‘The fatal metaphor of progress, which means leaving things behind us, has utterly obscured the real idea of growth, which means leaving things inside us’. G.K. Chesterton

Work continues on the transformation of the former Commonwealth Institute into a new permanent home for the Design Museum. Each successive intervention provides fresh perspectives on the geometry of the interior and the emerging clarities of volume, surface and light.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Photography
Gilbert McCarragher