After a viewing of "Swiss Family Robinson," hanging out with dad in the hunting blind, or seeing how the Ewoks kick it, pretty much every kid wants a treehouse.For some of us, though, the thrill of a simple tree fort isn't enough. Throughout the world, innovative architects and builders have taken the idea of the treehouse and spun it off into wildly creative structures that even the sharpest Ewok could never have imagined. (Unfortunately, Ewoks can't use the Force.)
Check out some of these tremendous treehouses in the gallery below.
Tremendous Treehouses
Alnwick Gardens Treehouse is in Newcastle, England, and contains a restaurant, fireplace and meeting spaces.
fatcontroller, Flickr
This church-style treehouse was designed by Blueforest, a company based in the U.K.
blueforest.com
Finca Bellavista, a Costa Rican treehouse village, was created by couple Matt and Erica Hogan in 2006.
fincabellavista.net
Burning Man 2007 featured this Steampunk treehouse.
Mickipedia, Flickr
Toronto-based architect Lukasz Kos designed this structure and called it 4Treehouse. It sits on Lake Muskoka in Ontario, Canada.
inhabitat.com
4Treehouse by night.
inhabitat.com
The New Forest Tree House complex was built in 2008. It's located in Beaulieu, England.
solentcentre.org.uk/treehouse
This image of a treehouse was submitted by a Flickr user. Location not specified.
nsub1, Flickr
This is the creation of Treehouse Workshop, based in Seattle.
treehouseworkshop.com
This image of a treehouse was submitted by a Flickr user. Location not specified.
super-structure, Flickr
