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How Japan spent more than a century earthquake-proofing its architecture

Oscar Holland, CNN — Sat, 06 Jan 2024 09:47:02 +0000

In 2016, textile company Komatsu Matere and architect Kengo Kuma secured a building at the firm's headquarters — just 85 miles from the epicenter of Monday’s earthquake — to the ground like a tent using a curtain of braided carbon fiber rods.

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Sydney Opera House at 50: See what Australia’s best-known building could have looked like

Oscar Holland, CNN — Thu, 19 Oct 2023 13:59:56 +0000

(CNN) — On October 20, 1973 — exactly 50 years ago this Friday — the Sydney Opera House was opened to great fanfare by the late Queen Elizabeth II. Completed a decade late and vastly over-budget, the unusual-looking building was not an immediate hit with Australians. Yet, in the decades since, its striking shell-shaped roof

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BTS 10th anniversary: K-pop sensation’s decade-long style evolution

Oscar Holland, CNN — Tue, 13 Jun 2023 12:07:41 +0000

(CNN) — This week marks 10 years since K-pop sensation BTS burst onto the South Korean music scene in a flurry of chunky chains, baseball caps and spiky hair. Footage from the group’s official “debut day” in June 2013, when label Big Hit Entertainment unveiled its latest protégés to the world, shows its members flashing

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Last Chinese emperor’s watch smashes expectations and fetches $6.2 million at auction

Oscar Holland, CNN — Wed, 24 May 2023 11:32:39 +0000

(CNN) — A wristwatch once owned by China’s last emperor, Aisin-Gioro Puyi, has sold for $6.2 million at a sale in Hong Kong. The eye-watering price tag is partly due to the rarity of the Patek Philippe Reference 96 Quantieme Lune, one of just eight known to exist. But according to Phillips auction house which

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Dior appoints BTS star Jimin as a global brand ambassador

Oscar Holland, CNN — Wed, 18 Jan 2023 17:34:46 +0000

(CNN) — Dior has named BTS star Jimin as a global brand ambassador, a move that further signals South Korea’s growing importance to the world’s biggest luxury fashion houses. Announcing the partnership via social media Monday, Dior said its appointment “solidifies” the singer’s friendship with the French label, and “continues a bond” with artistic director

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Rihanna faces backlash for casting Johnny Depp in new Savage X Fenty show

Oscar Holland, CNN — Sat, 05 Nov 2022 02:08:22 +0000

(CNN) — Actor Johnny Depp is set to appear in Rihanna’s new Savage X Fenty fashion show, sparking online outrage and calls to boycott the singer’s lingerie brand. The 59-year-old actor, who claimed he was backlisted by Hollywood amid his high-profile legal battle with ex-wife Amber Heard, has already filmed his cameo in the runway extravaganza,

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Climate activists sentenced to prison for Vermeer protest

Oscar Holland, CNN — Fri, 04 Nov 2022 05:25:29 +0000

(CNN) — A Dutch court sent two Belgian climate change activists to prison Wednesday for a protest targeting Johannes Vermeer’s painting “Girl with a Pearl Earring.” The demonstrators, who are part of the campaign group Just Stop Oil Belgium, were each given sentences of two months, one of which was suspended. In a widely shared video

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US returns ‘exceedingly rare’ coin worth $1 million to Israel

Oscar Holland, CNN — Wed, 14 Sep 2022 23:23:00 +0000

(CNN) — A coin dating back to a Jewish rebellion against Roman rule almost 2,000 years ago has been returned by the US to Israel following a joint smuggling investigation. Minted in AD 69, the “exceedingly rare” quarter shekel is estimated to be worth over $1 million, according to the Manhattan District Attorney’s office, which hosted

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Dior hosts runway show in South Korea for the first time

Oscar Holland, CNN — Mon, 02 May 2022 19:39:47 +0000

(CNN) — Dior hosted a fashion show in South Korea for the very first time on Saturday, presenting its latest collection to a star-studded audience in Seoul. The French fashion giant transformed the prestigious Ewha Womans University into a runway, sending skateboarders down a sloping central ramp before models appeared in waves of yellow plaid,

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Katy Perry lights up inauguration TV special in all-white Thom Browne outfit

Oscar Holland, CNN — Thu, 21 Jan 2021 17:35:48 +0000

Katy Perry capped off President Joe Biden’s inauguration in style, belting out "Firework" in a collection of chic separates by New York designer Thom Browne. (FILE PHOTO)

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