A photograph of a foundation stone from the Christchurch Chinese Methodist Church at 163 Papanui Road. The stone reads, "AD 1894".
Construction workers remove stones from the damaged Arts Centre.
The foundation stone removed from the Church Hall at 165 Papanui Road. The stone reads, "A.D.1902".
A photograph of damaged paving stones outside the Canterbury Museum on Rolleston Avenue.
A photograph of a foundation stone at Christ's College. The stone reads, "This stone was laid by His Excellency the Most Reverend Sir Paul Reeves G.C.M.G. G.C.V.O. Governor General of New Zealand October 13th 1987".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A young stone mason building a plinth in the Botanic Gardens".
A Cashmere home without its stone facade.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Christ Church Cathedral with pallets of stone from the demolished tower ready to be stored".
Detail of damage to a building on High Street. The photographer comments, "The support for the veranda has pulled part of the stone wall completely away".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The construction of this window frame at Cranmer Court is clearly seen when the exterior stone has collapsed in the earthquake".
A photograph of the date stone in the Cranmer Centre indicating the date the building was built (1880). Below, a stack of bricks can be seen in the garden.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Gloucester Street - salvaged from demolition of the Christchurch Star building".
Stones fallen from the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament.
A stone clock tower on the cliffs near Ferrymead.
Details of stone and brickwork on the Cranmer Centre.
The sequence of earthquakes that has affected Christchurch and Canterbury since September 2010 has caused damage to a great number of buildings of all construction types. Following post-event damage surveys performed between April 2011 and June 2011, an inventory of the stone masonry buildings in Christchurch and surrounding areas was carried out in order to assemble a database containing the characteristic features of the building stock, as a basis for studying the vulnerability factors that might have influenced the seismic performance of the stone masonry building stock during the Canterbury earthquake sequence. The damage suffered by unreinforced stone masonry buildings is reported and different types of observed failures are described using a specific survey procedure currently in use in Italy. The observed performance of seismic retrofit interventions applied to stone masonry buildings is also described, as an understanding of the seismic response of these interventions is of fundamental importance for assessing the utility of such strengthening techniques when applied to unreinforced stone masonry structures. AM - Accepted Manuscript
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The clock face of a clock tower in Sumner".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A clock tower in Sumner".
A photograph of stones from the Oxford Terrace Baptist Church.
A photograph of salvaged brick and stones stacked behind Knox Church.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Salvaged stone outside 205 Manchester Street".
A photograph of the word "Keep" spray painted on a stone slab.
Two stone roof points lie on the lawn beside the Cranmer Centre.
A photograph of a plaque on a stone in Hagley Park which reads, "This stone was erected 16th Dec. 1908 by the Canterbury Old Colonists Assn to mark the spot where some of the first Canterbury settlers erected their huts 1851".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Cashmere home where stone blocks fell off".
Volunteers laying stones on the ground during the construction of the Pallet Pavilion.
A photograph of a plaque commemorating the establishment of the Methodist church in Lyttelton. The photograph is captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Winchester St, Lyttelton".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Stone buildings at Christ's College, Rolleston Avenue".
A web story about the return of the stone lions to the Memorial Arch.
Weeds growing between the paving stones in Chancery Lane, seen through the cordon fencing.