Hilarchitects completes contemplative meditation hall in eastern China
Wood-lined rooms, shaded corridors and water walkways are just some of the features that Hilarchitects has incorporated into this meditation space in north eastern China. More
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Red concrete meditation space sits under pyramidal roof in rural India
This simple concrete temple in a village near the Indian city of Pune is topped with a pyramidal roof and incorporates a channel that allows ceremonial holy water to flow out into its lush surroundings. More
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Glazed meditation room overlooks traditional courtyard from Nanjing home
Ming Gu Design has grafted a glazed meditation area onto this historic home in Nanjing, China, which projects out to overhang a central courtyard. More
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Arch Studio carves concrete Buddhist shrine into a grassy mound in Hebei
Beijing-based Arch Studio has completed a Buddhist shrine near the city of Tangshan, featuring subterranean concrete spaces that open up to views of a nearby river and planted courtyards. More
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Colonnades frame landscaped courtyards at Buddhist retreat in rural England
This Buddhist retreat by Walters & Cohen Architects features a cluster of pitched-roof structures arranged around tranquil courtyards in the English countryside. More
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Mobile meditation pavilion by Giovanni Wegher stands on a lake shore in northern Italy
This tiny slatted timber pavilion is intended as a space for contemplation, and was designed by Milanese architect Giovanni Wegher to tour Italy's largest national park (+ slideshow). More
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GMAA's Meditation Pavilion and Garden creates contemplative atmosphere at Swiss home
A+Awards 2016: artificial mist envelops this wooden meditation pavilion near Geneva, which earned its designers GM Architectes Associés an Architizer A+Award earlier this year (+ slideshow). More
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Sameep Padora builds Buddhist Learning Centre in an Indian forest grove
Volcanic stone dust was used to build the walls of this Buddhist education and meditation centre, designed by Sameep Padora & Associates for a woodland clearing in rural India (photos by Edmund Sumner + slideshow). More
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Today we like: meditation spaces
Today is International Yoga Day, organised by the United Nations to promote worldwide cooperation and harmony through the popular physical, mental and spiritual practice.
To mark the occasion, we've rounded up some of the most serene meditation spaces we've featured on Dezeen – including a wooden room that cantilevers across a lake and the bamboo forest standing in the Venice Giardini. See more meditation spaces »
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Meditating twice a day keeps staff at Vo Trong Nghia Architects focused, claims founder
Venice Architecture Biennale 2016: Vietnamese architect Vo Trong Nghia has revealed that he makes his staff meditate every day to help them "resist cravings and improve concentration". More
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Aidlin Darling creates a meditation centre at Stanford University with rammed-earth walls
This spiritual refuge by Aidlin Darling Design at California's Stanford University features vertical cedar slats and thick walls made of soil excavated from the building site (+ slideshow). More
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Warsaw art studio features meditation space inside "deformed golden object"
A faceted golden nodule protrudes from one side of this art studio in Warsaw, providing a secluded meditation space for Polish sculptor Pawel Althamer (+ slideshow). More
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The Forest Pond House by TDO
This wooden folly cantilevers across a garden lake to create a meditation room and children's play den for a family living in Hampshire, England (+ slideshow). More
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Buddhist Meditation Centre Metta Vihara by Bureau SLA
Dozens of square windows puncture the corrugated steel shell of this barn-like Buddhist meditation centre in a rural part of the Netherlands by Dutch architects Bureau SLA (+ slideshow). More
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Tea House by David Jameson
A music recital room resembling a Japanese tea house hangs like a lantern in the garden of a residence northwest of Washington DC. More
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Victor meditation hut by Jeffery Poss
The v-shaped roof of this Illinois tea house by architect Jeffery Poss funnels rainwater to a spout over the adjacent pond. More
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Contemporary Pagoda by Daniel Simmons
Toronto-based designer Daniel Simmons has designed a conceptual shrine for meditation called Contemporary Pagoda. More
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Meditation House by Pascal Arquitectos
Meditation House is a project from 2006 by Mexican architects Pascal Arquitectos. More
