Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Copthorne Hotel, 335 Durham Street, viewed from Kilmore Street".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A bell from the ChristChurch Cathedral".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The remains of the bell tower of ChristChurch Cathedral".
An abandoned house on Avonside Drive. A red sign taped to the window states that the house is "Unsafe" to enter.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Detail of Grand Chancellor Hotel viewed from Manchester Street".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "116 Worcester Street".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "ChristChurch Cathedral, Cathedral Square".
The badly-damaged Community of the Sacred Name Convent on Barbadoes Street.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "ChristChurch Cathedral, Cathedral Square".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Community Centre, 141 Hereford Street".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "641 Colombo Street - Benson Restaurant No 1".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Kensington House, 179-187 Manchester Street with Grand Chancellor Hotel behind".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "McKenzie & Willis building on Tuam Street".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Latimer Hotel being demolished in Latimer Square".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Warners Hotel under demolition, Cathedral Square".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "ChristChurch Cathedral, Cathedral Square".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Radio NZ House, 51 Chester Street West, viewed from Durham Street".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "ChristChurch Cathedral, Cathedral Square".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Hotel Grand Chancellor, 165 Cashel Street, has moved sideways into the parking building at 161 Cashel Street".
Detail of damage to the Hotel Grand Chancellor, showing how the building has crushed against the car park structure beside it.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Lift shaft, Radio NZ House, 51 Chester Street West, viewed from Durham Street".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Deconstruction of AMI Insurance Building, 29-35 Latimer Square".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "ACC building on Oxford Terrace, with half of the lift shaft removed".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "ChristChurch Cathedral, Cathedral Square (climb the tower? Not any more)".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "South aspect of ChristChurch Cathedral, Cathedral Square".
One of the tents set up in the Fine Arts car park at the University of Canterbury, used for teaching while lecture theatres were closed for structural testing. The photographer comments, "Temporary lecture tents".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Deconstruction of AMI Insurance Building, 29-35 Latimer Square".
University of Canterbury students walk along University Drive to get to lectures, after most pathways through campus were cordoned off while buildings were structurally tested. The photographer comments, "Lawns beside University Drive became main walkways".
A photograph of a green sticker on the window of The Dolls House Shop antique store on Colombo Street. The sticker indicates that the store is safe to enter. The sign reads, "Inspected, no restriction on use or occupancy. This building has received a brief inspection only. While no apparent structural or other safety hazards have been found, a more comprehensive inspection of the exterior and interior may reveal safety hazards". The structural engineer has written on the sign "propping to rear of building inadequate, fire egress also at rear inappropriate, no occupancy to second storey".
The sequence of earthquakes that has greatly affected Christchurch and Canterbury since September 2010 has again demonstrated the need for seismic retrofit of heritage unreinforced masonry buildings. Commencing in April 2011, the damage to unreinforced stone masonry buildings in Christchurch was assessed and recorded with the primary objective being to document the seismic performance of these structures, recognising that they constitute an important component of New Zealand’s heritage architecture. A damage statistics database was compiled by combining the results of safety evaluation placarding and post-earthquake inspections, and it was determined that the damage observed was consistent with observations previously made on the seismic performance of stone masonry structures in large earthquakes. Details are also given on typical building characteristics and on failure modes observed. Suggestions on appropriate seismic retrofit and remediation techniques are presented, in relation also to strengthening interventions that are typical for similar unreinforced stone masonry structures in Europe.