The dream of all children and maybe even some grown-ups?Have a wooden tree house!And what better material to build it than wood itself?Imagine if these adventurous shelters became real homes with all the comforts… ah yeah!But they really exist!Wood is a magical building material and can be easily found.Simple to work, the properties are numerous: resistance, hardness, density and at the same time an elasticity that allows it to withstand deformations well.Let's not forget the excellent thermal capacity, that is how it manages to keep the heat and not let the cold in especially when it is well insulated with clay, straw or wood fiber.If you are thinking of a simple hut you are wrong, guys!They are just like where you live, on several floors, spacious and easily buildable.In the event of an earthquake, a properly assembled wooden house will not collapse like a brick and concrete construction as it weighs ¼ less than concrete.This is why wooden houses would be preferred in earthquake-prone areas, which are moreover eco-sustainable!Since ancient times, man has chosen to build his shelters with wood.Some examples?In the province of Trento, the Ledro pile dwellings have existed since the Bronze Age (between 2,200 and 1350 BC).In this site the remains of 10 thousand pile dwellings have remained perfectly intact despite being submerged by the waters of Lake Ledro.In the East, buildings that can still be visited are the splendid Japanese temple of Horyu-Ji dating back to the 7th-8th century AD and the Sakyamuni Pagoda in China from 1054 AD.Horyu-Ji temple, Japan Credits: ShutterstockDid you know that even our favorite genius compatriot was already, at the end of the 1400s, designing prefabricated wooden buildings?Yes, Leonardo da Vinci managed to build a mobile home for the Duchess Isabella Sforza to be placed inside her park.In the Alpine areas and in Northern Europe the houses are often made of wood, with whole trunks as a frame (the supporting structure) and planks for roofing.A bit like our mountain huts but there are also on several floors!In Sweden, more than 40% of houses are built of wood.The most used trees, chosen for their technical properties but also for their appearance, are the Spruce, the Oak, the Hornbeam, the Larch and the Chestnut whose scent of resin and oils remains impressed and envelops.In the second half of the nineteenth century, the European immigrants who colonized North America needed a quick construction and it was thus that they began to prepare the parts of prefabricated buildings, easy and quick to assemble.Can you see us building your little house by yourself?In the first decades of the 1900s, the first projects were born in Europe too:In Romania, houses are traditionally built of wood following the architecture of the medieval era.Poland is famous for its latticework made by intertwining beams horizontally, vertically and obliquely;in addition to the resistance, the wood also gives a clearly visible artistic touch.In the Russian countryside it is easy to come across an Izba, a rural construction of peasants.The peculiarity of this house lies in the assembly: it is performed only with ropes, axes and joints without the use of nails.A traditional Russian izba Credits: ShutterstockThe cold in these Nordic locations is not faced with air conditioning systems (which cost and pollute a lot!) But by reducing to a minimum the thermal dispersion of the wood, which manages to keep the houses cool in summer and warm during the winter.Nobody forbids you to keep a stove or a fireplace ... even these with wood!