Taiwan builds glass-slipper church for fairytale wedding photographs
A church shaped like a giant version of Cinderella's fabled glass slipper has been built in Taiwan to entice female visitors. More
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Today we like: wedding architecture
Architecture-loving couples can choose from an increasing number of options for their nuptials. Wedding venues from our archives include this spiralling chapel in Japan, a golden beachside "tower of love" in England and a cardboard pop-up chapel in New York's Central Park. See all our stories about wedding architecture »
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Rainbow hues are cast onto the walls of Kubo Tshushima's Tokyo wedding chapel
Japanese studio Kubo Tsushima Architects has renovated a wedding chapel in Tokyo's Ebisu district – painting each windowsill in colours of the rainbow to "impart faint hues" as light filters through (+ slideshow). More
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Rainbow Chapel by Coordination Asia is a multi-coloured wedding venue in Shanghai
Couples with a love of stained glass can now get married in a kaleidoscopic wedding chapel next to a Shanghai glass museum (+ slideshow). More
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Intertwining staircases spiral around the glazed core of Hiroshi Nakamura's Ribbon Chapel
Two curving staircases encircle the exterior of this wedding chapel by Tokyo-based architect Hiroshi Nakamura, meeting at a rooftop platform that overlooks the Hiroshima coastline (+ slideshow). More
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Lakeside hotel by Ryuichi Ashizawa adjoins a wedding chapel with a musical facade
Harp strings fixed across the facade turn this hotel chapel on a lakeside site in Shiga Prefecture, Japan, into a huge musical instrument when the wind blows (+ slideshow). More
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Curving walls create arched avenue through wedding planning venue by Ryo Matsui Architects
Curving walls rise from opposing directions to form an aisle through the centre of this wedding planner's office in Japan by Ryo Matsui Architects (+ slideshow). More
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Garden chapel by AZL Architects features semi-transparent walls and a butterfly roof
Vertical lengths of timber mask the interior of this chapel designed by AZL Architects in eastern China, which features a distinctive V-shaped roof (+ slideshow). More
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Pleats.M by Hironaka Ogawa
Zig-zagging pleats embellish the facade of this wedding centre in Saitama, Japan, in our fourth recent story about the work of architect Hironaka Ogawa (+ slideshow). More
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Forest Chapel by Hironaka Ogawa
Columns branch outwards like a grove of trees around the aisle of this wedding chapel in Gunma, Japan, by Tokyo architect Hironaka Ogawa (+ slideshow). More
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Nanshan Marriage Registration Centre by Urbanus
Chinese firm Urbanus has created a cylindrical registry office in Shenzhen that looks like it's been showered with confetti. More
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Tower of Love by dRMM
Couples visiting the British seaside town of Blackpool can tie the knot inside a shimmering golden wedding chapel by London architects de Rijke Marsh Morgan (dRMM). More
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Toge by Emmanuelle Moureaux
Tokyo 2011: French designer Emmanuelle Moureaux presented a wedding dress made from 500 snowflake-like baubles at this year's DesignTide Tokyo. More
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Kiss by Z-A Studio
Pop-up shops might be commonplace in retail but would you consider getting married in a pop-up chapel made of cardboard? More
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AutoWed Wedding Machine by Concept Shed
This coin-operated wedding machine by British designers Concept Shed dispenses a pair of plastic wedding rings and a personalised receipt to newlyweds. More
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Bridal Magic by Process5 Design
Process5 Design of Osaka have completed the interior of this bridal shop in Himeji, Japan. More
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A Very Modern Royal Wedding by KK Outlet
London communications and creative agency KK Outlet have commissioned seven designers to create a collection of unofficial commemorative china for the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton this April. More
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Hila Gaon bridal store by k1p3
Karina Tollman and Philipp Thomanek of Israeli studio k1p3 have completed the interior of a bridal concept store in Tel Aviv for fashion designer Hila Gaon. More