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We’ve seen ambitious treehouse projects before — but this is the first one that was the result of a clever marketing campaign. The idea behind this gorgeous design was to find and contact all those involved in the project using only the New Zealand Yellow Pages. The process was then blogged about and updated for all the world to see — resulting in a gorgeous restaurant high above the forest floor. From concept to reality took only 66-days. It opened earlier this year to a flood of bookings — and now the owners are considering renting it out for private events and functions. From the architect,

The concept is driven by the ‘enchanted’ site which is raised above an open meadow and meandering stream on the edge of the woods. The tree-house concept is reminiscent of childhood dreams and playtime, fairy stories of enchantment and imagination . It’s inspired through many forms found in nature -the chrysalis/cocoon protecting the emerging butterfly/moth, perhaps an onion/garlic clove form hung out to dry. It is also seen as a lantern, a beacon at night that simply glows yet during the day it might be a semi camouflaged growth, or a tree fort that provides an outlook and that offers refuge.The plan form also has loose similarities to a sea shell with the open ends spiraling to the center.

To learn more about the treehouse restaurant, jump here.