Demolition of Robertson's Bakery building, Victoria Street, Christchurch.
The Chandelier rescue ...
Walking into work I saw the building I always wanted to buy (and run as a bookshop, perfumery, shoe shop) - the old Robertson's Bakery getting demolished.
But the bigass digger gently reached into the wreckage and saved this chandelier, bringing...
A photograph of the Rendezvous Hotel taken from the site of a demolished building on Manchester Street. Cracks can be seen around the windows of the tower.
A photograph of the Rendezvous Hotel taken from the site of a demolished building on Manchester Street. Cracks can be seen around the windows of the tower.
A photograph taken from the re-opened High Street Mall with seating and cabbage trees in the foreground and a partly demolished parking building on Cashel Street in the background.
Wooden bracing supports a two-storey building on the corner of Barbadoes and Worcester Streets. The house has been fenced off and on the walls are the words "Do not demolish".
Wooden bracing supports a two-storey building on the corner of Barbadoes and Worcester Streets. The house has been fenced off and on the walls are the words "Do not demolish".
People dance on Gap Filler's Dance-O-Mat, a dance floor set up in a demolished building site, with a coin operated washing machine offering lighting and music.
Information sheet about the Gap Filler Dance-O-Mat, a dance floor set up in a demolished building site, with a coin operated washing machine offering lighting and music.
Looking north up Colombo Street from the Red Zone viewing area at the east end of Re:Start mall. The partially-demolished ANZ building can be seen in the background.
A photograph looking north up Durham Street from the Gloucester Street intersection. To the left, there is a large pile of rubble from a demolished building, to the right, the Canterbury Provincial Chambers. The Provincial Chambers building has been largely deconstructed and plastic sheeting has been placed over part of the roof. Wire fencing has been placed around the buildings.
One landscape colour digital photograph taken on 12 April 2011 showing the site of the Norton Buildings and Lyttelton Lounge on Oxford Street. Architect The buildings on this site were severely damaged and demolished within days of the 22 February 2011 earthquake. The larger of the two properties in this photograph was the site of the 1913 Norto...
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Fissure on the banks of the River Avon near the site of the demolished Plunket House".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Gough House, 90 Hereford Street. The gravel spread in front of this building is a signal it will shortly be demolished".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Armagh Street (north side) looking towards Madras Street. The TUC building to be demolished. It has slumped badly due to liquefaction".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A view looking west along Tuam Street from Colombo Street. To the left, rubble from a demolished building can be seen".
Bob Charles', a Gap Golf course on a the site of a demolished building. It has been built by Gap Filler out of bricks and green felt.
A digger clearing the last of the rubble of a demolished building on the corner of Manchester and Worcester Streets. Fencing has been placed around the site.
Bob Charles', a Gap Golf course on a the site of a demolished building. It has been built by Gap Filler out of bricks and green felt.
A photograph of Mike Hewson's installation, 'Government Life Suspension', on the wall of the Chancery Arcade building. The artwork depicts a reflection of the Government Life building which is visible behind the Chancery Arcade. The installation is part of a series titled 'Homage to the Lost Spaces'. The Government Life and Chancery Arcade buildings were demolished in 2014.
A photograph of Mike Hewson's installation, 'Government Life Suspension', on the wall of the Chancery Arcade building. The artwork depicts a reflection of the Government Life building which is visible behind the Chancery Arcade. The installation is part of a series titled 'Homage to the Lost Spaces'. The Government Life and Chancery Arcade buildings were demolished in 2014.
A photograph of Mike Hewson's installation, 'Government Life Suspension', on the wall of the Chancery Arcade building. The artwork depicts a reflection of the Government Life building which is visible behind the Chancery Arcade. The installation is part of a series titled 'Homage to the Lost Spaces'. The Government Life and Chancery Arcade buildings were demolished in 2014.
A photograph of Mike Hewson's installation, 'Government Life Suspension', on the wall of the Chancery Arcade building. The artwork depicts a reflection of the Government Life building which is visible behind the Chancery Arcade. The installation is part of a series titled 'Homage to the Lost Spaces'. The Government Life and Chancery Arcade buildings were demolished in 2014.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "78 Colombo Street. Nick Dobson and her daughter talk with sympathetic neighbours as they watch their historic home being demolished".
A photograph looking north out a window of the PricewaterhouseCoopers Building. In the distance there is a pile of rubble from the partially-demolished Pyne Gould Corporation Building on Cambridge Terrace. To the right is the Edmond's Band Rotunda.
A photograph looking north out a window of the PricewaterhouseCoopers Building. In the distance there is a pile of rubble from the partially-demolished Pyne Gould Corporation Building on Cambridge Terrace. To the right is the Edmond's Band Rotunda.
A photograph of a partially-demolished building next to the Team Hutchinson Ford Building on Tuam Street. Bricks and other rubble are piled on the footpath. Wire fences and road cones have been placed on the road as a cordon.
A photograph of a pile of rubble from a partially-demolished building on Tuam Street. The rubble is in front of the Team Hutchinson Ford building. Road cones and a wire fence have been placed on the street in the distance.
A view of the ICTS building at the University of Canterbury, seen from level 7 of the James Hight building. The photographer comments, "First looks at our new temporary (maybe) office space. Our group will stay here until April or May 2011, then will move to another floor in the Central Library. We look down on the IT Building, which is doomed. The ugly draughty IT building is going to be demolished in the next campus revamp. The 'Butterfly Building' behind, originally the mainframe computer centre, will remain, as it's architecturally significant, apparently".
'Vitamins C&G', a Gap Golf course on a the site of a demolished building. It has been built by Gap Filler out of bricks and green felt.
People dance on Gap Filler's Dance-O-Mat, a dance floor set up in a demolished building site, with a coin operated washing machine offering lighting and music.
