treehouse
“A 2008 exhibition of highly crafted treehouses from two of the best treehouse makers in the country was so successful that plans to close and dismantle it were abandoned. Three grand treehouses were built at a cost of about $1 million, plus the cost of their special underpinning. Longwood insisted that the structures not be fastened to the trees. They have been built instead on elevated steel supports that include poles resting on small concrete blocks. This so-called pin foundation is positioned to avoid roots and minimize soil compaction.”
This, the grandest of the three, the Canopy Cathedral, was inspired by an old Norwegian wood-frame church, and is nestled on the edge of a woodland overlooking the Large Lake. “The two-story structure is defined by a glazed gable with diamond-patterned windows and is wrapped by a large balcony with indentations for the 100-year-old tulip poplars.”
excerpts from the Washington Post
treehouse
“A 2008 exhibition of highly crafted treehouses from two of the best treehouse makers in the country was so successful that plans to close and dismantle it were abandoned. Three grand treehouses were built at a cost of about $1 million, plus the cost of their special underpinning. Longwood insisted that the structures not be fastened to the trees. They have been built instead on elevated steel supports that include poles resting on small concrete blocks. This so-called pin foundation is positioned to avoid roots and minimize soil compaction.”
This, the grandest of the three, the Canopy Cathedral, was inspired by an old Norwegian wood-frame church, and is nestled on the edge of a woodland overlooking the Large Lake. “The two-story structure is defined by a glazed gable with diamond-patterned windows and is wrapped by a large balcony with indentations for the 100-year-old tulip poplars.”
excerpts from the Washington Post