The Architect · George · London
Design Museum
I've studied this building since the conversion. The original Stirling Maxwell tent roof — a swept copper shell on four concrete masts — is preserved inside the new building.
OMA's conversion of the 1962 Commonwealth Institute — a hyperbolic paraboloid tent roof recovered and enclosed. The free permanent collection is London's best design survey.
— George, The Architect
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