From New Zealand-
A COLLABORATION between the two places worst affected by earthquakes in 2011 is expected to see Christchurch receive a Japanese-designed cardboard cathedral, The Australian reports.
Japanese architect Shigeru Ban and the Christchurch Cathedral have produced a design for a 700-seat replacement for the 147-year-old bluestone Anglican cathedral damaged in the February quake.
Like most buildings in Christchurch's central business district, the cathedral was heavily damaged by the earthquake, which is thought to have killed more than 180 people in New Zealand's second-largest city.
The 24-metre high cardboard cathedral will retain a triangular shape but it will not have a tower.
Ban's design will use 86 cardboard tubes, each measuring 17 metres and weighing about 500kg, to form a sturdy A-frame structure able to pass local structural, fire and earthquake codes.
The roof will have a plastic coating and will incorporate a stained-glass window.
More here-
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/world/japanese-cardboard-cathedral-for-new-zealand-quake-city/story-e6frf7lf-1226158250574
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