Shigeru Ban: Cardboard Cathedral

The Cardboard Cathedral is a landmark in the reconstruction of Christchurch after the 2010-11 earthquakes. Andrew was invited to prepare the book by Shigeru Ban, a Pritzker Prize-winning architect, shortly after he received the commission. As the only building in NZ designed by the winner of a Pritzker, the Cardboard Cathedral is arguably the country’s most internationally significant building. This book critically presents the project from conception to completion, placing it in the context of Ban’s internationally renowned disaster relief work, his pioneering work with cardboard tube structures, and of Christchurch’s post-quake reconstruction efforts.

CLIENT Auckland University Press

YEARS 2014

PROJECT TEAM Andrew Barrie, with a forward by Cathedral Dean the Very Rev Lynda Patterson, an introduction by Shigeru Ban, and an afterward by esteemed architect David Mitchell.

CONSULTANTS Photograhers: Bridget Anderson, Stephen Goodenough; Book Design: Alt Group

PHOTOGRAPHY Alt Group