Fire damage to the England Brothers building, destroyed by arson in December 2012.
A photograph of shipping containers in front of badly-damaged High Street buildings.
California poppies growing in an empty section where a building has been removed.
Fire damage to the England Brothers building, destroyed by arson in December 2012.
Where once were buildings! From the corner of Armagh Street and Oxford Terrace.
The basement of the "Price Waterhouse" building after demolition after the Christchurch earthquakes...
The Canterbury earthquake series of 2010/2011 has turned the city of Christchurch into a full scale natural laboratory testing the structural and non-structural response of buildings under moderate to very severe earthquake shaking. The lessons learned from this, which have come at great cost socially and economically, are extremely valuable in increasing our understanding of whole building performance in severe earthquakes. Given current initiatives underway on both sides of the Tasman towards developing joint Australasian steel and composite steel/concrete design and construction standards that would span a very wide range of geological conditions and seismic zones, these lessons are relevant to both countries. This paper focusses on the performance of steel framed buildings in Christchurch city, with greatest emphasis on multi-storey buildings, but also covering single storey steel framed buildings and light steel framed housing. It addresses such issues as the magnitude and structural impact of the earthquake series, importance of good detailing, lack of observed column base hinging, the excellent performance of composite floors and it will briefly cover research underway to quantify some of these effects for use in design.
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The old Telecom building on Hereford Street".
A photograph of building rubble on Tuam Street, near the corner of High Street.
A spray-painted smiley face on a window of the partially-demolished BNZ building.
A photograph of damaged buildings on Hereford Street. The road has been fenced off.
A photograph looking across from Cashel Street to cleared building sites on High Street
A photograph of part of the remaining facade of a building on Madras Street.
A spray-painted smiley face on a window of the partially-demolished BNZ building.
The west face of the former Christchurch City Council building, seen from Colombo Street.
A photograph of part of the remaining facade of a building on Madras Street.
A photograph looking across from Cashel Street to cleared building sites on High Street
An aerial photograph of new rowing club buildings along the Avon River in Wainoni.
A vacant demolition site where buildings once stood. Weeds are growing on the site.
A photograph of building rubble on Tuam Street, near the corner of High Street.
The same view as the previous photo. Building demolished after the earthquake of 2011!
Strange sign when the building it refers to is no longer there. Earthquake damage.
This is in Madras St, The CTV building ws on the right far corner
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Crichton Cobbers demolition".
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Crichton Cobbers demolition".
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Crichton Cobbers demolition".
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Crichton Cobbers demolition".
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Worcester Boulevard, CBD".
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Worcester Boulevard, CBD".
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Crichton Cobbers demolition".