A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The basement of the Louis Vuitton Building on the corner of Colombo Street and Cathedral Square, exposed now the building has been demolished. The Christ Church Cathedral can be seen in the background".
A view down Durham Street. Building rubble from the Durham Street Methodist Church can be seen on the left.
The north side of the Christ Church Cathedral with the partially demolished tower visible, a pile of rubble in front. Bracing has been placed up against the front of the building to hold the wall together. The Citizens' Memorial can be seen to the left.
The north side of the Christ Church Cathedral with the partially demolished tower visible, a pile of rubble in front. Bracing has been placed up against the front of the building to hold the wall together. The Citizens' Memorial can be seen to the left.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "South aspect of ChristChurch Cathedral, Cathedral Square".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The front of the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament. Security fencing has been placed around the building to restrict access".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The front of the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament. Security fencing has been placed around the building to restrict access".
A photograph looking south down Colombo Street towards the badly-damaged ChristChurch Cathedral. Buildings have been fenced off on both sides and there are fallen bricks and rubble on the footpaths.
A photograph of a detail of the front of Christ Church Cathedral. A stained-glass window remains intact despite the collapsed stonework that surrounds it.
A close-up photograph of the damaged tiles and stonework on the roof on the north side of Christ Church Cathedral. The small stained-glass window at the top of the gable has been broken.
A photograph of a damaged building on Victoria Street. The photograph is captioned by Paul Corliss, "Behind the Knox Church".
A photograph of a damaged building on Victoria Street. The photograph is captioned by Paul Corliss, "Behind the Knox Church".
A photograph of a damaged building on Victoria Street. The photograph is captioned by Paul Corliss, "Behind the Knox Church".
A photograph of a damaged building on Victoria Street. The photograph is captioned by Paul Corliss, "Behind the Knox Church".
A photograph of a damaged building on Victoria Street. The photograph is captioned by Paul Corliss, "Behind the Knox Church".
A photograph of a damaged building on Victoria Street. The photograph is captioned by Paul Corliss, "Behind the Knox Church".
A photograph of a damaged building on Victoria Street. The photograph is captioned by Paul Corliss, "Behind the Knox Church".
A photograph of the CTV building site, shot from Hereford Street near St John's Church. Several excavators and emergency management personnel are working through the rubble on the site.
The Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament on Barbadoes Street. A red sticker can be seen on the building's front doors.
One portrait colour digital photograph taken on 25 February 2011 showing earthquake damage to the Catholic Church of St Joseph the Worker in Winchester Street Lyttelton. Photograph shows the main doors and roof at southern end of church. Nineteenth century stone buildings are particularly vulnerable to earthquake damage as the individual compon...
A photograph of a man cooking sausages outside the Avonhead Baptist Church for the administrators and technicians from the Department of Civil and Natural Resources Engineering at the University of Canterbury. The students and staff from this department used the church as a base after the 22 February 2011 earthquake, until their building on campus was deemed safe to enter.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to St Paul's-Trinity-Pacific Church on the corner of Cashel and Madras Streets. Large sections of the church have collapsed and the bricks and other rubble have spilled onto the footpath and street in front. Sections of the scaffolding, constructed up the side of the building before the earthquake, have also collapsed.
A damaged church hall in Opawa. The brick walls have partially collapsed, and cordon fences have been erected around the building.
As part of the 'Project Masonry' Recovery Project funded by the New Zealand Natural Hazards Research Platform, commencing in March 2011, an international team of researchers was deployed to document and interpret the observed earthquake damage to masonry buildings and to churches as a result of the 22nd February 2011 Christchurch earthquake. The study focused on investigating commonly encountered failure patterns and collapse mechanisms. A brief summary of activities undertaken is presented, detailing the observations that were made on the performance of and the deficiencies that contributed to the damage to approximately 650 inspected unreinforced clay brick masonry (URM) buildings, to 90 unreinforced stone masonry buildings, to 342 reinforced concrete masonry (RCM) buildings, to 112 churches in the Canterbury region, and to just under 1100 residential dwellings having external masonry veneer cladding. In addition, details are provided of retrofit techniques that were implemented within relevant Christchurch URM buildings prior to the 22nd February earthquake and brief suggestions are provided regarding appropriate seismic retrofit and remediation techniques for stone masonry buildings. http://www.nzsee.org.nz/publications/nzsee-quarterly-bulletin/
The Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament on Barbadoes Street. A safety fence has been placed around the base of the building.
The Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament on Barbadoes Street. A safety fence has been placed around the base of the building.
The Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament on Barbadoes Street. A safety fence has been placed around the base of the building.
The Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament on Barbadoes Street. A safety fence has been placed around the base of the building.
The Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament on Barbadoes Street. A safety fence has been placed around the base of the building.
The Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament on Barbadoes Street. A safety fence has been placed around the base of the building.