A photograph of the front window and sign of the Canterbury Times and Star Building.
An aerial photograph of the earthquake damage to a window of the Canterbury Provincial Chambers Buildings on Durham Street.
A map showing the locations of heritage buildings which are in areas marked for projects in the Christchurch Central Recovery Plan.
An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 29 May 2011 entitled, "Deconsecration and Destruction".
A view of Cranmer Square photographed through the glass door of Plato Creative in the Cranmer Court building.
The Cranmer Court building, on the corner of Kilmore and Montreal Streets, after the 22 February 2011 earthquake. Large pieces of the building have collapsed, including the octagonal corner section that housed Plato Creative from March 2008 to November 2009. Masonry has fallen onto the footpath and road, and the site has been enclosed in a safety fence to keep people away. The whitewashed interior walls of one of the apartments can be seen.
We are taking a look at some of Christchurch's icon and heritage buildings lost, or at least badly damaged by last Tuesdays earthquake.
A page banner promoting articles titled, "This one's saved: Peterborough building" and "Square open".
A photograph of the Austral Building on Colombo Street with scaffolding up the side. A sign on a side door reads, "No admittance. Goods entrance only".
"Training and Education of Engineers and Organisation of Engineering Profession and Building Assessment after Earthquakes", a report submitted by the then New Zealand Historic Places Trust on the Royal Commission Discussion Papers.
A photograph of the Whitcoulls Building.
A photograph of the Whitcoulls Building.
A digitally manipulated photograph of the partially-demolished Ozone Hotel. The photographer comments, "As if a deadly disease is moving out from Christchurch City red zone, the heritage buildings are being put down".
An entry from Ruth Gardner's Blog for 06 February 2014 entitled, "Losing Luneys".
An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 28 May 2011 entitled, "Childhood Churches".
A digitally manipulated image of a damaged wooden wall. The photographer comments, "And the walls came tumbling down".
An entry from Ruth Gardner's Blog for 25 June 2014 entitled, "Ecclesiastical Enhancement".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Andre Marchand at the site of the heritage building in Colombo Street that housed his business before the earthquake".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Andre Marchand at the site of the heritage building in Colombo Street that housed his business before the earthquake".
A photograph of an vacant site on Madras Street where the YWCA used to stand.
A photograph of a window of 268 Madras Street.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Historic building owner John Phillips wants the red tape to go so he can pull his very badly damaged heritage building down and start again so the businesses in the premises can start again. Phillips owns the former Nurse Maude building on Madras Street".
A video of people protesting outside the Christchurch City Council offices on Worcester Street. The are protesting the demolition of the Manchester Courts building.
Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to identify through the application of Actor Network Theory (ANT) the issues and impediments to the implementation of mandatory seismic retrofitting policies proposed by the New Zealand Government. In particular the tension between the heritage protection objectives contained in the Resource Management Act 1991 and the earthquake mitigation measures contained in the Building Act 2004 are examined. Design/methodology/approach - The paper uses a case study approach based on the Harcourts Building in Wellington New Zealand and the case law relating to attempts to demolish this particular building. Use is made of ANT as a 'lens' to identify and study the controversies around mandatory seismic retrofitting of heritage buildings. The concept of translation is used to draw network diagrams.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Historic building owner John Phillips wants the red tape to go so he can pull his very badly damaged heritage building down and start again so the businesses in the premises can start again".
A video about the time capsule found in the foundations of the former Press Building in Cathedral Square. Heritage consultant Jenny May shows the contents of the time capsule, including several coins, newspaper articles, and messages. The capsule was left by the architects and the people working on the building, rather than the editors of The Press.
A photograph of building rubble at 181 Peterborough Street.
A photograph of a detail of the Whitcoulls Building.
A photograph of a detail of the Whitcoulls Building.
A photograph of a detail of the Whitcoulls Building.