Koning Eizenberg Architecture

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania consists of multiple compact neighbourhoods occupying habitable land between its three signature rivers – the Allegheny, the Monongahela and the Ohio – and its frequently irregular topography. The city is populated by many old buildings, yet few of them have undergone the kind of stylish and strategic transformation now apparent at Museum Lab, an initiative of the Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh, designed by Koning Eizenberg Architecture. The rehabilitation of disused structures by the museum and its architects matters not only for the preservation of individual buildings but also to the broader host community, and this latest project is evidence that a little care and ingenuity can have radical impact.

Until 1907, Pittsburgh’s North Side was an independent municipality known