Arts Centre
Images, eqnz.chch.2010
Reinforcing the apex of the clocktower gable.
Reinforcing the apex of the clocktower gable.
A video of an interview with stonemason Ben West about his work in the Canterbury rebuild. West talks about the work that he has done on the Magistrates Court.
The side wall of the building on the left collapsed onto their roof, collapsing it into the stonemasons store. Several gravestones were also damaged!
Stonemason Mark Whyte puts sculpting commissions aside in order to respond to the Christchurch earthquakes and save classic street facades from the 1870s. Across the Red Zone and 3 generations of the Aires family- Bob, Rob and Suzie are at work on the Heritage Hotel which were the old government buildings.
A video of an interview with stonemason Mark Whyte, about the demolition of the Holy Trinity Church in Avonside. Whyte discusses how the building should have been deconstructed slowly in order to salvage unique heritage material such as stained-glass windows and hand-painted ceilings.