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Videos, UC QuakeStudies

A video of an interview with John Turner, owner of Ambience Tiling, about the restoration of the tiles in New Regent Street. Turner talks about working with SCE Stone & Design, who sent the sample tiles to China where they were machine replicated. The tiles took six to eight weeks to arrive, with about 10,500 new tiles produced. The video also includes an interview with Iain Taylor, a tiler at Ambience Tiling, about the retiling process.

Images, UC QuakeStudies

A photograph of an office in the Diabetes Centre which has been prepared for earthquake repair work. Furniture and other office materials have been stacked in the corner of the room. Several tiles are missing from the ceiling above.

Images, UC QuakeStudies

A photograph of a room in the Diabetes Centre which has been wrapped in plastic. There is a step ladder in the background and several work tools on the covered furniture. Several tiles are missing from the ceiling above.

Images, UC QuakeStudies

A broken concrete floor slab in a residential property. The photographer comments, "Now that our house is to be rebuilt some time in the distant future, I decided to relay the loose and broken tiles. I took some photos to show what lies beneath".