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    MuseumLab opens in ruins of lightning-struck Pittsburgh library

    US firm Koning Eizenberg Architecture left worn-looking ornate walls, brickwork and columns inside this museum for children in Pittsburgh, which occupies a historic library that was struck by lightning. Koning Eizenberg Architecture (KEA) designed the transformation of the damaged library into MuseumLab for the Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh. It forms an extension of its campus […] More

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    Natural tones and textures complement displays at museum of dried fish bladders

    Glossy floors, rough-sawn wood and diffused natural light create a calming atmosphere inside this private museum in Chinese city Shoutou, designed to display a collection of aged fish bladders. Local studio Jingu Phoenix Space Planning Organization, also known as JG Phoenix, designed the private fish maw museum for a client who spent decades gathering a collection […] More