Pan Projects creates floating Teahouse Ø on Copenhagen canal
London architecture studio Pan Projects has designed Teahouse Ø as the first in a series of floating pavilions aimed at opening up Copenhagen's canals to the public. More
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Waterfrom Design builds tea house with a basement hidden beneath a water pool
Architecture studio Waterfrom Design has completed the Tea Community Centre, a multipurpose building in Xiamen, China, that is partially concealed beneath the surface of a pool of water. More
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New Practice Studio infuses Manhattan tea house with natural materials and Asian motifs
White quartz, Venetian plaster and various types of wood feature in this bright and airy tea shop, designed by architecture firm New Practice Studio. More
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New Practice Studio colours minimal tea shop Spiritea with pastels in Manhattan
Curving pale wooden furnishings and soft pink, green and blue tones decorate this tea shop in New York City designed by local firm New Practice Studio. More
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Six interlocking concrete blocks form Living Art Pavilion in Shenzhen
Mozhao Architects has added a furniture shop and tea house to a technology park in Shenzhen, in a series of six concrete blocks. More
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Linehouse adds elevated tearooms in a warehouse for Tingtai Teahouse in Shanghai
Huge elevated boxes creates private tearooms inside this cafe in a Shanghai warehouse, designed by locally based studio Linehouse. More
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Daniel Arsham installs bright blue tea house inside Atlanta museum
American artist and designer Daniel Arsham has built a blue zen garden complete with a Japanese tea house as one of a trio of installations at Atlanta's High Museum of Art. More
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Kengo Kuma installs teahouse on Vancouver roof terrace
Japanese architect Kengo Kuma has designed a pavilion for hosting traditional tea ceremonies on the deck of a Vancouver tower, coinciding with an exhibition of his work across the street. More
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Space Modification Unit transforms Beijing hutong property into tranquil tea house
Porthole windows offer glimpses into this Beijing tea house, where rooms are defined by light linen drapes and set in a landscape of white gravel, terrazzo and marble. More
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Atelier Deshaus creates glass and steel tea house for Shanghai garden
A ring of benches is suspended from the roof of this glass-walled tea house, created by Atelier Deshaus beside a landscaped garden in Shanghai's West Bund. More
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GAAGA uses prefabricated wooden walls to build "three-legged" tea house in a Dutch park
Dutch architecture studio GAAGA has completed a three-winged wooden tea house in Leiden, the Netherlands, featuring large windows on all sides to allow panoramic views of the surrounding park (+ slideshow). More
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Arch Studio transforms Beijing hutong into tea house with curving glass courtyards
Curving glass walls enclose bamboo-planted courtyards in this tea house, which occupies a formerly derelict building complex in one Beijing's ancient neighbourhoods (+ slideshow). More
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Kengo Kuma replaces the walls of a Beijing tea house with a grid of translucent blocks
Japanese architect Kengo Kuma has arranged translucent plastic blocks in a brick-like formation to create new walls for a Beijing tea house overlooking the Forbidden City (+ slideshow). More
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New Pinterest board: tea houses
Our latest Pinterest board is filled with tea houses by architects and designers including Shigeru Ban, Sou Fujimoto and Tokujin Yoshioka.
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Tokujin Yoshioka installs glass tea house beside an ancient Japanese temple
Japanese designer Tokujin Yoshioka has built a transparent glass tea house beside a historic Buddhist temple in Kyoto, Japan (+ slideshow). More
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Hiroshi Sugimoto's glass cube hosts Japanese tea ceremonies in Venice
Venice Architecture Biennale 2014: traditional Japanese tea ceremonies were staged inside a glass tea house designed by Japanese artist Hiroshi Sugimoto at this year's biennale. More
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Hiroyuki Ogawa patterns Japanese tea house with subtle cherry blossom motif
A faint pattern of cherry blossom petals decorates window screens and furniture inside this tea house in Japan by Hiroyuki Ogawa Architects. More
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Red-Wall Teahouse by CutscapeArchitecture flanks Beijing's Forbidden City
Beijing's Forbidden City is the backdrop for this tea house created by Chinese studio CutscapeArchitecture in place of two dilapidated warehouses (+ slideshow). More
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Huge glowing letters lead inside El Té tea house by Estudio 30 51
Large glowing letters spell out the
PortugueseSpanish word for tea at the front of this tea house in Brazil by architects Estudio 30 51, the third cafe we've featured in the last seven days (+ slideshow). More -
Straw and plaster-lined cafe by A1 Architects based on Japanese tea houses
Czech studio A1 Architects covered the walls of this cafe in Prague with a tactile mixture of black plaster, coal and pieces of straw, in a modern take on the clay plasters used inside traditional Japanese tea houses (+ slideshow). More
