Treehouse architecture
An overview of projects, products and exclusive articles about treehouse architecture
Project • By LOC Architects • Private Houses
The Tree House
LOC was presented with a modest two bedroom bungalow nestled in the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains. Constrained by a small backyard and a mature protected oak tree in the front, the only possibility for adding two additional bedrooms was to create a second story, one that was constrained by but ultimately become a paean to the tree.
Alex Staniloff
A house is typically not designed to support the load of a second story, so the project was envisioned as a bridge spanning from a new dining room at the rear to a false front facade, thus floating effortlessly above the existing house.
Alex Staniloff
The home as approached from the street.
Alex Staniloff
A close-up of the false front facade with a large concrete foundati... More
Project • By Peter Pichler Architecture • Hotels
Youna Nature Resorts
YOUNA Nature Resort – our latest hospitality concept – consists of flexible treehouses immersed in the European Alpine Region.
Spectrum
Referencing the idea of ‘a treehouse without a tree’, the design imitates both the archetype gable roof of a traditional tree house and the proportion of the tree it sits on. This results in a vertical pitched structure encompassing spaces that are elevated from the ground on a shrunken footprint – just like the trunk of a tree.
Spectrum
The treehouses are wrapped in a timber exoskeleton that reinforces the structure while creating a modular interior build-up and layout. This allows for exceptional customization, including number of floors, outdoor/indoor spaces, an... More
News • News • 1 Jan 2022
Book Lover’s Paradise by RSAAW celebrated as Western Living’s Home of the Year
Celebrating the best of Western Canadian architecture, Book Lover’s Paradise by Vancouver firm Rafael Santa Ana Architecture Workshop (RSAAW) has won Western Living’s annual competition for Home of the Year. A thorough mid-century renovation featuring a stunning stair-side, double-height bookshelf and a secret attic playroom, the project transformed a tired, inefficient house with good bones into a chic, contemporary, and spatially eloquent family home.
Ema Peter
As Principal of his eponymous practice, Rafael Santa Ana anchors RSAAW's work in a foundation of sustainability and adaptation, with a goal of anticipating the evolving needs and uses of each project and embedding flexibility within the design process. So when it... More