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A perfectly designed rail system running through R

A perfectly designed rail system running through Rem Koolhaas’ MTCC, the Mccormick Tribune Campus Center at the Illinois Institute of Technology, which just happens to be home to a lot of Mies Van der Rohe buildings. Photo with thanks to @radadam

‘It began with a handful of East Berlin teens wh

‘It began with a handful of East Berlin teens who heard the Sex Pistols on a British military radio broadcast to troops in West Berlin, and it ended with the collapse of the East German dictatorship’ over to Goodreads review of this brilliant book, ‘Punk rock was a life-changing discovery. The buzz-saw guitars, the messed-up clothing and hair, the rejection of society and the DIY approach to building a new one: in their gray surroundings, where everyone’s future was preordained by some communist apparatchik, punk represented a revolutionary philosophy—quite literally, as it turned out.

But as these young kids tried to form bands and became more visible, security forces—including the dreaded secret police, the Stasi—targeted them. They were spied on by friends and even members of their own families; they were expelled from schools and fired from jobs; they were beaten by police and imprisoned. Instead of conforming, the punks fought back, playing an indispensable role in the underground movements that helped bring down the Berlin Wall.

This secret history of East German punk rock is not just about the music; it is a story of extraordinary bravery in the face of one of the most oppressive regimes in history. Rollicking, cinematic, deeply researched, highly readable, and thrillingly topical, BurningDown the Haus brings to life the young men and women who successfully fought authoritarianism three chords at a time—and is a fiery testament to the irrepressible spirit of revolution.’

This is London! Home to the ‘Camberwell Submarin

This is London! Home to the ‘Camberwell Submarine’ which is actually not in Camberwell, but nearby … kinda. This brutalist curiosity is home to the heating plant that keeps everyone cosy on in the surrounding estate on Akerman Road SW9, the ‘funnels’ act as ventilation shafts for the boilers, architect Michael Luffingham. Photographed by David Torrance @davidtorrance1977

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