Architecture Stores
A list of the coolest architecture shops around.
Most Recent Stores
David Mirvish Books
The Annex - Toronto, ON CanadaThere's a subtle art to picking the perfect coffee table book--it must be substantive, but easy to digest, intriguing, yet relatable. David Mirvish Books has about a thousand iterations of the perfect coffee table book. For those in the art...
Ballenford Books on Architecture
The Annex - Toronto, ON CanadaWriting about music may be like dancing about architecture, but writing about architecture seems as natural as dancing to the music. At least if the sheer number of architecture titles as Ballenford Books on Architecture is any indication. What...
Peter Miller
Downtown - Seattle, WA United StatesGo to Bilbao to see the Guggenheim, to Stockholm to see the "Twisting Torso." Then come to Peter Miller to learn who designed them, how they were built and why. The store stacks its shelves to the ceiling with books on architecture...
Arundel
Mid City/Beverly - Los Angeles, CA United StatesDo you really need a 150,000 square foot mega-bookstore to have something for everybody? Arundel Books proves that you don't. The store stocks new, used and rare books but does so in way as to not artificially bulk up their shelves with any...
Equator Books
Abbot Kinney - Venice, CA United StatesEquator Books is one of the most beautiful bookstores you're likely to come across. The center of the tall, airy store includes a gallery wall featuring monthly exhibitions of original artwork. The gallery space is flanked on either side by...
Builders Booksource
Ghiradelli Square - San Francisco, CA United StatesWith the proliferation of home-improvement shows it seems that if you have a thousand dollars and a can of paint you can turn any room into a designer showroom. For anyone who is looking for a reality check or a house that doesn't involve MDF, stop by Builders Booksource. The aptly named...
Builders Booksource
Fourth Street - Berkeley, CA United StatesWith the proliferation of home-improvement shows it seems that if you have a thousand dollars and a can of paint you can turn any room into a designer showroom. For anyone who is looking for a reality check or a house that doesn't involve...