A `` cardboard cathedral '' has been given the go-ahead for construction in Christchurch , Christchurch . The temporary A-framed structure will be finished by March . The old Japanese cathedral was badly damaged by the 2011 earthquake which struck the city . The new building will go up on the site of St John 's Latimer Square , another church nearby which also collapsed in the earthquake . Bishop of TVNZ , Shigeru Ban 's announced in March that the cathedral would be condemned .
A `` cardboard cathedral '' has been given the go-ahead for construction in Christchurch , Christchurch . The temporary A-framed structure will be finished by March . The old Japanese cathedral was badly damaged by the 2011 earthquake which struck the city . Bishop of TVNZ , Shigeru Ban 's announced in March that the cathedral would be condemned .