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 about X+Living creates the illusion of a myriad of staircases at Chongqing Zhongshuge Bookstore
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 about Lado Lomitashvili creates cultural hub in Tbilisi with They Said Books shop
A counter covered in Max Lamb's colourful man-made marble provides the focal point of this cafe and bookshop in Hamilton, Canada. More about Synonym cafe features "cosy corners" by Atelier Barda
Giant geometric display stands intersect with imposing steel archways in this newly-opened book shop in Hangzhou, China designed by Alberto Caiola. More about Hangzhou bookstore blends postmodern and classical elements
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 about Wutopia Lab lays out Shanghai Sanctum bookstore to be map of the human psyche
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 about Klein Dytham creates book-lined leisure space inside AL_A's Central Embassy tower in Bangkok
Shanghai studio XL-Muse has used black mirrored flooring and arched shelves to create a tunnel of books inside a Chinese store (+ slideshow). More about XL-Muse creates tunnel of books for shop in China
An oval reading room with stepped shelving and a display room with tree-trunk-shaped columns are among the spaces designed by Shanghai studio XL-Muse for this bookshop in Hangzhou, China (+ slideshow). More about Zhongshuge-Hangzhou bookshop features mirrored ceilings and wraparound bookshelves
To celebrate World Book Day, we've rounded up every bookshop ever published on Dezeen – from SelgasCano's concept store based on the fictional Library of Babel to a rainbow display in Rio, where books are arranged by colour rather than by title. Browse all our bookshops »
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Spanish studio SelgasCano has completed a concept bookstore in east London, with handmade wooden bookshelves based on the fictional Library of Babel and a strict no-phone policy (+ slideshow). More about SelgasCano creates London bookstore promoting "a return to physical material things"
Slovenian studio SoNo Arhitekti has lined a book store in Trieste, Italy, with floor-to-ceiling stacks of shelves in patterns that reference the architecture of a local landmark (+ slideshow). More about Box-like shelving covers walls in SoNo Arhitekti's Book Centre Trieste shop
An ivy motif spreads across the exterior of this bookstore in Japan by Klein Dytham Architecture, while the interior presents books and magazines on a "street" that also includes a cafe and a hair salon (+ slideshow). More about Klein Dytham's Shonan T-Site is a bookstore with a makeshift high street inside
Inside Festival 2014: architect Mariana Simas explains how Studio MK27 transformed a former São Paulo cinema into a bookshop that won the Retail category at this year's Inside Festival (+ movie). More about São Paulo bookstore walls are "clad with books" from floor to ceiling
The vast open-plan interior of this São Paulo bookshop by Studio MK27 was designed to encourage shoppers to stay and read the books they've purchased or to simply hang out with friends (+ movie). More about Studio MK27's "bookstore of the 21st century" was designed as a social meeting place
Books are arranged by colour rather than by title on the upper shelves of this bookshop in Rio de Janeiro designed by São Paulo firm Studio Arthur Casas (+ slideshow). More about Colour-coded books produce a rainbow-like display in a Rio bookshop by Studio Arthur Casas
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 about "There's a very strong future for books" - Mark Dytham on Daikanyama T-Site
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 about Daikanyama T-Site by Klein Dytham Architecture
A ring of shelves encloses a padded reading room at this bookshop by designers Kawamura-Ganjavian and architects NOR. More about Librairie La Fontaine by Kawamura-Ganjavian and NOR architectes
This small bookshop in Bratislava, Slovakia, has a climbing wooden floor that allows it to double up as an informal auditorium. More about Alexis by Martin Jančok and Aleš Šedivec
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 about UdK Bookshop 2010 by Dalia Butvidaite, Leonard Steidle and Johannes Drechsler