Treehouse

Located on a peninsula that juts out into the country’s longest fjord, the freshly opened Løvtag Hotel lifts its guests high up into the trees, and offers uninterrupted views of the surrounds by way of a rooftop terrace.

​UK treehouse architectural firm, Blue Forest has revealed its prefabricated luxury treehouse exhibit as part of this year’s RHS Chelsea Flower Show. The treehouse is designed as a magical hideaway, inspiring visitors to reconnect with their inner child.​

Located in the beautiful forest setting in Chile, Yellow House from architect Alejandro Soffia is a treehouse-inspired prefab home that proposes a comfortable and economic housing model for the future.

Treehouse, by Atelier Victoria Migliore, is a vacation home that looks a bit more comfortable than your average backyard treehouse. It was raised on stilts and squeezed into a forest plot in France without causing the existing trees any damage.

“Two Cork Houses” are two sustainable homes located in the beautiful natural forest landscape of Plafrugell, in Northern Spain. The architects spent considerable efforts designing the homes around the forest to have little impact on the existing flora.

​Treehouses as we know them tend to be made of timber. Mexican architect Gerardo Broissin paid little attention to this building convention with the design of "chantli kuaulakoyokan," a transparent treehouse in Mexico City.

We always appreciate a well-made treehouse and this recently-completed example in Texas by ArtisTree definitely fits the bill. Built using reclaimed materials and featuring off-grid technology, it also boasts its own luxurious bathroom reached by suspension bridge.

The Treehouse at Ravendere Retreats is a bespoke dwelling with valley views and charming interior, offering an ideal setting to put the feet up after a big day of golfing, biking or deep sea fishing.​

The Inhabit modern and innovative treehouse module can be adapted for different settings, with British architect Antony Gibbon also completing a ground version which requires less engineering and thus reduces the cost of construction.

The 23-sqm (248-sq ft) Origin Treehouse recently completed in Raray, France, is nestled around a 100-year-old oak tree and is designed to reflect its gorgeous habitat, leaving guests with the impression that the cabin is natural extension of its treetop location.

Snøhetta recently completed a very impressive treehouse in Swedish Lapland. Raised 10 m (32 ft) above the forest floor on 12 thin columns, the 7th Room treehouse lets visitors sleep out under the stars on a netted terrace.

Something of the savannah came to London's South Bank last week, with the installation of a large treehouse. Inspired by a real South African safari lodge, the treehouse was created by Virgin Holidays in a bid to promote interest in its vacations.