Another Hobbit house - this time above ground!

I posted a couple of days ago about a doll's house built in the style of Bag End, the home of Bilbo and Frodo Baggins in J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord Of The Rings. That was followed (thanks to a link provided by fellow blogger Crucis) by a second article about a real-life 'hobbit house' in Wales.

Thanks to an e-mail today from another reader, Jenny C., we learn of yet another hobbit-style house. The architect writes:

Located on a flag lot, a steep sloping grade provided the opportunity to bring the main level of the house into the tree canopy to evoke the feeling of being in a tree house.




A lover of music, the client wanted a house that not only became part of the natural landscape but also addressed the flow of music.




This house evades the mechanics of the camera; it is difficult to capture the way the interior space flows seamlessly through to the exterior. One must actually stroll through the house to grasp its complexities and its connection to the exterior.




One example is a natural wood ceiling, floating on curved laminated wood beams, passing through a generous glass wall which wraps around the main living room.

There are more photographs at the link.

Thanks, Jenny! It looks like hobbit-style houses are more common than I'd imagined. Kudos to the architect for a very flowing, almost poetic vision.

Peter