The Cardboard Cathedral. Christchurch

Tiny Tussock reporting
The Cardboard Cathedral opened to the public on 6 August 2013 with a Diocesan Dedication Service on 15 August. It has seating for 700 and the Cathedral also provides a venue for concerts, exhibitions, and civic and community events.The Cathedral makes use of varied construction materials from cardboard tubes to timber beams, structural steel and concrete. It is the largest 'emergency structure' to be designed by Shigeru Ban who, with the support of associate architect Yoshie Narimatsu, contributed his time free of charge and gifted the building's design to the Cathedral, Diocese and Christchurch.
Many of the building materials are being sourced locally and nationally including the 98 16.5 - 20 metre, 120-kilogram tubes. Each tube is coated in polyurethane and laminated timber has been inserted for strength.
The Bossess is particularly proud of this building as she is currently the Chair of the construction company that built it.
It is a particularly beautiful building that sits in an area of the city that was very badly damaged in the 2011 earthquakes and mostly open spaces. The Boss thinks it represents a beacon to the future and is also very proud of it too.

Look at the window which was designed from elements of the original Cathedral.