Whole Trees Construction & Architecture

There are trees, there are houses, there are treehouses, and, well, there are houses based on and supported by trees. Who did not envy Jane for Tarzan's villa high up in the sky, all mods inc? Even when Johnny Weismuller's oily torso was all over the place.

There is a nice feature in today's NYT on an architect, Roald Gundersen, who incorporates whole trees  into his design. Hence the name. Might not be to everybody's taste, as it looks quite  rustic, definitely not minimalist or urbane. But then, is houses resurrrect old childhood memories of Sunday afternoons with Johnny and his tree house.  And, of course, it is in the middle of the woods. There could be worse ways to battle the sellout of nature.

And then I will have to find out whether designs like this are allowed in Germany. I fear they aren't.