I visited the cardboard cathedral today. It opened to the public yesterday and it was very interesting after documenting for so long. It isn't completely finished yet and shot be wonderful when it is. August 7, 2013 Christchurch New Zeadland. The cardboard cathedral's opening festival began last night, with a performance by the Christchurch City Choir. It was the first of 10 concerts as part of the cathedral's Joyfully Un-Munted Festival. The cathedral, designed by Japanese architect Shigeru Ban and incorporating 98 beams encased in cardboard, had been subject to construction delays after init‹›
Cardboard Cathedral

Shigeru Ban

Detail · Christchurch City, New Zealand

Photo: Jocelyn Kinghorn · 2013-08-07 · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Original 582×1000

I visited the cardboard cathedral today. It opened to the public yesterday and it was very interesting after documenting for so long. It isn't completely finished yet and shot be wonderful when it is. August 7, 2013 Christchurch New Zeadland. The cardboard cathedral's opening festival began last night, with a performance by the Christchurch City Choir. It was the first of 10 concerts as part of the cathedral's Joyfully Un-Munted Festival. The cathedral, designed by Japanese architect Shigeru Ban and incorporating 98 beams encased in cardboard, had been subject to construction delays after init

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