As children's hideaways, ornamental garden features, spiritual retreats and even as offices, studios and full-time homes, treehouses provide places of isolation, independence and imagination, where one can literally rise above the demands of daily life. 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 chapel-in-an-oak in Normandy to the 'tree nest' and 'tree tunnel', linked by a hanging bridge that movie star John Malkovich created for his children. The authors describe ornamental treehouses in gardens of the past, people who have taken to the trees as a way of life and the ecologically sustainable structures using modern technology that will be the treehouses of tomorrow's world. The book includes advice on the practicalities of construction from expert treehouses builders. Authoritative and well-researched, with fabulous photographs and illustrations, it is destined to become the classic work on this magical subject.

About the Author

Paula Henderson is an American architectural historian with a special interest in Tudor garden buildings. Adam Mornement is a writer and editor specialising in contemporary architecture, design, and urban regeneration. His articles appear in newspapers and magazines including the Guardian, the Times, the Independent and Conde Nast Traveller.

Reviews

... a must for rekindling those childhood memories. Full of gorgeous colour photographs Daily Express This unusual and wonderful book will certainly appeal to people of all ages Garden The perfect gift for a dreamer. Sunday Business Post