The urge to realize every kid’s dream of having the ultimate tree house is rarely something that survives into adulthood. Fortunately, there are people who do take on the challenge of creating the perfect tree home. Some are driven by the novelty of having an unusual home, some like the challenge of building the impossible, while at least one other claims divine inspiration…
There are spherical houses — called Free Spirit Spheres by the people that make them…
There’s a gigantic tree house called “God’s Treehouse” by it’s creator, Horace Burgess. According to the USA Today article (http://www.usatoday.com/news/religion/2007-07-29-treehouse-church_N.htm) , he built the roughly 8,000 – 10,000 square foot house with a great deal of help, but “God used my hands to put every piece in place…”
From the article:
A sanctuary with pews pushed to the side takes up the third floor and also doubles as a basketball court at 22 feet above terra firma. Sunlight floods through a Plexiglas skylight about 29 feet above the sanctuary into this open room that contains a homemade cross, altar and podium.
These pics of the house come from www.uptake.com/blog/family_vacations:
This one was made by Kobayashi Takashi in Japan…
I don’t know much about this next one, but it is interesting…
This one is by treehouse guru Pete Nelson.
There is a restaurant in a fake tree in Japan…
interesting and unbelievable tree house design looking amazing.