Its overall style embraces oriental culture,artfully combining a symmetric exercise of form with architectural grey surfaces, thus producing a space that seems both free and open, and as well as natural and spiritual. Grille and Shoji paper partitions,used to divide the teahouse into separate sections, create a spacious atmosphere. Statement by the jury »The design of the Riverside Teahouse, and which so successfully melds with its surroundings,creates a balanced, peaceful overall impression.«
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