Treehouse

Set amidst an enclave of black and white houses just off the prime Orchard/Scotts Road area, and against a verdant 20-hectare backdrop of greenery, the 210-unit Goodwood Residence is conceived on a macro scale as a breathing space - a rarity in high density urbanised Singapore - and an extension of the Goodwood Hill tree conservation area that it shares a boundary of 150m with. Articulated as two 12-storey L-shaped blocks, the 2.5-hectare development dialogues with the hill that it embraces and merges with in a language of openness and continuity made expressive by varying degrees of scale and privacy. All units are one apartment thick, with the blocks configured like boundary walls that define and enclose a series of courtyards that fi... More

This 200 square foot multipurpose play space in the Hudson Valley, called a ‘treehouse’ for its elevated position adjacent to a stand of trees, represents the smallest project that we’ve worked on and is a celebration of tectonic detail and craft. Despite the treehouse’s size, the density and juxtaposition of program is just as important here as it is in a masterplan, or complex public project. Hiding/escaping—one of the treehouse’s main uses—corresponds to the inhabitable polycarbonate box which nests into a the band of white cedar siding wrapping the structure. Surrounding this spatial core are volumes for play, and elevated above is a space for writing. One enters the treehouse via a custom climbing net, handmade in sections to achiev... More

Client: This unique project is founded by the partnership of Sappi, The Flemish Forest and Nature Agency, the commune of Hechtel-Eksel and Proximity BBDO Description: Sappi, The Flemish Forest and Nature Agency, the commune of Hechtel-Eksel and Proximity joined forces in a unique partnership to stimulate companies, politicians and organisations to embrace sustainability in their daily activities. What better way to do this than to build a treehouse? According to the international paper producer Sappi, which started the project with Proximity BBDO, their communications agency, a treehouse would make their sustainability efforts more tangible, more real, and a true source of inspiration for others to follow. The Flemish Forest... More

Treehouse is a single family residence located on a park in Seattle, WA. Built on an inaccessible, steep slope lot, the project overcame significant design and construction challenges to create a unique home elevated in the trees. In response to both budget and zoning limitations, the house utilizes a compact 24’ x 30’ floor plate to create 1644 SF of living space on three levels. The upper levels of the house consist of a studio loft and an open plan living/kitchen/dining organized around a central skylight. The spaces overlap in section around the central skylight to create a sequence of interconnected spaces that are both open/closed to each other and to the park: living/dining look north into the trees through a wall of windows; kitc... More

From Warkworth, New Zealand to Cape Rozewie, Poland; the success of the Yellow Treehouse Restaurant (near Warkworth just north of Auckland), inspired Budizol S.A. (Budizol SpzooSKA Akcyjna) –a nationally respected Polish resort, housing and commercial development Company based in Wloclawek, Poland, to commission Pacific Environments Architects from Auckland, to design a Treehouse Restaurant for their new resort in Cape Rozewie. Budizol’s brief was to design an iconic landmark structure that added to the relaxed resort holiday feel, and put Rozewie on the map as a holiday destination. The resort is currently under construction and the treehouse is waiting for official approval, being adjacent sensitive coastal Conservation land. The... More

Kinlochlaich House is a listed building with its own beautiful gardens and a specialist garden plant centre set in a 18th century octagonal walled garden. Our brief was to design an eco treehouse to provide an extra special self-catering holiday experience. The treehouse sits amongst the trees in an old orchard and is perched on the edge of a ravine above a woodland burn. Designed to be contemporary and green the treehouse has a lime render finish on 'breathing' timber frame walls with arched windows and a Ballachulish slate roof complementing the historic house. Internally a whole oak tree supports the roof with circular stairs winding up to a gallery. Scottish oak was used extensively for the specialist joinery which was skillfu... More

Grant Associates wins two Design For Asia Awards 2012 UK landscape architects honoured for design of Singapore's Gardens by the Bay. Hong Kong Design Centre's "Design for Asia Award 2012" has recognised Gardens by the Bay, masterplanned by UK-landscape architects Grant Associates, with a Grand Award and Special Award for Technology. The Awards were presented to Andrew Grant, Grant Associates at the DFA Awards ceremony at the Hong Kong Design Center on Thursday 6 December 2012 during the Business of Design Week. UK landscape architecture firm Grant Associates has won two top Asian design awards for masterplanning the design of Gardens by the Bay, the 54 hectare leisure attraction in Singapore. The practice, which has offices in B... More

