•make your fridays matter with a well-read weekend
by Nikitha Sunil Mar 17, 2025
In Yixing, China, the Wutopia Lab-designed bookstore unfolds as a multi-layered architectural allegory, basing its spatial design on the journey of crafting Zisha teapots.
by STIRworld Nov 25, 2024
Nuijiang Grand Canyon Bookstore of Librairie Avant-Garde by the Beijing-based studio in rural China is a collage of fragmented events, with the Gaoligong Mountains as its backdrop.
by Nikitha Sunil Jul 16, 2024
The expansive bookstore at Librairie Avant-Garde in China harmoniously integrates historical preservation with modern literary events, creating a vibrant cultural destination.
by Mrinmayee Bhoot May 29, 2024
The design for the rural bookstore by Art+Zen Architects is a refurbishment project that aims to revitalise the silos on-site, transforming them into vibrant cultural spaces.
by Anushka Sharma May 23, 2024
The design studio transforms Zhang Taiyan’s former residence in Suzhou into a bookstore and museum housing rich history, culture and art.
by Pooja Suresh Hollannavar Mar 25, 2024
Shanghai's Wutopia Lab blends architectural innovation and commerce to create a cultural complex that beckons readers and non-readers alike.
by Jincy Iype Nov 21, 2022
MUDA-Architects follows a theme of "reading in nature" for this lakeside bookstore in Chengdu, China, with its dynamic yet austere form emulating a book falling from the sky.
by Jerry Elengical Nov 11, 2022
The Miro Store of Duoyun Bookstore in the city of Yancheng, creates a narrative based on the work of Italian artist Cristina Làstrego to infuse an ethereal ambience to retail design.
by Jincy Iype Jul 06, 2022
Conceived by OONN Metaworks and U.LAB, the Graphic bookstore in Seoul has a tiered, windowless form dressed in textured, ivory-coloured ceramic, as a home for graphic novels.
by Jincy Iype Nov 13, 2021
X+Living’s dreamlike Shenzhen Zhongshuge bookstore and retail space wows with a spiraling sculptural bookshelf, redolent of the twisting trajectories of time and history.
by Jincy Iype Aug 12, 2021
Wutopia Lab’s Duoyun Bookstore in China embodies fairytale lightness in its four volumes clad in white continuous perforated aluminium panel walls, united by a central courtyard.
by Jerry Elengical Aug 02, 2021
In Chengdu, China, this awe-inducing bookstore creates a paradise for bookworms with swooping arches, vast mirrored ceilings, and seemingly endless shelves.
by Jincy Iype Mar 01, 2021
A collaboration between FAB Cinema and Zhongshuge Bookstore, the hugely cinematic design features reflective planes, arched corridors, a glut of bookshelves and lined lighting.
by Jincy Iype Mar 05, 2020
The Chinese architectural firm converts a former, abandoned church into an abode for poetry, housing 1000 books in various languages in its metallic, revamped interiors.
make your fridays matter with a well-read weekend
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