Commonwealth Institute Design Museum London, Architecture, Opening News, Image, Exhibition
New Design Museum : Commonwealth Institute London
The Parabola building project, Holland Park / Kensington – design by OMA, Architects
21 Nov 2016
Design Museum London Opening
Design Museum London Building Opening
Design: John Pawson / Rem Koolhaas, OMA with Allies and Morrison
The Design Museum will reopen on High Street Kensington on 24 November 2016.
Tickets are now on sale for the opening exhibitions.
The building opening date is almost two years later than originally planned.

images by Alex Morris Visualisation
The Design Museum worked with John Pawson on the interior fit out of its building.
OMA were responsible for the overall master plan and in conjunction with Allies and Morrison for the refurbishment of the exterior of the museum. Willmott Dixon Interiors worked on the £20m fit-out contract.
Studio Myerscough designed the permanent display areas, while the museum’s visual identity has been overhauled by Fernando Gutiérrez Studio. The contractor is Mace.

Developer Chelsfield and the Ilchester Estate donated the Commonwealth Institute building and land to the Design Museum, together with the cost of refurbishing the shell and core of the building.
One of the opening exhibitions is ‘The Making of the Design Museum’:

In 2012, photographer Koto Bolofo was invited to document the conversion of the former Commonwealth Institute into the new Design Mu...