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post updated 21 May 2023

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.

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.

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

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Riverside Teahouse, Min River, Sichuan, southern China
Architects: Lin Kaixin Design

photo : Wu Yongchang
Chinese Riverside Teahouse

Tea House in Hutong, East District, Beijing, northern China
Design: ARCHSTUDIO

photo from architects
Chinese Tea House in Hutong

Tea House, Shanghai, Jungong Road, Yangpu District, Shanghai, eastern China
Design: Archi-Union Architects

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

photograph : Tim Griffith
Tea Houses California

El té – Brazilian Tea House, Porto Alegre, Brazil
Design: Gustavo Sbardelotto & Mariana Bogarin

photo : Marcelo Donadussi
El té Tea House

Bamboo Courtyard Teahouse, Yangzhou, eastern China
Design: Harmony World Consulting & Design (HWCD)

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

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.