
A photograph of Crack'd for Christchurch's partially-constructed armchair artwork. The armchair is on a pallet in Greening the Rubble's workshop. Jonathan Hall has moulded polystyrene, wood, mesh, and concrete over the steel frame to construct the armchair. Two cast-iron bath feet have attached to the front legs.
A photograph of members of the Wellington Emergency Management Office walking down Lichfield Street towards the intersection of Madras Street. Buildings on either side of the street have been damaged by the earthquake. Plastic fences have been places around piles of rubble on the street as cordons.
A photograph of a member of the Wellington Emergency Management Office Emergency Response Team walking through the intersection of Manchester and Gloucester Streets. In the background, Manchester Street has been cordoned off with wire fences and is littered with rubble. Many of the buildings in view are severely damaged.
A photograph of the partially-demolished Smiths City car park, taken from Dundas Street. The front section of the car park has mostly been cleared, though there is still a scattering of rubble and steel reinforcement. The back section has collapsed, but the floors are largely intact, with many cars still parked on the top floor.
A photograph of the site of the Crowne Plaza Hotel on the corner of Kilmore and Durham Streets. The hotel has been demolished into large piles of rubble which two excavators are working to clear. A sign on the cordon fence indicates that the demolition is being carried out by Grant Mackay Demolition Co. and Leigh Construction.
A digital copy of a plan for the Greening the Rubble Green Room garden on Colombo Street. The plan shows a sketch of the garden including a raised floor, flower beds, a paved path, and a picket fence. It also contains measurements and notes on what will be planted in the beds.
A photograph of an alleyway between Gloucester Street and Cathedral Square. There is a pile of rubble near the end of the alleyway, fallen from the earthquake-damaged Base Backpackers building, behind the former Canterbury Times building on Gloucester Street. Scaffolding has also been constructed up the side of Base Backpackers.
A photograph of a damaged building in Lyttelton.
A photograph of a damaged building in Lyttelton.
A photograph of a damaged building in Lyttelton.
Emergency personnel using a sheet of corrugated plastic to slide pieces of rubble of the collapsed Canterbury Television Building.
Piles of rubble on the site of the CTV Building. In the background, the elevator shaft can be seen.
Diggers at the CTV site. The rubble from the site has mostly been cleared, leaving an empty building site.
A colour photograph of the site where the ANZ Bank Chambers once stood, taken after its rubble was removed.
Diggers at the CTV site. The rubble from the site has mostly been cleared, leaving an empty building site.
A damaged house in Clifton, protected by tarpaulins. A pile of building rubble lies in front of the house.
A photograph of excavators clearing rubble on High Street. In the background is the partially-deconstructed Hotel Grand Chancellor.
A digger parked on top of a pile of demolition rubble on Lichfield Street, seen through the cordon fence.
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Lyttelton Port. Illegal Reclamation at Te Awaparahi Bay. Rubble from Lyttelton heritage buildings".
A photograph of volunteers from The Wellington Emergency Management Office standing near a pile of rubble on Bealey Avenue.
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Lyttelton Port. Illegal Reclamation at Te Awaparahi Bay. Rubble from Lyttelton heritage buildings".
A photograph of the rubble from the demolished Manchester Securities House on the corner of Madras and Gloucester Streets.
A damaged house in Clifton, protected by tarpaulins. A pile of building rubble lies in front of the house.
A photograph of the '185 Empty Chairs' memorial installation.
A photograph of the '185 Empty Chairs' memorial installation.
A photograph of a damaged building in Lyttelton.
A photograph of a damaged building in Lyttelton.
A photograph of a damaged building on Tuam Street.
A photograph of a damaged building on Tuam Street.
Members of the New Zealand and Chinese Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) teams digging through rubble at the CTV site.