Selexyz Dominicanen Bookstore
Dutch bookseller Selexyz hired the architectural firm Merkx + Girod to convert the interior of a former Dominican church into a bookstore in Maastricht. The architects created what amounts to a monumental walk-in bookcase that rises up three stories. There’s also a café, housed on the former altar, with a large central reading table in the shape of a cross; just call it an article of faith. —Arlene Hirst