Stuff (New Zealand) reports:
One of architecture’s most prestigious international awards has been given to the man behind Christchurch’s cardboard cathedral.
Shigeru Ban was today named the winner of the 2014 Pritzker Architecture Prize.
The 56-year-old Tokyo-born architect is known for his elegant, innovative and resourceful approach to design, as well as his humanitarian efforts.
Biretta tip: Anglican Communion News Service
Image of Shigeru Ban by MOSSOT, via Wikimedia. Cathedral image by Jocelyn Kinghorn, via Wikimedia.
Matthew Townsend is a Halifax-based freelance journalist and volunteer advocate for survivors of sexual misconduct in Anglican settings. He served as editor of the Anglican Journal from 2019 to 2021 and communications missioner for the Anglican Diocese of Quebec from 2019 to 2022. He and his wife recently entered catechism class in the Orthodox Church in America.
