The PriceWaterhouseCoopers Building being deconstructed.
The PriceWaterhouseCoopers Building being deconstructed.
The PriceWaterhouseCoopers Building being deconstructed.
The PriceWaterhouseCoopers Building being deconstructed.
Deconstruction of the PriceWaterhouseCoopers building.
Deconstruction of the PriceWaterhouseCoopers building.
Exposed side of the Cathedral Junction building.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Clarendon Tower (left), Westpac Bank (centre), Grant Thornton building (white right of the Westpac in the distance), ANZ Bank (white with vertical stripes below the Grant Thornton), BNZ bank (red), and Holiday Inn (right) all under demolition, viewed from Alice in Videoland".
A damaged building on Cashel Street near Oxford Terrace. The top of the facade has fallen off the building into the street below, taking the awning with it. Bricks from the building still lie on the footpath where they fell. Above, the windows have been braced with plywood. Wire fencing has been placed around the building as a cordon.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The Forsyth Barr building and PricewaterhouseCoopers building. It was recently announced that PricewaterhouseCoopers will be demolished as it is uneconomic to restore, and we understand Forsyth Barr is still under discussion".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "People at the cordon on the corner of Durham and St Asaph Street, soldiers watching by. In the background is the Environment Court building at 83 Armagh Street, formerly the Canterbury Society of Arts. This building was added to the CERA demolitions list on 5 March 2012".
An aerial photograph of the Farmers car park on Gloucester Street with Victoria Park to the north and the Canterbury Provincial Council Chambers to the west.
The badly-damaged Strategy building on Montreal Street.
The badly-damaged Strategy building on Montreal Street.
Broken windows on a building on Cashel Street.
Damage to the Smiths City car park building.
Damage to the Christchurch School of Music building.
Damage to the Medlab South building on Kilmore Street.
Damaged buildings on Madras Street, looking east towards Latimer Square.
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Lyttelton Times building".
Damaged buildings on Madras Street, looking east towards Latimer Square.
A crane beside a building on Cashel Street.
A written history of 243-245 Madras Street, the CTV Building.
A collapsed building on Worcester Street near the Press Building.
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".
A photograph of the earthquake damage to the Montgomery's Building on the corner of Colombo and Tuam Streets. Large sections of the façade have collapsed, exposing the inside of the building. The bricks and other rubble have mostly been cleared from the footpath and street in front. Wire fences have been placed around the building as a cordon. In the distance there is a large pile of bricks on a property where another building has collapsed.
Earthquake damaged building on a Walk around the city, May 1, 2014 Christchurch New Zealand. Demolition work on Christchurch's "distinctive" former civic building is under way. The category-2 heritage building was designed by G A J Hart and opened in 1939 as the Miller's department store. It featured the South Island's first escalator, which...
Earthquake damaged building on a Walk around the city, May 1, 2014 Christchurch New Zealand. Demolition work on Christchurch's "distinctive" former civic building is under way. The category-2 heritage building was designed by G A J Hart and opened in 1939 as the Miller's department store. It featured the South Island's first escalator, which...
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The Grant Thornton building at 97 Cathedral Square, and the Government Life building, 69 Cathedral Square, with the empty sites of 53-57 Cathedral Square between".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A view of looking across the remains of the Haldenstein's building towards Te Pounamu on Hereford Street".