One of 2016's most eagerly anticipated cultural openings took place this week. After closing its doors on its Shad Thames venue this summer, the new Design Museum has just opened in the comprehensively refurbished former Commonwealth Institute. The grade Ⅱ-listed institute itself has lain empty and derelict since it closed to the public for good in 2004. Designed by RMJM and opened in 1962, the awkward modernist pavilion formed one of the more curious entries on London's cultural trail. It was designed with one highly distinctive architectural feature - its spectacular parabolic roof, providing vulture-like surveillance over the sedate and decidedly more traditional confines of Holland Park and High Street Kensington. While the building itself has been virtually rebuilt, the roof has been retained and forms the conceptual cornerstone of the new design.
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机译：2016年最热切期待的文化开幕之一在本周举行。在今年夏天关闭其Shad Thames场馆的大门后，新的设计博物馆刚刚在经过全面翻新的前联邦学院内开放。自从2004年对公众永久关闭以来，这家被列入Ⅱ年级的学院本身就空无一人。这是由RMJM设计并于1962年开业的尴尬的现代主义馆，是伦敦文化步道上最引人入胜的作品之一。它的设计具有鲜明的建筑特色-壮观的抛物线形屋顶，可以对荷兰公园和肯辛顿大街（High Street Kensington）的沉寂以及绝对传统的范围提供秃鹰般的监视。在对建筑物本身进行虚拟重建的同时，保留了屋顶并形成了新设计的概念基石。
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