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Skip to main content Open Navigation Menu Subscribe Search Architecture + Design Real Estate AD It Yourself CLEVER Celebrity Style Lifestyle AD Pro Video Newsletter Sign Up Condé Nast Store The Magazine About AD Architecture + Design Up top, there are mirrored ceilings—while gleaming black tile floors reflect the bookcases for a serious M.C. Escher effect By Elizabeth Stamp October 20, 2020 The new store, which includes over 80,000 books, is also lined with images of books on the upper shelves so it would appear that they stretch from floor to ceiling. All images are courtesy of Shao Feng For a book lover, stepping into a bookstore is always exciting, but a new bookstore in China makes the experience absolutely spellbinding. Dujiangyan Zhongshuge, located in Chengdu, was designed by Shanghai-based architecture firm X+Living, which has created several locations for Zhongshuge. The two-st...