The Cardboard Cathedral in New Zealand by Japanese architect Shigeru Ban is the next building to secure its place in our list of the 25 most significant buildings of the 21st century. Cardboard is ...

The last time I visited Shigeru Ban’s office ... the undulating Japanese Pavilion at Hanover in 2000) to a “Cardboard Cathedral”, created for Christchurch in New Zealand in the wake of ...

Shigeru Ban ... stemmed from Ban’s desire to reduce waste. He began experimenting with the idea of using paper tubes – harnessed by locally sourced wood – in 1985. He has since developed iterations ...