Who Wouldn't Love Living In This Modern Tree House?
Treehouse cabin buildings have come a long way since the ones you hung out in as a child.
Who Wouldn't Love Living In This Modern Tree House?
Treehouse cabin buildings have come a long way since the ones you hung out in as a child.
Who Wouldn't Love Living In This Modern Tree House?
Today it seems that treehouses are becoming more and more popular for use not only as kids playhouses but for use as vacation homes and some for full-time living.
Who Wouldn't Love Living In This Modern Tree House?
A treehouse is usually inspired by the nature that sculpts the cabin building project.
Who Wouldn't Love Living In This Modern Tree House?
This treehouse, in particular, is close to the coastline and on sandy soil, so a light cabin building structure made up of piles screwed with a beam post system proved to be effective.
Who Wouldn't Love Living In This Modern Tree House?
The posts for the treehouse are at most offset from the main facade to help give an impression of lightness to the project.
Who Wouldn't Love Living In This Modern Tree House?
The ground on the building site is very steep, so the cabin building was raised between 3 and 13 feet off the ground, the highest part facing the lagoon.
Who Wouldn't Love Living In This Modern Tree House?
The cabin building itself is a large, burnt wood cube building that is cut by its environment, with trees and light.
Who Wouldn't Love Living In This Modern Tree House?
In the center of the cabin building, where the light comes in is a patio, and a pond is suspended leaving the rest of the cabin building to organize around the house including the kitchen to keep with the continuity.
Who Wouldn't Love Living In This Modern Tree House?
In addition to this pool, there is also a permaculture garden of 1,600 square feet cut out on the outside terrace.
Who Wouldn't Love Living In This Modern Tree House?
The cabin building project plays between the inside and outside spaces and comes to mix the two by interlocking sets of volumes, openings in angles and trees that cross the slab.
Who Wouldn't Love Living In This Modern Tree House?
The cabin building is isolated and composed of small living spaces to receive friends in privacy.
Who Wouldn't Love Living In This Modern Tree House?
This treehouse build is a beautiful example of how the natural surroundings on the building site can influence the cabin building project.
Who Wouldn't Love Living In This Modern Tree House?
The use of wood and glass throughout this treehouse building project, are constant reminders of the natural surroundings in which the treehouse sits.
Who Wouldn't Love Living In This Modern Tree House?
The floating wood stove fits in perfectly in front of the comfy couch which looks onto the pond through the wall of glass.
Who Wouldn't Love Living In This Modern Tree House?
Minimalist decor throughout this cabin building again helps to make this home feel like a part of nature everywhere you turn.
Who Wouldn't Love Living In This Modern Tree House?
The charred wood that you find on the treehouse cabin building not only looks good but is a way of treating cedar that makes it weatherproof.
Who Wouldn't Love Living In This Modern Tree House?
Shou sugi ban is a technique that originated in Japan in the 18th century primarily as a way to help treat cedar siding to make it weatherproof.
Who Wouldn't Love Living In This Modern Tree House?
The ancient technique which involves charring the wood surface to render it a deep charcoal-black has become popular recently as a treatment for outdoor contemporary exteriors and indoor furnishings alike.
Who Wouldn't Love Living In This Modern Tree House?
You can even find variations of Shou Sugi Ban elevated to fine art.
Who Wouldn't Love Living In This Modern Tree House?
The process and finished result called yakisugi are undeniable, with the blackening of the wood revealing clean, distinct lines and an inherent textural quality and beauty.
Who Wouldn't Love Living In This Modern Tree House?
You might not be the owner of a blowtorch just yet, but any DIYer can accomplish this technique at home to help give an existing piece of wood furniture a new look.