Livraria da Vila, Alameda Lorena, São Paulo. Project by Isay Weinfeld Arquitecto. Photo by ESPASSO.Livraria da Vila, Alameda Lorena, São Paulo. Project by Isay Weinfeld Arquitecto. Photo by ESPASSO.Livraria da Vila, Alameda Lorena, São Paulo. Project by Isay Weinfeld Arquitecto. Photo by ESPASSO.Livraria da Vila, Alameda Lorena, São Paulo. Project by Isay Weinfeld Arquitecto. Photo by ESPASSO.Livraria da Vila, Alameda Lorena, São Paulo. Project by Isay Weinfeld Arquitecto. Photo by ESPASSO.Livraria da Vila, Alameda Lorena, São Paulo. Project by Isay Weinfeld Arquitecto. Photo by ESPASSO.Livraria da Vila, Alameda Lorena, São Paulo. Project by Isay Weinfeld Arquitecto. Courtesy of Isay Weinfeld Arquitecto.
Completed in 2007, the Livraria da Vila, at Alameda Lorena, is an ingenious project by Isay Weinfeld that reimagined the original site, a narrow two-story house, into a functional three-story bookstore. Located in the trendy Jardins neighborhood, São Paulo, the project features a façade made of revolving bookcases that double as doors, and aperture cut outs on each floor that serve as bookshelves. The project received the 2008 Yellow Pencil Award – Environmental Design – Retail & Services – D&AD, London, UK, the 2008 SPARK! Award in San Francisco, US and an honorable mention at the 2008 World Architecture Festival in Barcelona, Spain.
