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Treehouse hotel takes lofty living to new heights
Did your dad build you a treehouse when you were a kid? Obviously, he didn't love you enough. If he did, he would have built you one that looked like this new tree hotel designed by Sweden's Tham & Videgard Hansson Arkitekter.
The "Harad's" tree hotel has a small kitchen, terrace, living area and sleeping area. There doesn't appear to be a bathroom or a ladder. That could make for a, um, rather uncomfortable night, at least for guests of the female variety.
The mirrored surfaces blends this conceptual design into the environment. I have a hard enough time remembering where my room is when they all look alike in a real hotel. What if all the trees look alike? Even worse — try finding your tree at night.
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TVH, via Fast Company
By ladydi62 at 5:04 PM ON 02/10/09
Interested to know why the tree hugger hotel or house's lack of a ladder would be especially difficult for women. Sexism again. Nice.
By JCUPP at 5:09 PM ON 02/10/09
By nicole at 5:13 PM ON 02/10/09
this may be nice for looks,but what about the birds who continually fly into it?
By Isaac at 5:28 PM ON 02/10/09
@ladydi62: That's because we (men) can do our yellow thing confortably standing from the top of the treehouse quite easily. Women would have a harder time doing so ;)
PS: Have they thaught about what will happen with rain and plants and dirty stuff that will take away that brightness of the virgin cube?
By Don at 5:53 PM ON 02/10/09
Ever here of a PARLOR CHAIR looks very cool what's the cost? Would make a great deer stand
By queenofclean at 6:01 PM ON 02/10/09
@Isaac - mirrors can be cleaned just like typical hotels have to clean windows - using the right technique the shine will last. Ladder up - how about housekeeping getting the clean linen up to service the room. I hope each room has it's own vacuum for the floors. Nice to see a "outside the box" box hotel. Love it.
By Nicetry at 6:23 PM ON 02/10/09
Photoshop.
By blah at 6:42 PM ON 02/10/09
uhhh..nice what no bathroom...im a girl..kinda need my bathroom..but im also outdoorsy...thanks designers..coulda at least given a girl a porta potty...shows u they dont want us there...and i like showering how bout u
By tomboy/girl at 8:54 PM ON 02/10/09
besides a restroom and a way to get up in the thing...what about the ability to stay during storms and extreme winds? what about lightning? i for one wouldn't want to fry...before i could pee
By cassie at 5:01 AM ON 02/11/09
not only being female, thus unable to apparently climb trees w/o a ladder (apparently), i am paralyzed (really) so can i have an elevator to make this ADA compliant? I AM JOKING. well, except i am female and paralyzed, no joke. before paralysis, this would have been for me. good job!
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