The tree house I lived in that summer was decidedly unspectacular. It was more of a tree hovel, really. The floor was a large sheet of graffitied plywood, and the roof was covered with a pair of heavy ...

A new Taschen book spotlights 62 architect-designed tree houses—from floating globes and steel cubes to net terraces and modular cells. Here are eight standouts from around the world. Tree houses ...