Photograph of the Austral Building, 603-615 Colombo Street (23)

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A photograph of the earthquake damage to the Austral Building on Colombo Street.

Photograph of the Theatre Royal building, 148 Gloucester Street (4)

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A photograph of a detail of the Theatre Royal building.

Photograph of the Theatre Royal building, 148 Gloucester Street (3)

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A photograph of a detail of the Theatre Royal building.

Photograph of the Theatre Royal building, 148 Gloucester Street (2)

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A photograph of a window of the Theatre Royal building.

Photograph of the Canterbury Television Building, 202 Gloucester Street (1)

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A photograph of the Canterbury Television building on Gloucester Street.

Photograph of the Austral Building, 603-615 Colombo Street (21)

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A photograph of the earthquake damage to the Austral Building on Colombo Street.

Photograph of the Union Centre Building, 107 Armagh Street (19)

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A photograph of a detail of the Union Centre Building.

Photograph of the Union Centre Building, 107 Armagh Street (13)

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A photograph of earthquake damage to the Union Centre Building.

Photograph of the Austral Building, 603-615 Colombo Street (3)

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A photograph of the earthquake damage to the Austral Building on Colombo Street.

Photograph of the Union Centre Building, 107 Armagh Street (17)

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A photograph of a detail of the Union Centre Building.

Photograph of the Austral Building, 603-615 Colombo Street (1)

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A photograph of the earthquake damage to the Austral Building on Colombo Street.

Building Record Form for Timeball Station, 2 Reserve Terrace, Lyttelton

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Building Record Form for Timeball Station, 2 Reserve Terrace, Lyttelton.

Photograph of the Union Centre Building, 107 Armagh Street (12)

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A photograph of earthquake damage to the Union Centre Building.

Cranmer Centre photograph 08

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Earthquake damage to the former Christchurch Girls' High building. Bricks have fallen from the gable ends of the building.

Council building chief outlines stickering process

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The collapsed PGC and CTV buildings in the Christchurch CBD were both"green stickered"by city council inspectors following the earthquake in September last year.

Efforts to save quake damaged buildings

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A Christchurch MP is working with a group trying to prevent historic buildings damaged in last month's earthquake from being torn down unnecessarily.

Insurance cancelled for landmark Chch buildings

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Insurance cover has been cancelled for Christchurch's historic Arts Centre and its Catholic Cathedral which were both badly damaged in the February earthquake.

Engineers seek answers about CTV building

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A victim's family and engineers are seeking answers from the Christchurch City Council on why the earthquake-devastated CTV building was allowed to be built.

Building codes minimised quake's injuries, damage

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New Zealand's strict building codes are being praised for minimising the injuries and damage caused by the seven-point one magnitude earthquake that shook Canterbury on Saturday.

Business owners decision on buildings' future

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Business owners have told the Christchurch City Council they are haemorrhaging thousands of dollars a week, while it decides whether or not to demolish their buildings following last month's earthquake.

A poetic reflection on heritage buildings

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As building archaeologists we record and analyse the form, structure and ornamentation of 19th century dwellings to learn about the lives led by past occupants. The Victorian era was a time of invention and achievement. Society was dominated by middle-class morality as they … Continue readi...

The Harcourts Building : A 'seismic' shift?

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Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to identify through the application of Actor Network Theory (ANT) the issues and impediments to the implementation of mandatory seismic retrofitting policies proposed by the New Zealand Government. In particular the tension between the heritage protection objectives contained in the Resource Management Act 1991 and the earthquake mitigation measures contained in the Building Act 2004 are examined. Design/methodology/approach - The paper uses a case study approach based on the Harcourts Building in Wellington New Zealand and the case law relating to attempts to demolish this particular building. Use is made of ANT as a 'lens' to identify and study the controversies around mandatory seismic retrofitting of heritage buildings. The concept of translation is used to draw network diagrams.

Why Our Historic Buildings Are Important

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Up until February 22nd, 2011, the city of Christchurch was a unique, historic and cultural living and breathing entity. Inherited from a long list of valuable contributors dating back to its incept…

IRD building and 185 white chairs

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20130403_2911_G12-10 IRD building and 185 white chairs Corner of Cashel and Madras streets, with the relatively new (built 2007) Inland Revenue Building and the white chair memorial to the 185 lives lost as a result of the 22/02/11 earthquake. The chairs sit on the site of the now demolished St Pauls Pacific Chuch and is diagonally across the i...

Building over the road from Cortexo

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Christchurch Sept 4th Earthquake

Broken Windows in old council building

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Christchurch Sept 4th Earthquake

Photograph by Jocelyn Kinghorn 1732

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The empty space where the Fishers' Building previously was, on the corner of Litchfield and Hereford Streets. In the background are cranes, and the Holiday Inn building (centre) with the Westpac building on the right. Also on the right is the 'Flour Power' artwork by Regan Gentry.

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A building on Lichfield Street with damage to the top storey facade and roof. Covers have been strapped to the roof and windows have been boarded up to prevent weather damage to the inside of building. Fencing has been placed around the exterior of the building.

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Detail of spray painted codes left after a building had been cleared by a USAR team. This system was used following the February earthquake to mark buildings that have been checked. This building has also been red-stickered, and has a notice that says "Danger. Do Not Enter".

Christchurch Press 12 December 2012: Section A, Page 1

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Page 1 of Section A of the Christchurch Press, published on Wednesday 12 December 2012.