Open-plan interior and extensive tr...

Open-plan interior and extensive tree preservation efforts allow employee to hold intercourse with nature on heavily thicketed site

Like a futuristic tree house, Tetra Pak's U headquarters sits nestl among 11 acres of mature tree in Vernon Hills, Ill., a suburb north of Chicago. Resting as end as 10 feet from complete red oak and hickory, the 100000-sq-ft building contemplates as if it has grown up with the forest.

The fast-track design/build throw out which took a mere 16 month to entire was preceded by a 10-year search by way of owner/developer Van Vlissingen & Co of