This is NOT your Father's Tree House. Not even close. This a great example of imaginative modern architectural design. Architect Robert Harvey Oshatz finished building this Portland Oregon home in 2004.
I realize this isn't for everyone but I would be quite happy in a house that's literally part of the landscape. Imagine how the wildlife would assimilate themselves to your home or maybe it's more appropriate to say that you're the visitor assimilating to their home.
If you're interested in Sustainable Modern Homes like me, check out some of the stuff they got cooking on Trendir. It's not a question of whether or not we're building sustainability into our livelihoods, it's more a question of how and what sustainable methods we're going to incorporate into our livelihoods. We're soon going to realize that sustainable architecture isn't limiting but in point of fact, unquestionably expansive since we'll be able to integrate practical design elements that have real intrinsic value into what we've never before imagined.
Rob Horsley is the co-founder and COO of IMA Interactive, an online agency located in the San Francisco Bay Area. IMA Interactive provides website design, online video production and search engine marketing services to a variety of industries both locally and nationally.
