Dude, where’s my treehouse hotel?

That’s not the title of a bad sequel to an Ashton Kutcher movie of a similar name. It’s what you might be saying to your room mate were you and he guests at the Treehotel in Harads, Sweden. That’s because two of the accommodations options at the Treehotel are invisible.

Really!

Or, at least nearly invisible.

Designed by the Stockholm-based firm Tham & Videgård Arkitekter (creators of many a cool architectural concepts), both invisible treehouses have smooth external surfaces covered in mirrors. When the cube-shapped structures are placed within a thick forest they can be extremely difficult to detect—especially in the arctic rays of Lapland, northern Sweden, where the light can play tricks on your eyes even when there aren’t mirrored buildings about.

Of the two invisible treehouse hotel rooms, one is suspended above the ground on wires strung from four trees and is reached by way of a (thankfully visible) rope bridge; the second has a tree running through the center of it (see pic to the right) and is entered via ladder.

Once you find your treehouse abode—if you find it—and make your way inside you my wonder where all the space has disappeared to. The interior of each invisible treehouse is only 16 sq. m (172 sq. ft.), though that’s enough for a kitchenette, queen bed and small bathroom and sitting area. The coolest feature may be the upper outdoor deck that offers views of the forest from a perch not visible from the ground. Imagine the fun you can having suddenly appearing to the people walking below à la Harry Potter throwing off his cloak of invisibility.

Both of the perceptiblely-challanged treehouses are part of the larger Treehotel complex that includes a spa and conference area. Those looking for arboreal accommodations of the more seeable variety have four options (see schematics below), each open year-round, each powered by renewable energy and each designed by a different architect:

• a birdnest-esque treehouse with three cedars traversing various portions of the interior living area;

• an ultra-modern treehouse with huge bay windows;

• for those with some vertigo, a multi-storeyed suite built on stilts and arrived at via a regular staircase;

• a pod resembling a UFO built into the trees at canopy level.

Treehotel is scheduled to open July 3rd, 2010. This unusual resort is taking reservations now, though at the rate of €360 per treehouse per night the cost of staying here will most definitly not be invisible on your credit card bill.

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