• 

  Terunobu Fujimori, Teahouse Tetsu, Kiyoharu Shirakaba Museum, Nakamaru, Hokuto City, Yamanashi (Japan). Photo: Akihisa Masuda.

• 

  Michael Ince, Bialsky Tree House, Bridgehampton, New York (USA). Photo: Pete Nelson.

• 

  Nicko Bjorn Elliot Tree House, Toronto (Canada). Photo: Jesse Colin Jackson.

• 

  Tree Houses. Fairy Tale Castles in the Air by Philip Jodidio. (Taschen, 2013)

From The Faraway Tree to Andy Griffiths’ The 13-Storey Treehouse, the idea of a fully-contained, high-rise apartment in the branches is one of our favourite childhood daydreams. Author Philip Jodidio has collected 50 of the world’s most imaginative abodes guaranteed to leave you open-mouthed with wonder. There’s a teahouse, a playhouse, a crazy “cathedral” – even a UFO. Amazing images (with extra illustrations by children’s book illustrator Patrick Hruby) and interviews with the authors will have you itching to get started on your own creation.

Tree Houses. Fairy Tale Castles in the Air by Philip Jodidio, £44.99, Taschen