A photograph of the earthquake damage to a window of the Fisher's Building.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to a window of the Fisher's Building.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to a window of the Fisher's Building.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to a detail of Stanges Building.
A digitally manipulated image of three arched windows in a damaged stone building.
Damage to a building on Manchester Street.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Fire-damaged building".
A damaged building inside the Arts Centre.
Damage to the Canterbury Provincial Government Buildings.
Damage to the Canterbury Provincial Government Buildings.
Damage to a building on Manchester Street.
Building damaged by fire after the earthquake.
Damage to a building on Manchester Street.
Building damaged by fire after the earthquake.
Boarded-up windows on a damaged building.
Buildings in Riccarton damaged in the earthquake.
This paper describes the performance of (or damage to) ceilings in buildings during the 22nd February 2011 Christchurch earthquake and the subsequent aftershocks. In buildings that suffered severe structural damage, ceilings and other non-structural components (rather expectedly) failed, but even in buildings with little damage to their structural systems, ceilings were found to be severely damaged. The extent of ceiling damage, where the ceilings were subject to severe shaking, depended on the type of the ceiling system, the size and weight of the ceilings and the interaction of ceilings with other elements. The varieties and extent of observed ceiling damage are discussed in this paper with the help of photographs taken after the earthquake.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to the Austral Building on Colombo Street.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to the Austral Building on Colombo Street.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to the Austral Building on Colombo Street.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to the Austral Building on Colombo Street.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to the Austral Building on Colombo Street.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to the Austral Building on Colombo Street.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to the Austral Building on Colombo Street.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to the Austral Building on Colombo Street.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to the Austral Building on Colombo Street.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to the Austral Building on Colombo Street.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to the Austral Building on Colombo Street.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to the Austral Building on Colombo Street.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to the Austral Building on Colombo Street.