Damage to a house in Richmond. The foundation is all that remains of one room, and the exposed interior wall has been covered with builders' paper for protection. The photographer comments, "Revisiting our abandoned house. Temporary protection after the sunroom was demolished".
A photograph of syringes being used to inject epoxy into the cracks of a concrete wall in the Diabetes Centre on Hagley Avenue. The epoxy was injected into the cracks caused by the 4 September 2010 earthquake to strengthen the concrete.
Christchurch’s new $92m central city library opened today – replacing the former library which was damaged in the Canterbury earthquakes. But as Logan Church discovers, with sewing suites, a TV wall and a music studio, this library is home to more than rows and rows of books.
Forbes' Store on Norwich Quay with a broken awning and damage visible on the brick walls. Scaffolding placed around the building since the 4 September 2010 earthquake has tumbled during the 22 February 2011 earthquake.
A photograph of street art on the rear wall of Wicked Campers on Ferry Road, taken from Leeds Street. AMI stadium is visible in the background. The photographer believes that the artist may be '007'.
A photograph of street art on the wall of a building on Manchester Street. This section of the artwork depicts two elephants. The photograph believes that the artwork was created by the artist Owen Dippie.
A photograph of a section of a piece of street art on the wall of a building between Brighton Mall and Hawke Street. This section of the artwork depicts symbols and cartoon characters in bubbles.
A photograph of a mural on a wall in the former site of a building on Norwich Quay in Lyttelton. Sections of reinforcing steel and other construction material have been laid up against the mural.
A photograph of a section of a piece of street art on the wall of a building between Brighton Mall and Hawke Street. This section of the artwork depicts a skeleton wearing a Totoro costume.
A photograph of a section of a piece of street art on the wall of a building between Brighton Mall and Hawke Street. This section of the artwork depicts a skeleton wearing a Totoro costume.
A photograph of members of the Wellington Emergency Management Office Emergency Response Team inside an earthquake-damaged house. One of the ERT members is climbing a staircase covered in rubble from a collapsed interior wall.
A photograph of a mural on a wall in the former site of a building on Norwich Quay in Lyttelton. There is a portacom on the site, and construction material is leaning against the mural.
A photograph of street art on the rear wall of Wicked Campers on Ferry Road, taken from Leeds Street. AMI stadium is visible in the background. The photographer believes that the artist may be '007'.
A photograph of street art on the rear wall of Wicked Campers on Ferry Road, taken from Leeds Street. AMI stadium is visible in the background. The photographer believes that the artist may be '007'.
Timber-based hybrid structures provide a prospective solution for utilizing environmentally friendly timber material in the construction of mid-rise or high-rise structures. This study mainly focuses on structural damage evaluation for a type of timber-steel hybrid structures, which incorporate prefabricated light wood frame shear walls into steel moment-resisting frames (SMRFs). The structural damage of such a hybrid structure was evaluated through shake table tests on a four-story large-scale timber-steel hybrid structure. Four ground motion records (i.e., Wenchuan earthquake, Canterbury earthquake, El-Centro earthquake, and Kobe earthquake) were chosen for the tests, with the consideration of three different probability levels (i.e., minor, moderate and major earthquakes) for each record. During the shake table tests, the hybrid structure performed quite well with visual damage only to wood shear walls. No visual damage in SMRF and the frame-to-wall connections was observed. The correlation of visual damage to seismic intensity, modal-based damage index and inter-story drift was discussed. The reported work provided a basis of knowledge for performance-based seismic design (PBSD) for such timber-based hybrid structures.
A photograph of section of an artwork on the wall of a building between New Brighton mall and Beresford Street. The section depicts a native bird standing on a rock in front of a kowhai tree.
A photograph of a mural on a wall in the former site of a building on Norwich Quay in Lyttelton. A skip, several pallets, and other construction material have been placed in front of the mural.
A dusty bottle sits on top of a partially demolished wall. The photographer comments, "The Ozone used to be a popular bar in its day and somehow this bottle must have literally fallen through the cracks.
A photograph of a crack in a wall of Room 212 in the Department of Civil and Natural Resources Engineering at the University of Canterbury when staff were let in after the 4 September 2010 earthquake.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to the Iconic bar on the corner of Manchester and Gloucester Streets. Large sections of the outer walls have collapsed, the bricks and other rubble spilling onto the footpath below.
A photograph of members of the Wellington Emergency Management Office Emergency Response Team taking photographs of a building on Gloucester Street. To the left, USAR codes have been spray-painted on the wall of the building.
Should you have been so fortunate, while wandering the streets of 1860s Christchurch, to find yourself north of the square, you may have come across an establishment bearing the name of Sydenham House and containing within its walls all manner of … Continue reading →
Scaffolding covering the outer walls of the James Hight Building at the University of Canterbury. The photograph has been captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The repair work on the buildings at the University of Canterbury looks similar to the scenes in the CBD".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A pile of bricks which have crumbled from a wall and landed on a digger at a demolition on Lichfield Street. This is a result of the 23 December 2011 earthquake".
A photograph of an Urban Search and Rescue team member removing a framed picture from the wall of a flat on Poplar Street during the Residential Access Project. The project gave residents temporary access within the red-zone cordon in order to retrieve items from their homes.
A photograph of the Excelsior Sports Bar building shortly after the 22 February 2011 earthquake. Bricks from the walls above have crumbled and fallen to the street, taking the awning with it. People can be seen below, examining the building and attempting to leave the central city.
A photograph of a worker examining the contents of a flat on Poplar Street during the Residential Access Project. The project gave residents temporary access within the red-zone cordon in order to retrieve items from their homes. The wall has crumbled leaving the room exposed.
A photograph of a room inside a flat on Poplar Street taken during the Residential Access Project. The project gave residents temporary access within the red-zone cordon in order to retrieve items from their homes. The building's outer wall has crumbled leaving the room exposed.
A photograph of a room inside a flat on Poplar Street taken during the Residential Access Project. The project gave residents temporary access within the red-zone cordon in order to retrieve items from their homes. The building's outer wall has crumbled leaving the room exposed.
A photograph of a room inside a flat on Poplar Street taken during the Residential Access Project. The project gave residents temporary access within the red-zone cordon in order to retrieve items from their homes. The building's outer wall has crumbled leaving the room exposed.