Near Carmel by the Sea, discreetly nestled in an oak grove at the edge of a meadow in the 20,000-acre Santa Lucia Preserve, this lovely contemporary take on a rural English cottage is sited to harmonize with the landscape’s wild beauty and maximize the residents’ enjoyment of living fully immersed in nature.
Project name
Santa Lucia Preserve 5
Architecture firm
Richard Beard Architects
Location
Carmel Valley, California, USA
Interior design
Susan Williams Interior Design
Structural engineer
ZFA Structural Engineers
Landscape
Arterra Landscape Architects
Lighting
Banks Landl Lighting Design
Construction
Vucina Construction
Material
Brick, concrete, glass, wood, stone
Typology
Residential › Cottage
"Nature's Tapestry: Ethereal Treehouses in Madagascar's Rainforests blend sustainable architecture with indigenous artistry, fusing contemporary design with traditional Malagasy craftsmanship. Inspired by endemic flora and fauna, these arboreal sanctuaries intertwine with the forest, each structure mirroring the organic forms of the surrounding tre...
Project name
Madagascar Canopy Cascades
Architecture firm
Ferial Gharegozlou, Reihan Rahimi Ajdadi
Location
Madagascar's rainforests
Tools used
Midjourney AI, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Ferial Gharegozlou, Reihan Rahimi ajdadi
Design team
Ferial Gharegozlou, Reihan Rahimi ajdadi
Collaborators
Niyaresh Studio Design
Visualization
Ferial Gharegozlou, Reihan Rahimi ajdadi
Typology
Residential › Rainforest Resort Treehouses
Hotel complex located on the trees of a forest that are connected to each other by wooden suspension bridges and tensioners, all part of a central nucleus with a vestibule and a viewpoint restaurant that distributes the bedrooms with bathrooms.
Project name
"The nests cabins" Hotel in the trees
Architecture firm
Veliz Arquitecto
Tools used
SketchUp, Lumion, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Jorge Luis Veliz Quintana
Visualization
Veliz Arquitecto
Typology
Hospitality › Hotel
Victor B. Ortiz Architecture: The tree house was designed to cope with and adapt to the site’s various physical and climatic conditions, allowing the user to control the built environment according to the external variables, thus promoting a seamless and integrated experience between architecture and nature.
Project name
Unfolding Memories Tree House
Architecture firm
Victor B. Ortiz Architecture
Tools used
Autodesk Revit, Rhinoceros 3D, Lumion 10
Principal architect
Victor B. Ortiz
Collaborators
Giancarllo Bruno, Guilherme Pulvirenti, Renata Leinemann
Visualization
Victor B. Ortiz Architecture
Typology
Residential › House
Located in the town of Woodstock, New York, this inspiring cabin was designed by Antony Gibbon Designs.
Architecture firm
Antony Gibbon Designs
Location
Woodstock, New York
Photography
Martin Dimitrov
Tools used
Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Lightroom, AutoCAD
Principal architect
Antony Gibbon
Design team
Antony Gibbon Designs
Collaborators
William Johnson
Construction
William Johnson
Visualization
Antony Gibbon Designs
Studio Shanil led by Shanil Riyaz has designed ''The Enchanting Nest'' a concept for a tree house modle in southwestern France.
Project name
The Enchanting Nest
Architecture firm
Studio Shanil
Tools used
AutoCAD, Autodesk 3ds Max, Rhinoceros 3D, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Shanil Riyaz
Design team
Shanil Riyaz & Maria Eapen
Built area
Module 01 = 65 m³, Module 02 = 100 m³
Visualization
Studio Shanil
Status
Proposed concept (competition)
London practice Baca Architects have designed a sustainable eco resort for bíku in Bocas del Toro, Panama.
Architect’s Statement:
Baca Architects has designed a cocoa pod-shaped treehouse for an eco hotel located on a secluded Panama island, which is accessible only by boat. The practice was...
