Latimer Square
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Latimer Square is an urban park in central Christchurch, New Zealand. It is located 400 metres east of the city's centre, Cathedral Square. Many commemorative events take place in Latimer Square. The
Latimer Square, Christchurch, New Zealand
Sculpture entitled "Spires" by artist Neil Dawson, located in Latimer Square
Christchurch Transitional Cathedral. Latimer Square
St John the Baptist Church, Latimer Square was significantly damaged in the Canterbury earthquakes and subsequently demolished.
Cardboard Cathedral
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The Cardboard Cathedral, formally called the Transitional Cathedral, in Christchurch, New Zealand, is the transitional pro-cathedral of the Anglican Diocese of Christchurch, replacing ChristChurch Cat
Latimer Square
…during, or demolished in the aftermath of, the 2011 Christchurch earthquake, among them: Since the earthquake, the square has been the site of the city's temporary Anglican Cathedral also known as the Cardboard Cathedral. One of Christchurch's first stone churches, St John the Baptist Anglican church, was built south of the square…
The Cardboard Cathedral in 2016
Construction details; cardboard, wood and glass
Cathedral interior
Shigeru Ban, the church's architect