Tag: books

• Mirrored ceilings at Zhongshuge bookstores, China

  

  Zhongshuge Bookstore is a popular book chain in China. Each of its stores leverages mirrors in its architectural design to give off a kaleidoscope effect on the interior. 

  However, one of its stores in the city of Chongqing features a magical and elaborate bookcase. The location features a ceiling mirror that creates an optical illusion of intertwined staircases, a magnified room, and an infinity of books. 

  Designed by architecture firm X+Living — Zhongshuge bookstores are mind-boggling for readers and viewers alike. Can you imagine if JK Rowling wrote her next book in one of these inception-like wonders?

  

  

  

  Photos: Feng Shao/Arch Daily

  Wells Baum

  December 30, 2020

  Architecture & Design, Travel

  Architecture, books, China, design, Travel

• Abandoned ‘Into the Wild’ Bus Hoisted From Alaskan Wilderness

  

  The Alaska National Guard airlifted the abandoned bus from 2007 classic Into the Wild due to public safety concerns.

  Located on the Stampede Trail near Alaska’s Denali National Park in Healy, Alaska, the Fairbanks Bus 142 attracted hikers from around the world trying to reach it.

  Some hikers even drowned in the attempt. The state issued 15 search and rescue operations between 2009 and 2017.

  The film was an adaptation of the 1996 non-fiction book Into the Wild which tells the story of American hiker Christopher McCandless. He traveled across North American before winding up in the Alaskan wilderness in the early 1990s.

  McCandless lived in the bus until starving to death in 1992 after spending 114 days there.

  

  

  

  

  Wells Baum

  June 21, 2020

  Nature, Travel

  alaska, books, film, Nature, Travel