On a cold winter day, you can go to a bookstore and find "romantic love, battles with swords and horses, and soaring thoughts". Accompanied by the fragrance of books, let the unique bookstores in Beijing warm up your winter time!
01 Kubrick Bookstore in Beijing
Kubrick Bookstore is located in the contemporary MOMA in Dongcheng District and specializes in film books.
The green bookshelves in the store are arranged in a scattered manner, and there are green plants everywhere, giving a feeling of wandering in a secluded path. After relaxing the tired nerves with the greenery, focusing on the bookshelves, you can see that the store has more books, scripts, and magazines related to movies, which is the unique charm of this bookstore.
In addition to film and art books, the store also has movie posters and specialty cultural and creative products. It also regularly hosts small exhibitions by young creators. It is a cultural space that combines bookstores, salon activities, and coffee classes, full of humanistic atmosphere. People come to Kubrick Bookstore not only to read books, but also to feel the artistic vitality and let their tired nerves regain their energy.
Address: Building 2, North Area, Contemporary MOMA, No. 1 Xiangheyuan Road, Dongcheng District, Beijing.
02 More than Reading (Longfu Temple Store)
Turn into the Cui Mansion alley from the East Street of the Art Museum and you will see the Longfu Building. More than Reading is located on the first floor of the building.
Walking into the bookstore, the spacious and bright space looks fashionable and warm. Readers can sit at the large table, open their computers to work, or hold a book to read carefully, enjoying their own quiet time with the aroma of coffee.
More than Reading (Longfu Temple Store) adopts a "library-store combination" business model, cooperates with the Dongcheng District Library, and sets up a borrowing area, making the bookstore both a bookstore and a library. Since its opening, More than Reading has also regularly held rich and colorful cultural activities, including book signings, knowledge popularization, and experience classes. At the same time, it invites experts and enthusiasts in the fields of life, reading, and art to interact and share their love for life.
In addition to books, the bookstore has also added cultural and creative products, resin kits, and plant bonsai. This modern aesthetic space where you can read, study, chat, and drink coffee is becoming a warm "urban study room".
Address: Room 2-2, 1st floor, Building 2, No. 95 Longfu Temple Street, Dongcheng District, Beijing.
03 Duoji Bookstore at Beijing Daxing International Airport
In the north finger corridor of Daxing Airport, which is the "head of the phoenix", there is a Duoji Bookstore that was just selected as the "most beautiful bookstore in Beijing" this year.
Duoji Bookstore is located in the lobby of Hotel Kapok at Beijing Daxing International Airport, covering an area of about 2488 square meters. Upon entering from the main entrance of the hotel, passing through media exhibitions and layers of bookshelves, and walking along a long pathway, you can see the bookstore surrounded by a net-like structure, echoing the shape of the steel phoenix at Daxing Airport. The bookstore has three floors, eight book areas, about 100,000 books, and also features cultural and creative spaces, art exhibitions, office areas, coffee areas, and bar areas.
Duoji Bookstore insists on holding book club activities, axial line theme exhibitions, and actively promotes reading culture. Its unique design and rich functions have attracted many readers to come and experience it.
Address: Hotel Kapok Lobby at Beijing Daxing International Airport, Beijing.
04 Yuewen Bookstore
Yuewen Bookstore is located in the Shougang Club and was originally a venue for cultural activities for the older generation of Shougang people. The bookstore is divided into multiple areas, including dining areas, children's reading areas, self-study and office areas, and film screening areas, creating a third cultural living space between home and office.
The bookstore building is a steel frame structure built in the 1970s, with a history of more than 40 years. Today, when you walk into Yuewen Bookstore, you can still see the steel frame components of the building and the mottled red brick walls. It embodies the wisdom and hardwork of several generations of Shougang people, and you can feel the Shougang spirit and cultural heritage of the older generation of Shougang people here.
Lectures and talks are the highlights of Yuewen Bookstore. It often holds reading sharing sessions, cultural lectures, and other activities, truly bringing the words in books to life and penetrating into people's lives in a more flexible way.
Address: Building 1-6, 1st floor(inside Shougang Theater), Shougang Club, Gucheng Xiaojie, Shijingshan District, Beijing.
05 Lishi Bookstore
Lishi Bookstore is located on the east side of Nanlishi Road. As a bookstore opened by Beijing Institute of Architectural Design and Research Co., Ltd., it not only has a large collection of books from the institute and rich new books on architecture and art, but also uses its own spatial advantages and industry resources to organize and carry out online and offline cultural exchange activities such as master lectures on architecture, book sharing sessions, art salons, book donations, and DIY handicrafts.
The spatial design of the study was created by designers from the Beijing Institute of Architectural Design and Research. The interior reading space includes a reading area, a meeting room, an interactive experience area, an art gallery, a cultural and creative display area, a coffee bar, and a tea space. Following the principle of "revitalizing old spaces with new vitality and making small spaces multifunctional," the immersive method is used to enhance the spatial experience through themed rooms, semi-partitioned layouts, and window seats.
This is a "special little world" for professionals and enthusiasts in the field of architecture. High-quality professional books from both domestic and foreign sources, especially the rare collection of the Beijing Institute of Architecture's library, not only meet the needs of professionals but also allow non-professional readers to understand the profound connotations of Chinese and foreign architectural culture. Therefore, the Lishi Bookstore has also become a showcase for the cultural dissemination of the architecture industry.
Address: No. 62 Nanlishi Road, Xicheng District, Beijing.
