Magic City Books

Tulsa, OK

Deploying an imaginative use of light, space, and materials, Lilly Architects rehabilitated a blighted warehouse in the Tulsa Arts District into a mixed-use space. Magic City Books is the anchor tenant of the retail section of the Archer Building. The build-out of this project captures the mission of the independent, non-profit bookstore. Natural light streams into the store, leading past the floor-to-wall book stacks and newsstand to the dark-wooded Algonquin Room full of heavy furniture and cozy furnishings. Bistro tables provide additional seating at the front of the space for patrons of the in-house coffee bar and readers. Book stacks in the center of the space are framed by wrap-around windows allowing for an unobstructed view throughout the store.

 

Adaptive Reuse / Historic Preservation / Retail

 

Lilly Architects, Tulsa OK

Commercial / Residential Architecture, and Interior Design

Phone: (918) 582-5044

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