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post updated 15 November 2024

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Tea House Buildings

Featured Tea House Building

Boa Nova Restaurant and Teahouse, Leça da Palmeira, Portugal
Architect: Álvaro Siza

Álvaro Siza’s restoration of his first building, the Boa Nova Restaurant and Teahouse, nears completion five decades after it opened in 1963.

Boa Nova Tea House Buildings
photograph : Joao Morgado – Architecture Photography

The casual pavilion, snuggled into a rocky promontory on Portugal’s Atlantic coast, in the town of Leça da Palmeira, 6 miles north of Porto, was left empty by its municipal owners in 2011 and vandalized by thieves, who ripped out copper gutters and wiring for salvage, destroyed the roof and interiors, and left the structure open to the elements.

Boa Nova Tea House
photo : Joao Morgado – Architecture Photography
Boa Nova Restaurant and Teahouse

New Teahouse Architecture

International Contemporary Tea House Architecture – chronological list on e-architect:

Riverside Teahouse, Min River, Sichuan, southern China
Architects: Lin Kaixin Design
Riverside Teahouse Sichuan
photo : Wu Yongchang
Chinese Riverside Teahouse
The overall building design starts in the pursuit of achieving completeness of the oriental culture, which skillfully combines the concepts of symmetrical patterns, architectural gray space to perfectly present a free, open, natural and humane spiritual space. This Chinese teahouse design complements the vast river and beautiful landscape, thus achieving harmonious co-existence.

Tea House in Hutong, East District, Beijing, northern China
Design: ARCHSTUDIO
Tea House China
photo from architects
Chinese Tea House in Hutong
This Chinese building project’s structure space is an “L” shaped neighbourhood: the space has five old traditional houses and temporary corroded steel houses. The building, which originally hosted company business meetings before going dormant due to poor management will be transformed to a tea café.

Tea House, Shanghai, Jungong Road, Yangpu District, Shanghai, eastern China
Design: Archi-Union Architects
Tea House Buildings in Shanghai
photograph : Zhonghai Shen
Tea House Shanghai
Located in the backyard of Archi-Union’s J-office, this building is constructed from the salvaged parts of the original warehouse’s collapsed roof.

Tea Houses California, Silicon Valley, California, USA
Design: Swatt | Miers Architects
Tea Houses Silicon Valley
photograph : Tim Griffith
Tea Houses California
The idea for the Tea Houses originated years ago, when the owner and his young daughter explored the remote hills surrounding their Silicon Valley home, discovering an idyllic setting below a ridge, under a grove of large California Live Oak trees.

El té – Brazilian Tea House, Porto Alegre, Brazil
Design: Gustavo Sbardelotto & Mariana Bogarin
El Té Brazil - Tea House Buildings
photo : Marcelo Donadussi
El té Tea House
Located in one of the most important commercial galleries in the city of Porto Alegre, El té – Casa de chás focuses on the sale of teas and everything that involves the product. Wood was elected as the primary materiality of the project , acting as a neutral base where the colorful herbs are the highlight.

Bamboo Courtyard Teahouse, Yangzhou, eastern China
Design: Harmony World Consulting & Design (HWCD)
Tea House Buildings Yangzhou: Chinese Bamboo Design
photograph : T+E
Bamboo Courtyard Teahouse
Located in the ShiQiao garden in Yangzhou, a city to the northwest of Shanghai, there is a floating Bamboo Courtyard Teahouse designed by Chinese architect Sun Wei, partner of HWCD.

Tea House, Vreeland, The Netherlands
Design: UNStudio
Dutch Tea House Buildings, Vreeland Holland: UN Studio Design
photo courtesy of architects office
Dutch Tea House Building
The structure on top of the first bunker, a second one might be realized at a later stage, is intended as a business retreat.

Restaurant Buildings

Restaurant Designs

Nowhere Restaurant, Bangkok, Thailand
Architects: Stu/D/O
Nowhere Restaurant in Bangkok
photography : Ketsiree Wongwan
Nowhere Restaurant in Bangkok

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Lievito Restaurant in Beijing

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