Treehouse

When i was a kid, i used to dream had a small tree house on a big tree which had long wood ladder, filled for toys and dolls. The most important was i could take my friends with me to play there then at night we could see stars even moon and talked a lot above our dream land.

And today, i find a tree house which is built by Swedish firm Tham & Videgard Hansson Arkitekter. This shape really out of my mind because this tree house is almost invisible. Here these the pictures and explanations :

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It is an old architectural trick used since the invention of mirrored glass: covering buildings with the reflective material and declaring that they blend in with the surroundings. Most architects use it to convince wary citizens that it is OK if their building is tall because it will reflect the sky and nature. The rendering always makes the building disappear, and the reality is always a big clunky mirrored box.
But a mirrored box can be elegant, too, such as this tree house by Swedish firm Tham & Videgard Hansson Arkitekter. They are designed to minimize impact on the surrounding landscape. And in this case, it looks like the architects have pulled it off successfully.

Includes a kitchen, sleeping area, living area and a terrace

"There doesn't appear to be a bathroom or a ladder. That could make for a, um, rather uncomfortable night, at least for guests of the female variety."

So ... have you consider to have this tree house or at least build close tree house like this ?

Natural Disaster

In this tremendous shot of Planet Earth, a tropical storm rages in the eastern Indian Ocean and the western coast of Australia

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Scientists believe that climate change will influence an increase of tornadoes like this one

More frequent and intense thunderstorms can be expected in the future, due to shifting climate patterns

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A heat wave at sunset over the Namib Desert in Namibia, Africa. The impact of climate change on developing nations in particular is like "low-intensity biological or chemical warfare," said the Namibia representative at a 2007 meeting of the UN Security Council

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Regional drought is already a widespread and serious problem. If weather extremes continue or worsen, more dislocations and tragedies will result.Overgrazing by goats, an issue common to both Somalia and Cyprus, can be environmentally devastating, and even worsen climate change

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Climate change has led to hotter conditions which leave forests more susceptible to fire

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As the earth’s ice caps continue to melt rising water levels are a global threat

By Emma Grady, New York, NY