Tree House
Residential and community structures designed to integrate with natural landscapes and tree environments.
Chaoffice Shelters a Terracotta Family House Beneath Old Beijing Trees and a Faceted Timber Roof
In Beijing, Chaoffice's 438 m² terracotta house folds kitchen, dining and a double-height living room around mature trees and a garden courtyard.
Studio Officina82 Freezes a Sliding Alpine Hay-Barn Roof into a 12 m² Treehouse Cabin in Piedmont
In Alpisella, a shingle-clad guest cabin rises on four timber posts among oaks, recasting the barchi hay barn as a room for sleeping in the canopy.
Grizzo Studio Threads a Concrete and Stone House Between Thirty-Nine Trees in the Cariló Forest
In Cariló, Argentina, a 582 m² house of board-formed concrete, rubble stone and timber slats bends around the mature trees it was designed to keep.
TETRO Arquitetura Threads a Stepped House Through the Gaps Between Existing Trees in Lagoa Santa
In Lagoa Santa, Brazil, a 274 m² house climbs its wooded slope in staggered levels, sited in the voids between trees and filtered by slatted timber.
Dayala e Rafael Wraps a Goiânia Corner Lot in Stone and Muxarabi to Tame the Savanna Sun
Casa Abacateiro scatters living blocks around a courtyard pool in Brazil's cerrado, trading corridors for garden views and cross-ventilation.
WOVEN Architecture Layers a Waterfront Home into a Forested Hillside on Saanich Inlet
A 6,500-square-foot residence in Willis Point, BC nestles into steep terrain, trading spectacle for a quiet calibration of wood, earth, and water.
MRTN Architects Hides a Timber Retreat in the Sand Dunes of Venus Bay
A curved, elevated holiday house on Australia's South Gippsland coast borrows its logic from the local bird hides that dot the peninsula.
Read Studio Stacks a Concrete House Vertically to Let a Sri Lankan Garden Grow Around It
A 323-square-meter home in Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte occupies a small footprint so mature trees, herbs, and fruit plants claim the rest of the site.
ACDF Architecture Builds a Forest Pavilion Around an Apple Tree in Quebec's Boreal Wilderness
A single-story glass and timber residence in Saint-Donat-de-Montcalm places a living apple tree at its center to anchor family life to nature.
Rodrigo Nuñez Arquitectos Terraces a 900 m² Brick House into a Forest Edge in León
A single clay brick and timber define a dwelling that mediates between suburbia and a protected pine forest on a steep Spanish slope.
blaq arquitectos Threads a Black Pine Cabin Through the Trees on Chile's Ranco Lake
A 140 m² lakeside retreat in southern Chile lifts off the hillside on stilts, wrapping its deck around existing trees to leave the landscape intact.
AUN Design Studio Folds an Origami Staircase Through a Multi-Generational Bangkok Home
In Lat Phrao, a 182-square-meter concrete house reunites a mother and son through shared gardens and a sculptural steel core.
