The Russian House of Science and Culture in Germany – Russian House – is located on Friedrichstrasse in Berlin. Photograph: Derek Scally Berlin’s Russland-Haus (Russia House) is a glass and concrete memorial to better days. Step in from the busy Friedrichstrasse and visitors are transported back to 1984 when Russia’s “House for Science and Culture” opened its doors in East Berlin. Occupying nearly 30,000sq m over five floors – the best part of a city block – the vast atrium leads to a library, a cinema as well as exhibition spaces and an auditorium for live events. “We don’t have...