Tree Hotel
A series of treehouse hotel rooms on the outskirts of an Arctic forestJust clicks below the Arctic Circle in the tiny village of Harads is an unusual "hotel." Sweden's TreeHotel is a series of five different rooms, each one with a unique theme, built directly into the trees of the surrounding forest.
Opened in July, 2010, TreeHotel was created to get visitors to reconnect with nature. Offering minimalist quarters 15 feet off the ground, each room offers stunning views of the forest and rolling hills. Since each room was created with a low ecological footprint by a different architect, the five rooms have a wide range of styles including a bird's nest, an elevated cabin, a red shack called the blue cone, a flying saucer and a Mirrorcube.
Mirrorcube has come to be the most well-known of the rooms, covered on all six sides with mirrors that reflect the forest. Working as a symbol of the guiding environmental principles, visitors staying in Mirrorcube melt into the landscape in the ultra-modern and minimalist interior. Besides the five rooms, the TreeHotel also features a hotel sauna, and has plans to expand to a total of 24 rooms.
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Category: Commercial Curiosities, Odd Accommodations, Architectural Oddities, Outsider Architecture
Location: Harads, Sweden
Edited by: atimian