A tree house home is every little boy’s dream. In many cases this love for climbing and living in trees evaporates as get older but for some, the desire to live amongst the branches never ceases. The client who hired American architect Robert Harvey Oshatz was one of these very people. The result was a tree house home to match every boy’s fantasy and indeed draw back the curtains of time for adults who recall the days of their youth.
Below are a series of pictures of the unique Wilkinson Residence which is located in Portland, Oregon. The tree house home is located on a steep sloping grade which provided the architect with the opportunity to build the main level of the tree house home at the level of the tree canopy. This evokes a truly breathtaking feeling of being in a traditional tree house. Few people will have ever seen the world from amongst the branches and leaves of trees they pass under on a daily basis.
Oshatz incorporated a musical theme into the tree house home which merged with the natural style and backdrop. The client was a great music lover and had asked the talented architect to combine the two themes. Materials used to make the tree house home merge with the flowing architectural forms and features, rather like the curve of a symphony or saxophone. Interior spaces flows outside with casual ease and vice versa.
An example of the stunning interior architecture of this tree house home is the way the natural wood ceiling passes through a wall of glass and wraps itself around the main living room.
The Wilkinson Residence tree house home was initially designed in 1997 and was completed in the year 2004. You can further pictures and projects by Oshatz on his website which can be found here: Robert Harvey Oshatz Architect.
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