Treehouses - Softcover

Paula Henderson is an American architectural historian with a special interest in Tudor garden buildings. Adam Mornement is a writer specializing in contemporary architecture and architectural history. He is a former deputy editor of World Architecture, and a regular contributor to the Times Magazine and Conde Nast Traveller, among other newspapers and magazines. His books include Corrugated Iron - Building on the Frontier (Frances Lincoln, 2007) and Treehouses (Frances Lincoln, 2005). He has also written Extensions (Laurence King, 2007) and Infill: New Houses for Urban Sites (Laurence King, 2009).

5 Stars - If you think the kids' tree house you built at the end of the garden is the bee's knees, then don't let the children see this gem - a compendium of arboreal domiciles that contain everything you need to know about wooden shacks balancing precariously high above the ground. In chapters, 'Private Treehouses' and 'Treehouses of the Future', you'll find the folks who really are out of their trees. This is where fantasy takes over in the land ruled by fairies. --Amateur Photograher

Pick of the Picture Books. A lifeline to those who consigned treehouses to the same Elysian fields as sandpits and paddling pools, 'Treehouses' provides a fascinating account of "the earliest form of natural architecture". Meticulous photography is complemented by detailed research of the arboreal abodes. --Independent

Having read this book and flicked through its images a few hundred times, I feel it is irresistible as a coffee table, waiting room or bedside locker book for both dreamers and the more practical reader alike with an array of guidelines, instructions and a list of specialist companies who will actually build a treehouse for you. --Compass