World Architecture Festival 2012: architect Mark Dytham of Klein Dytham Architecture talks to Dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs about the future of books in the digital age in this movie we filmed at the World Architecture Festival earlier this month, where a bookstore he designed in Japan won the prize in the shopping centres category. More »
Tag: bookshops
"There's a very strong future for books"
Daikanyama T-Site by
Klein Dytham Architecture
The latticed facade of this Tokyo bookstore by Klein Dytham Architecture comprises hundreds of interlocking T-shapes that subtly reference the logo of entertainment retailer Tsutaya (+ slideshow). More »
Librairie La Fontaine by Kawamura-Ganjavian
and NOR architectes
A ring of shelves encloses a padded reading room at this bookshop by designers Kawamura-Ganjavian and architects NOR. More »
Alexis by Martin Jančok and Aleš Šedivec
This small bookshop in Bratislava, Slovakia, has a climbing wooden floor that allows it to double up as an informal auditorium. More »
UdK Bookshop 2010 by Dalia Butvidaite,
Leonard Steidle and Johannes Drechsler

This stepped cardboard installation was designed and built by Berlin University of Arts students to display their own work and meandered around a gallery at their summer show. More »
Foldaway Bookshop by Campaign

London designers Campaign have installed a cardboard shop selling architecture books as part of the London Festival of Architecture. More »
Livraria de Vila by Isay Weinfeld Arquitecto

Livraria de Vila is a bookshop in São Paulo with a store-front made of revolving bookcases, designed by Brazilian studio Isay Weinfeld Arquitecto. More »
Sophia bookshop and publishing house by
Nicos Kalogirou and Evangelos Kotsioris

Architect Nicos Kalogirou and student Evangelos Kotsioris have completed the interior of a book store and publishing house in Thessaloniki, Greece. More »
Magma Art Bookshop by Blustin Heath Design

London designers Blustin Heath have designed a cardboard interior for the Magma Art Bookshop. More »
Vagabond interior by Smånsk
Taschen store London
by Philippe Starck

French designer Philippe Starck has designed his latest store for publisher Taschen, this time in London. More »
A shop in a church by Merkx + Girod Architecten

Dutch architects Merkx + Girod have won the Lensvelt de Architect Interior Prize 2007 for their Boekhandel Selexyz Dominicanen in Maastricht - a bookstore inside a former Dominican church. Update: this project is included in Dezeen Book of Ideas, which is on sale now for £12. More »

