning to escape the stress of day-to-day existence, or a desire to live more sustainably and to get closer to nature, more and more people are finding reasons to go off-grid, high above the ground. Today’s treehouses have evolved into shapes and sizes that nobody could ever have dreamed of. Philip Jodidio takes us on an exciting international tour of more than 36 structures, revealing how they are designed, built, and appreciated in a wide array of cultures and settings.

Each treehouse is presented with breathtaking exterior and interior photography, giving readers an in-depth glimpse of this rapidly evolving symbiosis between nature and shelter, indoor and outdoor, and rustic and polished, in a definitive examination of treehouse living. For people interested in eco-friendly living, this book presents the most innovative interpretations of the genre, from a house nestled in the tree trunks of Norway to a hexagon-shaped shelter in Mystic, Connecticut.

Philip Jodidio studied art history and economics at Harvard before moving to Paris, where he was editor in chief of the leading French art monthly Connaissance des Arts from 1980 to 2002. He has written more than 100 books about contemporary architecture and art. Emily Nelson is chief of staff for Nelson Treehouse and Supply, founder of Be in a Tree, and a contributor to Treehouse Masters.

260 pages, 8K x 8K” 200 color phototographs HC: 978-0-8478-6961-9 $45.00 Can: $60.00 UK: £32.50 March 8, 2022 Rights: World RIZZOLI

Baumraum

HALDEN, SWITZERLAND HALDEN

THE GERMAN TREEHOUSE designer Andreas Wenning (baumraum) completed this structure in 2017. It is located in Halden, in the Canton of Thurgau in the northeast of Switzerland near Lake Constance. The components of the treehouse were prefabricated in Germany and the assembly on the wooded property of the clients was carried out in just a few days. Although it is gabled, the dark gray structure sits on supports, with a 151-square foot (14 square meter) terrace wrapped around a single oak. The structure of the terrace is made of steel with untreated chestnut planks, and it has supports in the form of ropes and harness loops. The treehouse itself has four wooden supports and a 237-square foot (22-square meter) interior clad in oiled oak. Wood wool insulation is used under the exterior surfaces, which are covered in black or dark-gray varnished larch. Oiled oak was also used for the built-in furniture. A black, wood-burning stove provides heat as required. Although it does look like a miniature traditional house up in the trees from some angles, the Halden treehouse has a glass gable on the north side, and other glazing that gives ample natural light to the interior. A sleeping area reached by a ladder is located above the integrated kitchenette and bathroom, which makes use of natural stones selected from a neighboring stream for the sink and doorhandles.

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