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Paper Dome (Paper Church): Exterior
1/6 · ExteriorPhoto: lienyuan lee · CC BY 3.0 · source
Paper Dome (Paper Church): Exterior
2/6 · ExteriorPhoto: lienyuan lee · CC BY 3.0 · source
Paper Dome (Paper Church): Exterior · Paper Dome
3/6 · Exterior · Paper DomePhoto: 黃 zero · CC BY-SA 2.0 · source
Paper Dome (Paper Church): Exterior · Takatori Catholic Church, Hyogo, Japan
4/6 · Exterior · Takatori Catholic Church, Hyogo, JapanPhoto: Bujdosó Attila · CC BY-SA 2.5 · source
Paper Dome (Paper Church): Interior
5/6 · InteriorPhoto: lienyuan lee · CC BY 3.0 · source
Paper Dome (Paper Church): Context · Paper Dome, New Homeland Resource Center, Puli, Nantou, Taiwan
6/6 · Context · Paper Dome, New Homeland Resource Center, Puli, Nantou, TaiwanPhoto: Mk2010 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
Photo 1: ExteriorPhoto 2: ExteriorPhoto 3: Exterior · Paper DomePhoto 4: Exterior · Takatori Catholic Church, Hyogo, JapanPhoto 5: InteriorPhoto 6: Context · Paper Dome, New Homeland Resource Center, Puli, Nantou, Taiwan

Religious · Contemporary

Paper Dome (Paper Church)

Shigeru Ban · Puli, TW · 2008

Key featuresAn elliptical ring of paper tubes holds a membrane roof inside a rectangular shell.

Architect
Shigeru Ban
Place
Puli, TW
Year
2008
Typology
Religious
Movement
Contemporary
Region
East Asia
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