Bookstore

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Designer: Li Xiang Work: Bookstore Tag: Interior

Huai’an Zhongshuge

The Huai'an Zhongshuge bookstore reimagines architectural space as a cosmic journey, blending surrealism with structural precision. Dominated by exaggerated three dimensional forms, the interior evokes celestial mechanics through concentric rings and irregular geometric structures that mimic astronomical instruments. Bookshelves curve and spiral like planetary orbits, their dynamic arrangements echoing the motion of celestial bodies. Scattered books, akin to fragments of infinite worlds, nestle within these sculptural shelves.

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Designer: Li Xiang Work: Bookstore Tag: Interior

Shenzhen Zhongshuge

Inspired by the rapid development and achievements of the project location, Shenzhen Zhongshuge is created to pay tribute to the countless pioneers in this immigrant city. The spiral bookshelf is used as a symbol to show the rapid development of history and arouse the thinking of visitors at the same time. The unconventional design approach to fuse commerce and art breaks the shackles of the monotonous attributes of a space bound to function, conveys the brand's values, brings a new and novel place gene to consumers' shopping experience.

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Designer: Zhao Yunhai Work: Bookstore Tag: Cultural Heritage

Bishan

Bishan is a bookstore set inside a former ancestral hall in Bishan Village, Yi County, Anhui. The hall, a Wang family shrine, was built more than 230 years ago during the Qing Dynasty. The project covers 420 square meters and adapts a protected historic building to present-day cultural use. Natural materials such as wood, bamboo and stone shape the interior, while the bookcase wall is finished in white rammed earth. Cement board supports the bookcase wall and limits damage caused by ground moisture. The form of the bookcase wall recalls painted screens and frames a central reading area.

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Designer: Li Xiang Work: Bookstore Tag: Interior

Guiyang Zhongshuge

With the mountainous corridors and stalactite grotto-looking bookshelves, the bookstore introduces the readers into a world of Karst cave. In this way, the design team brings fantastic visual experience while at the same time spreads the local characteristics and culture to a larger crowds. Guiyang Zhongshuge has been a cultural feature and urban landmark in Guiyang city. In addition, it also bridges the gap of the cultural atmosphere in Guiyang.

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Designer: Li Xiang Work: Bookstore Tag: Interior

Chongqing Zhongshuge

Incorporating the splendid landscape of Chongqing in the bookstore, the designer has created a space where the visitors may feel like in the charming Chongqing while reading. There are five types of reading area in total, each of which is like a wonderland with distinctive features. Chongqing Zhongshuge bookstore has provided the consumers with a more fancy experience that they are not able to gain through the online shopping.

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Designer: Silvia Schaeffer Work: Bookstore Tag: Interior

Aera

Aera transforms a vacant commercial space into a warm and multifunctional interior that combines a bookstore, a coffee area, and a flexible community zone. Wooden pergolas define spatial sequences and support the lighting system, while wood finishes, greenery, and soft illumination create a calm atmosphere. Clear circulation, modular millwork, and fully accessible pathways ensure comfort and ease of use. The event area accommodates book clubs, film sessions, workshops, and social gatherings, allowing the space to adapt to different community needs.

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Designer: Cheng Yu Hsieh Work: Bookstore Tag: Interior

Taicang Readzone

Taicang Readzone is a bookstore located inside a department store in Taicang, China. The bookstore covers 368 square meters and is arranged in the form of a circular theater. Tall book walls and multi-directional door frames recall concentrated urban street scenes and invite readers to explore. Circular movement lines connect with radial paths to form separate book groups and varied seating areas. A stainless steel ceiling reduces the heavy feeling of the large structure. Flexible shelves, tables and seats support individual reading, parent-child reading and meetings.

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Designer: Jiang & Associates Creative Design Work: Bookstore Tag: Interior

Pingshan Cultural Cluster Book Mall

Pingshan Cultural Cluster Book Mall is a bookstore interior inspired by the local Hakka enclosed houses of Shenzhen. The space is divided into a square zone and a round zone. The square zone is oriented to young people, and its layout expands around a central activity area. The atrium walls recall the structured facades of traditional tower buildings, while a mirror finish ceiling extends the view. The round zone is oriented to families and children, with curved book walls and a white spiral staircase. Reading, catering, exhibition and social functions are combined.

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Designer: Wenke Lin Work: Bookstore Tag: Interior

Yulin Ueno

Yulin Ueno is a bookstore set within a cultural life community in Huizhou, China. The interior covers nearly 300 square meters and combines books and coffee with areas for reading, talks and leisure. The project reuses an old industrial building. Weathered brick walls are preserved and joined with modern design elements. The former boiler room is converted into a mailbox for letters and postcards. The original sloping walls were corrected and the layout was reorganized. A resin glass roof brings daylight into the reading areas.

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Designer: Aico Ltd Work: Bookstore Tag: Architecture

Pingjiang Wonder

Pingjiang Wonder Bookstore is a bookstore in Suzhou, China, with a gross built area of 1800 square meters. The building is shaped as a delicately cut crystal and is divided horizontally into two parts. The upper part is faceted, and the sliced facades are tilted by a vertical angle of 4 to 6 degrees towards the sky. The transparent lower part is set at the human scale for better integration into the surrounding streets. High reflective glass panels of 5 by 1.8 meters form the external framed curtain wall.

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Designer: LDPi (China Branch) Work: Bookstore Tag: Lighting

Pageone Wudaokou

Beijing Pageone Wudaokou is a lighting design for a bookstore in the Haidian district of Beijing. The bookstore also holds exhibitions and lectures, so flexible lighting was selected to suit different uses. Bookshelf lighting is the main element, as it helps visitors find their preferred books. Three types of bookshelves receive different power levels per meter, and the highest level is used for accent lighting. LED linear lights and adjustable recessed downlights with a color temperature of 3000 kelvin and a color rendering index above 90 create a warm and soft reading atmosphere.

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Designer: Cheng Yu Hsieh Work: Bookstore Tag: Interior

Owspace

Owspace is a bookstore in Hangzhou, China, covering about 2800 square meters on three floors. A book wall ten meters tall rises beside the stairs and guides visitors upward. The facade unfolds like an ancient Chinese scroll. French windows bring outdoor greenery inside by day, while indoor lighting makes the building resemble a light box at night. Arched bookshelves let natural light reach every corner. Bookshelves and desks are made of stained hardwood, and a warm black color scheme unifies the floors, which hold reading areas, dining, a concert hall, a gallery and a picture book area.

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