Disappearing architecture

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  Screen stars: Rescuing Angola's stunning historic cinemas

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  (CNN) — Angola isn't exactly the Hollywood of Africa -- that honor belongs to Nigeria -- but the country is a surprising hotbed of 20th century cinematic treasures. By 1970 there were 50 theaters for a population of just 5.9 million people. From the late colonial modernist structures of the 1930s, …

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  What happened to Cuba's forgotten cinemas?

  CNN - Ana Rosado

  (CNN) — It took photographer Carolina Sandretto four years and three round trip journeys to Cuba to put together a comprehensive book about the architectural opulence of its movie theaters. During the 1950s, Cuba's economy, then dominated by American players, was prosperous enough to give rise to …

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  Eerie photos show dilapidated relics of the Soviet era

  CNN - Jacopo Prisco

  (CNN) — The Bartini Beriev VVA-14 (above) is one of the most bizarre airplanes ever made. It could take off vertically and land on the water, and it was designed to search and destroy US submarines during the Cold War. After its first flight from a regular runway in 1972, parts were added to make it …

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  The crumbling colonial-era churches of Pakistan

  CNN - Isambard Wilkinson

  (CNN) — St George's Cross billows above the castellated twin towers of the Cathedral Church of the Resurrection. Inside, beams of light pour through stained-glass windows onto choir stalls and memorial plaques engraved with names like Sir Alexander Hutchinson Lawrence. This Anglican church could …

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  Inside the concrete remains of Yugoslavia's brutalist past

  CNN - Jonathan Glancey

  (CNN) — On January 1, 1967, Yugoslavia embraced the world. It was from this date that foreign visitors could enter the non-aligned socialist state without a visa. As tour companies, notably those in Britain, geared up to pack tens of thousands of whey-faced holidaymakers off to sun-kissed Adriatic …

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  Uneasy heritage: Australia's modern church buildings are disappearing

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  (CNN) — In the post-war decades, Australian communities invested heavily in churches. Like civic centers, swimming pools and shire halls, these buildings made an important contribution to the formation of a modern civic realm in Australia's growing cities, suburbs and regional communities. Today, …