A friend told me that children’s love to books is influenced by the number of books their parents have at home. As a book-worm (as a kid AND now), I can only thank my parents for that. We had a really big library in the room, filled with books, texts, illustrations and what not. I want to make a public statement, to my kids (who are not born yet; Mom, no news for you, don’t worry…) – we’ll have lots and lots of books at home, in all languages, in all colors.
But till then, I envy the people who work and visit the most beautiful book store in the world - the Boekhandel Selexyz Dominicanen in Maastricht (Holland) is a bookstore built in a one-time Dominican church, celebrating a time when most of the knowledge preserved in books was not of a secular nature. Times have changed, religions have swelled and contracted, yet this church still stands thanks to Merkx and Girod Architects, who have taken this classic temple and kept it alive with a new set of knowledge.
Heaven
on earth
(via thecoolist)
