Trace Architecture Office creates bookstore "with spatial experiences" within historic academy

Chinese studio Trace Architecture Office has repaired and renovated a historic building in Yunnan, China, to house the Weishan Chongzheng Academy Bookstore.
Trace Architecture Office (TAO) reinvigorated the Weishan Chongzheng Academy, which has a history dating back over 500 years, by creating a space for bookstore chain Librairie Avant-Garde.
Trace Architecture Office transformed a historic academy into a book shop
"Chongzheng Academy was one of the first academies in the history of Yunnan