themselves and Auckland designer Tracey Collins, an unusual challenge. Aiming to prove the point that you can get almost anything done using Yellow's services, they have created their most recent advertising campaign around her real-life mission to build a restaurant in a tree. 2008 contacting people to help her out. She soon found the helpful hands of Peter Eising and his team at Pacific Environment Architects, who were delighted to be involved in such a unique project. pod-like structure sits 10 metres high in a Redwood tree near Warkworth, northern Auckland. Eising confidently assures everyone that the restaurant will safely hold about 18 people at any one time. other facilities are located on the ground. Access is also provided by an elevated tree-top walkway, with utmost care taken to minimise impact on the surrounding forest. The walkway itself has been constructed with dead Redwood trees found in the surrounding forest. www.yellowtreehouse.co.nz Pacific Environment Architects www.pacificenvironments.co.nz Ideation Gallery is the latest addition to InterfaceFLOR's growing website. global design trends. non-specific to a single area of focus. Rather, the gallery aims to foreshadow future directions for all areas of focus. www.interfaceflor.com.au |