Inside the Cardboard Chapel That Replaced an Earthquake-Ruined Church

Inside the Cardboard Chapel That Replaced an Earthquake-Ruined Church

The 6.3-magnitude earthquake that hit Christchurch, New Zealand in 2011 killed more than 200 people and damaged thousands of buildings, including the city’s oldest church, a grand stone copy of a gothic cathedral in Oxford. This week, two years after it fell, its replacement is open to the public. And it’s unlike anything ever built in Christchurch—or the world.

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