Hello beautiful nerds. There are a lot of intense actions and discussions going on in the world today, many long overdue, and much of it is happening on social media for better or worse. The story we have

for you today is about how Instagram and architecture interacts and feedback on each other.

It was reported and produced before the COVID lockdown and before the protests

over police brutality have swept the country. So if it feels like it is from another era, it is. But as we witness social media platforms evolving to meet this moment, I think it's

worthwhile to report on how they evolved up to now. It's also just a delightful piece and I think you'll like it.

So here it is.

This is 99% invisible. I'm Roman Mars.

Instagram has never really been my thing.

I just don't tend to use a camera when I'm out in the world. I just like to use my eyeballs.

But I do like scrolling through Instagram occasionally.

Mainly because there's a lot of good architecture on there.

The app is a wash in pictures of brutalist towers, graffiti walls, and elaborate

staircases. And if you're on Instagram there's a decent chance you've seen a

picture of one particular building.

It's called The Yard House.

The Yard House was designed by a London-based

architecture collective called Assemble.

That's producer, Emmit Fitzgerald. Assemble is kind of a big deal.

They won the Turner Prize for Visual Art in 2015 for their work

reconstructing derelict buildings in Liverpool.

But the Yard House was the first building that they ever built. The designers

had just moved into this new studio in Stratford, near where the 2012 Olympics were being

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