Stunning Swedish Treehotel Opens This Weekend!

Do you have your sights set high for your summer vacation? This gorgeous mirror-walled Swedish <a href="http://www.treehotel.se/en/" target="_blank">Treehotel</a>, which opens this weekend, may just be the ticket. Set in the pristine forests of northern Sweden, just miles away from the Arctic Circle, the Treehotel combines stunning design with prefabricated <a href="http://inhabitat.com/2008/02/21/eco-ewok-treehouses-finca-bellavista-sustainable-rainforest-community/" target="_blank">treehouse</a> construction plus eco-friendly building strategies that may have you drooling over a vacation in sunny -- yes sunny -- Sweden this summer.

Opening this Saturday, July 17th, the Treehotel will have four rooms available for guests, including the Mirrorcube, the Cabin, the Bird's Nest and the Blue Cone.

Each room was designed by a different architect and includes some prefabricated construction techniques as well as eco-friendly strategies.

The Blue Cone (which will eventually be painted red) is currently under construction.

The Cabin is a prefabricated unit which was trucked into the site and will be set high in the trees.

Installed on a steep slope in the trees, the Cabin will be accessed via a footbridge and has beautiful views of the river valley below the site.

A view into the canopy of the pristine Boreal forest at the site of the Treehotel.

The Mirrorcube was designed by <a href="http://www.tvark.se/">Tham &amp; Videgård Arkitekter</a>. It consists of a lightweight aluminum structure hung from a single tree.

Access is gained via a ladder that comes up through the floor into the cube.

Coated in a reflective surface, the Mirrorcube will reflect its surroundings and blend into the environment.

The Cabin was designed by <a href="http://www.cyren.se/">Cyrén &amp; Cyrén</a> and is a prefabricated unit located on a steep site and accessed via a footbridge.

The actual tree house is suspended from the deck. This will hide the volume of the building to a certain degree. The deck is slightly separated from the building in order to make it appear smaller and to allow the building its own expression.

The footbridge offers opportunities for expansion with other treehouses and viewing decks built from the same foundation.

The Blue Cone, which will actually be red, was designed by <a href="http://www.sandellsandberg.se/">SandellSandberg</a> and is made from lightweight wood construction with a split birch facade.

This tree room is founded on three points of support. Access to the tree room is by a bridge from the mountain behind.

The Bird's Nest was designed by <a href="http://inredningsgruppen.se/">Inredningsgruppen</a> and resembles -- what else -- a bird's nest.

Inside the bird's nest is enough space for a couple and two children. This room, for example, is offered for 3,800 Swedish Crowns ($512 USD) per night and includes breakfast.

The Bird's nest is reminiscent of a water tower built on stilts that has been camouflaged with sticks and woods to blend into the environment. Accessed is provided via a retractable staircase.

The Room With A View will be completed in October and is designed by <a href="http://www.marge.se/">Marge Architects</a>. It offers three unique perspectives on the woods and the Harads landscape.

Exterior walls are clad with dark construction plywood that reflects sunlight; interiors are paneled with pinewood to enhance the warm atmosphere of the woods. Isolated glass partitions divide nature from the interior of the hotel room. The cabin rests on a steel structure with a steel staircase, a contrasting material to the pine bark surroundings.

Finally, the UFO, which will be completed in October, is designed by <a href="http://inredningsgruppen.se/">Inredningsgruppen</a> and is meant to be the complete opposite of the nature inspired Bird's Nest, designed by the same firm.