Treehouse Designers Guide: AzzanArts

Trap doors, ladders and zip lines delight in Attie Jonker's whimsical treehouse designs.
Treehouse Designs

Even the Treehouses Are Bigger in Texas

Attie Jonker's clients can escape to (or from) this treehouse via stick ladder, rope ladder, trap door or 200-foot zip line.

Photo by: Image courtesy of AzzanArts

Image courtesy of AzzanArts

Attie Jonker's clients can escape to (or from) this treehouse via stick ladder, rope ladder, trap door or 200-foot zip line.

At 19, Attie Jonker, who could "barely bang a nail in straight," took a job building lodges for Wilderness Safaris in his native Botswana, Africa. After years of on-the-job training, he emigrated to the United States and started AzzanArts, for which he considers himself, "owner, designer, artist and builder of all things natural." Jonker started with a tree platform for a friend's child and now produces treehouses—complete with trap doors, ladders, swings and slides—and other outdoor structures like fire pits and outdoor showers.

Based in:

San Antonio, Texas

In the business since:

2008

Cost:

$10,000 and up

Specialty:

Jonker uses reclaimed materials in his work whenever possible, and "incorporates my structures into the host environment, so that it blends with the surroundings and flows with the customer's existing architecture or landscape design," he says.

Contact info:

www.azzanarts.com
210.410.4987

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