Almost invisible mirrored tree house built in Sweden

[Num7]

Almost invisible mirrored tree house built in Sweden

They said it couldn't be done. When we first wrote about the almost invisible tree house to be built in Sweden by Tham & Videgard, 899 commenters thought it was computer-generated eye candy, impossible to build, and death for birds.

But the architects built it, one of six units in a "Treehotel," which recently opened 40 miles south of the Arctic Circle in Sweden.

The four-meter glass cube looks as spectacular in reality as it did in the rendering. Kent Lindvall, co-owner of the TreeHotel, has been quoted as saying: "Everything will reflect in this -- the trees, the birds, the clouds, the sun, everything. So it should be invisible nearly in the forest. "

And what about the birds? According to Designboom, Lindvall says that a special film that is visible to birds will be applied to the glass.

The units are constructed from sustainably harvested wood and have electric radiant floor heating and "a state-of-the-art, eco-friendly, incineration toilet"

(Although I've owned an incinerating toilet, and it wasn't that eco-friendly. It used a lot of electricity and created noise and some smells. But perhaps they've improved.

http://green.yahoo.com/blog/guest_b...ible-mirrored-tree-house-built-in-sweden.html

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[Whitelight]

Re: Almost invisible mirrored tree house built in Sweden

That's cool!


I think UFO's use something similar, mirrored space crafts to blend in with the sky.

 

[TimeWizardCosmo]

Re: Almost invisible mirrored tree house built in Sweden

That's cool!


I think UFO's use something similar, mirrored space crafts to blend in with the sky.

Wouldn't you just see a reflection of the ground?

 

[Num7]

Re: Almost invisible mirrored tree house built in Sweden

Wouldn't you just see a reflection of the ground?

Yeah, we always see UFOs from below, it'd make sense. Perhaps they just have a way more sophisticated way of cloaking.

We'd see ground reflexion on that house if we were looking at it from higher point of view.

 

[Whitelight]

Re: Almost invisible mirrored tree house built in Sweden

How often is it directly above someone? And depending on height it would be hard to see the actual ground reflection.

 

[TimeWizardCosmo]

Re: Almost invisible mirrored tree house built in Sweden

How often is it directly above someone? And depending on height it would be hard to see the actual ground reflection.

Ooh. Touché.

 

[Whitelight]

Re: Almost invisible mirrored tree house built in Sweden

But if it was right above you and close, it would be creepy to see a reflection of yourself when you looked up.

 

[JasperMoon]

Re: Almost invisible mirrored tree house built in Sweden

I think I want one.

 

[StarLord]

Re: Almost invisible mirrored tree house built in Sweden

Awesome Tree House.


I'd be interested to know what the rate of Kamikaze Birds are.

WHAP!

A cat would LOVE the spot. Dinner bell has a distinctly different sound to it though.