Tree-hugging with new Tree Hotel

Tree-hugging with new Tree Hotel 16/07/2010

Renowned for uber-contemporary design combined with flawless functionality, the Swedish have done it again with a new hotel concept that aims to elevate the simple treehouse into a world-class destination for design-conscious travellers.

Within the design field, focus is growing on environmental aspects more and more. The latest is a Tree Hotel in the small northern Swedish village of Harads. The Tree Hotel, which will officially open this Saturday 17th July, will revolutionise the treehouse concept. The Tree Hotel consists of six completely uniquely-themed Tree Houses, created by five different architects. In addition to the Tree Hotel there will be a sauna and a conference / breakfast room which will seat 12 guests.

The appeal of staying at the Tree Hotel, beyond the stylish innovative aesthetics, is truly being at one with nature. The Tree Houses all hang as if in mid-air, a tree at their core, within a forest of pine trees. The unusual structures are in fact attached to a tree at around 4 metres high. At the moment visitors have a choice between four top-notch slick luxury Tree Houses - the Nest, the Blue Cone, the Mirrorcube, the Cabin and the UFO and A Room With a View, which are set to appear in October.

Environmental values lie at heart of the design for each Tree House in the materials used as well as plumbing and lighting. The designers were inspired by the Swedish documentary, 'Tree Lover' (or Tradalskaren in Swedish) by Jonas Selberg Augustsen, which tells the story of three men who question the value of nature in relation to humans through the construction of their own tree house in Harads, hence the hotel's location.

"Our goal in five years is to have 24 rooms from 24 different architects," says Treehotel co-founder Kent Lindvall, who came up with the concept along with his wife Britta.

"Everything will reflect in this [originality] - the trees, the birds, the clouds, the sun, everything. So it should be invisible nearly in the forest."

A spin on luxury tree houses as we have never seen before, the Tree Hotel, a truly unique concept, with its core eco-values and genuine philosophy, is, without doubt, a must-try this summer.

Tree Hotel, Harads, Sweden - www.treehotel.se.

Rooksana Hossenally - Tuesday 13th July 2010. .

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