Our Favourites: Three Bookshops in China

a mirrored bookshop in Guiyang, a book experience consisting of four differently designed areas in Suzhou and the Enclave Book Shop in NanTou.

Beyond Imagination: Bookshop by X+Living

It is one of many branches for the bookseller Zhongshuge that the office X+Living has designed in recent years. Winding aisles and shelves that seem to pile up endlessly offer customers a shopping experience that online retail cannot. In addition, the spaces explicitly invite customers to wander and linger.

Architecture: X+Living
Location: Guiyang (CN)

An Exciting, Adventurous World: Bookshop in Suzhou

On the second floor of a shopping centre in Suzhou, architect Yu Ting and his office Wutopia Lab designed an exciting book experience world consisting of four differently designed areas.

Client: Zhongshu Bookstore
Architecture: Wutopia Lab, Shanghai
Location: 3F South tower, Suyue Plaza, Suhua road, Suzhou (CN)

Adept Insertion: Enclave Book Shop by Aether Architects

The building is part of a large-scale project to revitalise the village structures: different cultural uses are being created as part of the conversion measures.

Client: Shum Yip Land Investment & Development Co.Ltd (Shenzhen) / Enclave Independent Bookshop
Architecture: Aether Architects
Location: NanTou (CN)