Cardboard Cathedral
Transitional Anglican cathedral with an A-frame of giant cardboard tubes and stained-glass triangles.
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About this audio guide
This guide to the Cardboard Cathedral in Christchurch starts at lunchtime on the twenty-second of February 2011, the day the city's stone Anglican cathedral lost its spire. It follows the old parish church that stood on this very ground, and the Japanese architect Shigeru Ban, who offered the diocese his help for free. Best heard seated inside, looking up at the roof.
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