Elizabeth Ackermann Photograph 280

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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.

Photograph by Neil Macbeth 597

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A view across Oxford Street in Lyttelton to a pile of rubble from a row of demolished buildings. Wire fencing has been placed down the street as a cordon.

Umut Akguzel Photograph 190

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A photograph looking south down Colombo Street from the intersection of Armagh Street. The road has been cordoned off and an excavator is demolishing a building on the right.

BeckerFraserPhotos June 2012 photograph 017

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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Gap Filler project, a garden in the site of a demolished building on the corner of Oxford and Colombo Street, 822 Colombo Street".

Paul and Sam Corliss's Street Art Photograph (2010:09:15 05:31:14)

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A photograph of an art work showing on the exposed internal wall of a partially-demolished building on Peterborough Street and Victoria Street. The artwork depicts a seated woman.

Photograph of Gap Filler project 18 (31)

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In-Spiired Challenge', a Gap Golf course on a the site of a demolished building. It has been built by Gap Filler out of wooden planks and green felt.

BeckerFraserPhotos June 2012 photograph 016

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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Gap Filler project, a garden in the site of a demolished building on the corner of Oxford and Colombo Street, 822 Colombo Street".

Photograph of Gap Filler project 18 (32)

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In-Spiired Challenge', a Gap Golf course on a the site of a demolished building. It has been built by Gap Filler out of wooden planks and green felt.

Photograph of Gap Filler project 18 (29)

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A mini golf course on a the site of a demolished building. It has been built by Gap Filler out of planks of wood, stones, bricks and green felt.

Photograph of Gap Filler project 18 (7)

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In-Spiired Challenge', a Gap Golf course on a the site of a demolished building. It has been built by Gap Filler out of wooden planks and green felt.

WEMO ERT Set 1 - March 2011 - Photograph 90

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A photograph of the site of the demolished Caledonian Hall on Kilmore Street. Nearly all of the rubble has been cleared away. In the background is the Medlab building.

BeckerFraserPhotos June 2012 photograph 015

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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Gap Filler project, a garden in the site of a demolished building on the corner of Oxford and Colombo Street, 822 Colombo Street".

Paul and Sam Corliss's Street Art Photograph (2013:01:25 14:32:13)

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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.

ELM Offices Level 7 Library - Photograph 16

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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".

QuakeStory Photo 318

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A photograph submitted by Raymond Morris to the QuakeStories website. The description reads, "‘Highway Lodge’ 121 Papanui Rd. A picturesque boutique hotel, a painting by Raymond Morris of earthquake demolished buildings.".

Mark Lincoln Photograph 099

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A partially-demolished brick building has the word "red" painted on its wall. Liquefaction surrounds piles of bricks on the ground in front. The photographer comments, "I guess they ran out of red stickers".

Snapshot 10 - High and Cashel Streets

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A snapshot from GPS Boomerang's SmartBird flight over the Christchurch red zone on 23 December 2012, looking over Hereford Street with the BNZ Building almost demolished in the centre left.

WEMO ERT Set 1 - March 2011 - Photograph 102

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A photograph of a the rubble from a demolished building on the corner of Colombo and Tuam Streets. An excavator is parked on the street to the left. Wire fencing has been placed around the buildings on the other side of the street.

Performance-based seismic assessment of an historic high-rise masonry buil…

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The Manchester Courts building was a heritage building located in central Christchurch (New Zealand) that was damaged in the Mw 7.1 Darfield earthquake on 4 September 2010 and subsequently demolished as a risk reduction exercise. Because the building was heritage listed, the decision to demolish the building resulted in strong objections from heritage supporters who were of the opinion that the building had sufficient residual strength to survive possible aftershock earthquakes. On 22 February 2011 Christchurch was struck by a severe aftershock, leading to the question of whether building demolition had proven to be the correct risk reduction strategy. Finite element analysis was used to undertake a performance-based assessment, validating the accuracy of the model using the damage observed in the building before its collapse. In addition, soil-structure interaction was introduced into the research due to the comparatively low shear wave velocity of the soil. The demolition of a landmark heritage building was a tragedy that Christchurch will never recover from, but the decision was made considering safety, societal, economic and psychological aspects in order to protect the city and its citizens. The analytical results suggest that the Manchester Courts building would have collapsed during the 2011 Christchurch earthquake, and that the collapse of the building would have resulted in significant fatalities.

Umut Akguzel Photograph 581

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A photograph of Elizabeth Ackermann standing in front of a partially-demolished building on Cashel Street. In the background, two excavators are working to remove the rubble from the site.

Umut Akguzel Photograph 538

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A photograph of the site of a demolished building on the south-west corner of Durham and Armagh Streets. In the background, two excavators are clearing rubble from the site.

BeckerFraserPhotos February 2011 photograph 008

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A vacant site on Williams Street in Kaiapoi where a building has been demolished. It has been enclosed with safety fences and traffic cones have been used to block access.

Umut Akguzel Photograph 580

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A photograph of Elizabeth Ackermann standing in front of a partially-demolished building on Cashel Street. In the background, two excavators are working to remove the rubble from the site.

WEMO ERT Set 1 - March 2011 - Photograph 72

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A photograph of a member of an emergency management team standing on Gloucester Street near Latimer Square. In the background an excavator is clearing the rubble from a demolished building.

Umut Akguzel Photograph 507

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A photograph looking east down Hereford Street from the intersection with Manchester Street. In the distance, an excavator can be seen filling a truck with the rubble from a demolished building.

Elizabeth Ackermann Photograph 267

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A photograph looking south-east across Lichfield Street from near the intersection with Colombo Street. Many of the buildings on Lichfield Street have been demolished, with others patched up with plywood.

Photograph of Gap Filler project 18 (30)

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Double Dipper', a Gap Golf course on a the site of a demolished building. It has been built by Gap Filler out of planks of wood, stones, bricks and green felt.

QuakeStory Photo 317

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A photograph submitted by Raymond Morris to the QuakeStories website. The description reads, "Domo store (McKenzie and Willis) 236 Tuam St. is one of many paintings completed by artist Raymond Morris of earthquake demolished buildings.".

Photo by Jennifer Middendorf 119

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The soon-to-be demolished ANZ building in Cathedral Square. A walkway from Gloucester Street to the Square was opened up for a few days to allow the public a closer look at the Cathedral.

Snapshot 13 - Cathedral Square

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A snapshot from GPS Boomerang's SmartBird flight over the Christchurch red zone on 23 December 2012, looking over Cathedral Square with the Cathedral and the Post Office visible. The BNZ Building has been partially demolished.