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Design Museum

Museum, Kensington

The 1962 parabolic roof of the former Commonwealth Institute, over Holland Park. Interior by John Pawson, 2016.

Architecture: RMJM (1962); OMA with Allies and Morrison (2016). Interior: John Pawson

The museum's tented roof rising above blue glass facades, seen across a lawn with picnic tables
Looking up at the sweeping roof edge and glass curtain wall against a blue sky
Glass facade under the sweeping roof at dusk, framed by bare trees
Museum buildings lit at dusk, with blue glazing and wet brick paving
'the DESIGN MUSEUM' lettering cast into a concrete wall at the entrance
Atrium with a colourful MAKER banner across a gallery and oak stairs below
Oak-lined atrium with DESIGNER lettering and stairs rising between the galleries
Looking down through the atrium, past a USER banner and staircasesOak staircases and balconies crossing the atrium under the concrete roof
Oak staircase with glass balustrades beside large letters from the DESIGNER bannerAtrium with a USER banner, an oak staircase and display tables of models
A visitor walking past giant coloured lettering in a timber-lined galleryUnderside of the roof, its ribs converging towards the glazing

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