A guest resting on a daybed in an open-sided pavilion looking out to planting and stone

Reconnecting
humans to Nature.

Who we are

While a big piece of our job is hammering nails and hauling lumber, our driving desire is to co-create with Nature.

Artistree Home has been designing and building in the trees since 2012. We are a design-build studio — designers, builders, riggers and craftspeople under one roof — and the thing that holds the work together is not a style. It is four principles that decide how every project gets drawn.

A timber walkway leading to the round arched door of a barrel-vaulted treehouse
01 — Biomimicry

Learn from Nature.

Building efficient, effective spaces that emulate the natural world. It goes beyond “green design” and looks to Nature as a mentor — emulating the shape of a leaf for effortless water drainage, or a round room for better airflow. Your project ends up embedded with nature’s intelligence.

02 — Immersion

Cultivate a sense of place.

Before drafting we study regional culture, topography, and the existing flora and fauna. Observing a site this way lets us build with it rather than fight against it — and creates places that feel part of something larger than the structures themselves.

Two people on a rope suspension bridge beside a hanging canvas tent pod in the redwoods
A steel-and-glass treehouse with a spiral stair, built around a large oak
03 — Living structures

Build with space to breathe.

A living structure is a building that can move and grow with its foundation, whether that foundation is a tree or the ground. More than a decade of building in trees taught us to design for an ever-changing environment, which is why our projects last.

04 — Regeneration

Get what we give.

Renewable energy, sustainably sourced materials, upcycling. Regenerative through our intention to leave the world better for all life, and reciprocal through our belief in the symbiosis of all things. By building from the earth, you build in harmony with the planet.

A low curved timber-clad house with a large round window, set into chaparral hills
A timber deck with cable railing and outdoor seating, open to a leafy tree canopy

See the philosophy in practice.

Tell us a little about your vision, so we can help you achieve it.