Moroni Ciovini and Ana Montero expose textured concrete walls in Buenos Aires shop
Local architecture studio Moroni Ciovini and designer Ana Montero have preserved the exposed layers of concrete wall for this bookstore and café in Buenos Aires. More
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Ten inventive bookshop interiors designed to enhance the browsing experience
A second-hand bookstore styled like a greengrocer and an outlet modelled on old libraries are among the projects collected in our latest lookbook, which explores bookshop interior designs. More
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Offhand Practice designs second-hand bookshop in Shanghai to mimic greengrocer
Used books are displayed in supermarket-style crates at the Deja Vu Recycle Store in Shanghai, which local studio Offhand Practice has designed to counter the "shabby" image associated with second-hand shops. More
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MUDA Architects completes bookshop in Chengdu with roof shaped like "a flipped book"
Chinese studio MUDA Architects has designed a lakeside bookshop in Chengdu featuring a roof that resembles an upturned book and windows that extend below the water level. More
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Pulse On designs "zen-like" lobby for Shanghai cinema
The strings of musical instruments informed the vertical lighting elements and bookshelves of this cinema lobby and bookshop created by Hong Kong-based Pulse On for a site in Shanghai's Bingo Plaza shopping mall. More
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Norm Architects designs New Mags bookstore in Copenhagen to reference old libraries
Danish studio Norm Architects has designed a flagship bookstore for distributor New Mags that features stone plinths and pivoting wooden walls. More
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Wutopia Lab and Office ZHU wrap bookstore in perforated facade to mimic clouds
Architecture studio Wutopia Lab and Office ZHU have used layers of perforated metal to transform two disused buildings on the banks of Taizhou's Yongning River into a bright and modern bookshop. More
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Ten Chinese bookshops that display books in imaginative ways
From shops that display books on tree trunk columns to stores that reflect books all over the walls, we've rounded up ten bookshops in China that exhibit books in non-traditional ways. More
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HAS uses frosted glass to "blur boundaries" in Chongqing bookshop
Translucent glass shrouds the books within this bookshop in Chongqing, designed by architecture studio HAS Design and Research. More
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LUO Studio uses rotating walls to create flexible Beijing bookshop
Translucent rotating walls pivot to transform the interior of this bookshop in Beijing by Chinese architecture firm LUO Studio. More
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Wutopia Lab's latest bookstore in Shanghai borrows from traditional Chinese garden design
Bookshelves made from perforated aluminium and quartz stone double as partition walls in this maze-like Shanghai bookstore by local architecture studio Wutopia Lab. More
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Wutopia inserts inverted triangular lightwell into book shop
Architecture studio Wutopia Lab has renovated the Hubei Foreign Language Bookstore in Wuhan, China, inserting a shard-like glass lightwell that pierces through six stories. More
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Bookshop in paddy field sandwiched between walls of abandoned house
Trace Architecture Office has inserted a bookshop and cafe into old rammed earth gables of a long-abandoned house in rural China. More
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X+Living creates the illusion of a myriad of staircases at Chongqing Zhongshuge Bookstore
Mirrored ceilings and zigzag staircases help form the perplexing interiors of this bookstore in south-west China, which has been designed by architecture studio X+Living. More
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Lado Lomitashvili creates cultural hub in Tbilisi with They Said Books shop
Young Georgian designer Lado Lomitashvili has completed a bookstore-cum-cafe in Tbilisi, which he hopes will "raise the quality of taste" in the city. More
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Synonym cafe features "cosy corners" by Atelier Barda
A counter covered in Max Lamb's colourful man-made marble provides the focal point of this cafe and bookshop in Hamilton, Canada. More
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Hangzhou bookstore blends postmodern and classical elements
Giant geometric display stands intersect with imposing steel archways in this newly-opened book shop in Hangzhou, China designed by Alberto Caiola. More
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Wutopia Lab lays out Shanghai Sanctum bookstore to be map of the human psyche
Chinese architecture studio Wutopia Lab has transformed Building 25 of the Sinan Mansions in Shanghai into a bookstore that takes inspiration from the human body and mind. More
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Klein Dytham creates book-lined leisure space inside AL_A's Central Embassy tower in Bangkok
Klein Dytham Architecture has completed a sprawling "village" of shops, restaurants and co-working space within Amanda Levete's recently completed Central Embassy complex in Bangkok, Thailand. More
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XL-Muse creates tunnel of books for shop in China
Shanghai studio XL-Muse has used black mirrored flooring and arched shelves to create a tunnel of books inside a Chinese store (+ slideshow). More
