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Cardboard Cathedral in Christchurch

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Cardboard Cathedral

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Christchurch

Year Built2013

Christchurch

Completed

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A transitional cathedral built with 98 cardboard tubes after the 2011 earthquake destroyed the original, designed to serve for 50 years.

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Christchurch(-43.534, 172.645)

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Shigeru Ban

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City: Christchurch
Year Built: 2013
Status: Completed

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