This book explores these ever-popular structures around the world: from the treehouse-dwelling tradition of South Sea hunter-gatherers to the Green Magic eco-treehouse resort in Kerala, India; from the 400-year-old chael-in-an-oak in Normandy to the tree nest and tree tunnel, linked by a hanging bridge that movie star John Malkovich
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5 Stars - If you think the kids' tree house you built at the end of the garden is the bee's knees, then don't let the children see this gem - a compendium of arboreal domiciles that contain everything you need to know about wooden shacks balancing precariously high above the ground. In chapters, 'Private Treehouses' and 'Treehouses of the Future', you'll find the folks who really are out of their trees. This is where fantasy takes over in the land ruled by fairies. --Amateur Photograher
Pick of the Picture Books. A lifeline to those who consigned treehouses to the same Elysian fields as sandpits and paddling pools, 'Treehouses' provides a fascinating account of "the earliest form of natural architecture". Meticulous photography is complemented by detailed research of the arboreal abodes. --Independent
Having read this book and flicked through its images a few hundred times, I feel it is irresistible as a coffee table, waiting room or bedside locker book for both dreamers and the more practical reader alike with an array of guidelines, instructions and a list of specialist companies who will actually build a treehouse for you. --Compass --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
Pick of the Picture Books. A lifeline to those who consigned treehouses to the same Elysian fields as sandpits and paddling pools, 'Treehouses' provides a fascinating account of "the earliest form of natural architecture". Meticulous photography is complemented by detailed research of the arboreal abodes. --Independent
Having read this book and flicked through its images a few hundred times, I feel it is irresistible as a coffee table, waiting room or bedside locker book for both dreamers and the more practical reader alike with an array of guidelines, instructions and a list of specialist companies who will actually build a treehouse for you. --Compass --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
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Adam Mornement is a writer and editor. His articles appear in newspapers and magazines including the Guardian, The Times, the Independent and Conde Nast Traveller. Paula Henderson is an architectural historian with a special interest in Tudor garden buildings.
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Early man, like his simian cousins, built houses in trees for his own safety. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Green Magic, Irian Jaya, Treehouses of the Past, Big Beach, David Greenberg, Kendel Architekten, Pacific Rim, Parc Robinson, Private Treehouses New!
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Early man, like his simian cousins, built houses in trees for his own safety. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
two treehouses Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Green Magic, Irian Jaya, Treehouses of the Past, Big Beach, David Greenberg, Kendel Architekten, Pacific Rim, Parc Robinson, Private Treehouses New!
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- The Swiss Family Robinson (Longman Classics, Stage 3) by J.R. Wyss on page 35
- The Lord of the Rings (3 Volumes) by J. R. R. Tolkien on page 48
- J.R.R. Tolkien Boxed Set (The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings) by J.R.R. Tolkien on page 48
- Lord of the Rings by J R R Tolkien on page 48
- The Swiss Family Robinson by Johann Wyss on page 35
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