"Brothers Mark Smith and Tim Smith of 9 Partners Design, Lenox, inspired by the water towers they knew from city rooftops in their youth, built a circular structure enclosing a group of quaking aspen. A low doorway, reminiscent of the entrance to a Japanese teahouse, leads the visitor inside a column of salvaged hemlock and cedar. Only the interior surface has been planed, so it forms a fragrant enclosure in which to contemplate the “art” of the trees trunks and the “ceiling” of green leaves above." -Article by Marilyn Bethany at Rural Intelligence