There quest was to build a treehouse… Located on the creek, elevated by pilot is, it is accessible through a bridge and has views at the level of the foliage of trees. The house “breaks” adapting to the slope and differentiating the private and public space within a single enclosure. It also captures the views of the forrest and the sky. More

A relatively mundane set of requirements has been transformed into an exciting and vibrant treehouse. A one room space serves as bedroom, workroom and rumpus area, with a separate small bedroom in the concrete masonry tower. The red box ‘floats’ above the boat space, and is nestled amongst the branches of the existing pohutukawa. Squeezed between the sea and a steep cliff, the extension reads as a floating red cube relating to the existing and grounded yellow bach. Clad in extruded aluminum weatherboards, the cube has a crispness of form and colour, which could overpower the bay and neighbours if not for the fact that it is recessed behind the large pohutukawa boughs, creating the feeling of a tree-house from inside. The red reflects th... More

We're writing to introduce Pete Nelson, "The Treehouse Man" himself. For 25 years, Nelson has traveled around the world, creating the most environmentally sustainable, architecturally unique and whimsical treehouses in the world. These arboreal masterpieces showcase Nelson and his skilled team of craftsmen's boundless creativity (a team that just so happens to include his son, Charlie and his wife, Judy), pushing them to create everything from a spa in the sky, to a fantasy-filling canopy clubhouse, to the first-ever treeline brewery. This year, Nelson and his company Nelson Treehouse and Supply (http://www.nelsontreehousesupply.com) are busier than ever. Nelson and his team are the subject of the Animal Planet series "Treehouse Maste... More

We're writing to introduce Pete Nelson, "The Treehouse Man" himself. For 25 years, Nelson has traveled around the world, creating the most environmentally sustainable, architecturally unique and whimsical treehouses in the world. These arboreal masterpieces showcase Nelson and his skilled team of craftsmen's boundless creativity (a team that just so happens to include his son, Charlie and his wife, Judy), pushing them to create everything from a spa in the sky, to a fantasy-filling canopy clubhouse, to the first-ever treeline brewery. This year, Nelson and his company Nelson Treehouse and Supply (http://www.nelsontreehousesupply.com) are busier than ever. Nelson and his team are the subject of the Animal Planet series "Treehouse Maste... More

We're writing to introduce Pete Nelson, "The Treehouse Man" himself. For 25 years, Nelson has traveled around the world, creating the most environmentally sustainable, architecturally unique and whimsical treehouses in the world. These arboreal masterpieces showcase Nelson and his skilled team of craftsmen's boundless creativity (a team that just so happens to include his son, Charlie and his wife, Judy), pushing them to create everything from a spa in the sky, to a fantasy-filling canopy clubhouse, to the first-ever treeline brewery. This year, Nelson and his company Nelson Treehouse and Supply (http://www.nelsontreehousesupply.com) are busier than ever. Nelson and his team are the subject of the Animal Planet series "Treehouse Maste... More

We're writing to introduce Pete Nelson, "The Treehouse Man" himself. For 25 years, Nelson has traveled around the world, creating the most environmentally sustainable, architecturally unique and whimsical treehouses in the world. These arboreal masterpieces showcase Nelson and his skilled team of craftsmen's boundless creativity (a team that just so happens to include his son, Charlie and his wife, Judy), pushing them to create everything from a spa in the sky, to a fantasy-filling canopy clubhouse, to the first-ever treeline brewery. This year, Nelson and his company Nelson Treehouse and Supply (http://www.nelsontreehousesupply.com) are busier than ever. Nelson and his team are the subject of the Animal Planet series "Treehouse Maste... More

We're writing to introduce Pete Nelson, "The Treehouse Man" himself. For 25 years, Nelson has traveled around the world, creating the most environmentally sustainable, architecturally unique and whimsical treehouses in the world. These arboreal masterpieces showcase Nelson and his skilled team of craftsmen's boundless creativity (a team that just so happens to include his son, Charlie and his wife, Judy), pushing them to create everything from a spa in the sky, to a fantasy-filling canopy clubhouse, to the first-ever treeline brewery. This year, Nelson and his company Nelson Treehouse and Supply (http://www.nelsontreehousesupply.com) are busier than ever. Nelson and his team are the subject of the Animal Planet series "Treehouse Maste... More