Shanghai-based architecture firm Wutopia Lab has created a continues space for a stack of books on the 52nd floor of Shanghai’s tallest building, Shanghai Tower. Commissioned by Shanghai Century Publishing (Group), the store presents a fluid atmosphere and different movement patterns inside, while making easy to take a book from the shelves.

Named Books over the clouds, the store is a small culture complex with seven different functions, including bookstore, lecture room, exhibition, coffee, dessert and light meal. 

It houses 60,000 books and 2,000 products saled in 2,200-square-metre area. The store on height of 239 meter is the China’s highest commercial bookstore. The bookstore is an important public cultural place in the vertical city of Shanghai, and a cultural landmark of Shanghai.
Standing in the South Garden, watching the spectacular Huangpu River twists and turns, as if standing on the mountain. I decided to build a white abstract mountain, which consists of translucent bookshelves stacked in layers. At the end of the mountain is the magnificent sky. The sky and the city should be part of the design of the bookstore. The ground should be clean and tidy. On a sunny day, the sky can be reflected on the floor. All this makes the mountain floating. Become a daily miracle in Shanghai.

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