The Design Museum
The Design Museum’s new permanent home in west London sits within the skin of an existing building — the Grade 2* listed former Commonwealth Institute, designed by Robert Matthews, Johnson-Marshall & Partners, which opened in 1962. Driving the process of reclaiming this iconic example of post-war British Modernism as cultural space was the wish to preserve and enhance the original structure’s inherent architectural qualities, while also accommodating the full programme of a contemporary museum.
Project Team
Chris Masson, Jan Hobel, Mike Shaw, Francisco Tojal,
Allan Bell, Stefan Dold, Fabien Pinault, Tiago Frazão,
Reginald Verspreeùwen, Eleni Koryzi
Photography
Friederike von Rauch