Performance of masonry buildings during the 2010 Darfield (New Zealand) ea…

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The M7.1 Darfield earthquake shook the town of Christchurch (New Zealand) in the early morning on Saturday 4th September 2010 and caused damage to a number of heritage unreinforced masonry buildings. No fatalities were reported directly linked to the earthquake, but the damage to important heritage buildings was the most extensive to have occurred since the 1931 Hawke‟s Bay earthquake. In general, the nature of damage was consistent with observations previously made on the seismic performance of unreinforced masonry buildings in large earthquakes, with aspects such as toppled chimneys and parapets, failure of gables and poorly secured face-loaded walls, and in-plane damage to masonry frames all being extensively documented. This report on the performance of the unreinforced masonry buildings in the 2010 Darfield earthquake provides details on typical building characteristics, a review of damage statistics obtained by interrogating the building assessment database that was compiled in association with post-earthquake building inspections, and a review of the characteristic failure modes that were observed

Photograph of the Cranmer Centre, 40 Armagh Street (420)

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A photograph of a crane removing masonry from the Cranmer Centre.

Photograph of the Cranmer Centre, 40 Armagh Street (423)

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A photograph of a crane removing masonry from the Cranmer Centre.

Photograph of the Cranmer Centre, 40 Armagh Street (424)

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A photograph of a crane removing masonry from the Cranmer Centre.

Photograph of the Cranmer Centre, 40 Armagh Street (421)

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A photograph of a crane removing masonry from the Cranmer Centre.

Photograph of the Cranmer Centre, 40 Armagh Street (437)

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A photograph of a crane removing masonry from the Cranmer Centre.

Photograph of the Cranmer Centre, 40 Armagh Street (438)

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A photograph of a crane removing masonry from the Cranmer Centre.

Photograph of St Paul's-Trinity-Pacific Church, 236 Cashel Street (81)

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A photograph of fallen masonry from St Paul's-Trinity-Pacific Church.

Photograph of St Paul's-Trinity-Pacific Church, 236 Cashel Street (80)

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A photograph of fallen masonry from St Paul's-Trinity-Pacific Church.

Photograph of the Cranmer Centre, 40 Armagh Street (422)

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A photograph of a crane removing masonry from the Cranmer Centre.

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A photograph of the earthquake damage to the east side of the Cranmer Courts on the corner of Montreal and Kilmore Streets. The masonry of the gable has crumbled exposing the wooden structure beneath.

Photograph by Neil Macbeth 236

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Martin van Beynen, a reporter for The Press newspaper, photographing damage to Wave House (Winnie Bagoes Pizza Bar). Masonry from the building has collapsed onto several parked cars.

Rebekah Rogers WEMO Photograph 085

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A photograph of the collapsed Durham Street Methodist Church viewed from the side. All that is left is a pile of masonry and a vague indication of where the walls used to be.

Photograph of the Cranmer Centre, 40 Armagh Street (303)

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A photograph of the masonry around a window of the Cranmer Centre.

Photograph of the Cranmer Centre, 40 Armagh Street (255)

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A photograph of a piece of masonry removed from the Cranmer Centre.

BeckerFraserPhotos March 2012 photograph 241

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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Christ Church Cathedral with damaged masonry".

Photograph of the Cranmer Centre, 40 Armagh Street (295)

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A photograph of the masonry above a window of the Cranmer Centre.

Photograph of the Cranmer Centre, 40 Armagh Street (533)

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A photograph of masonry from the foundations of the demolished Cranmer Centre.

Photograph of the Cranmer Centre, 40 Armagh Street (245)

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A photograph of a piece of masonry removed from the Cranmer Centre.

Photograph of the Cranmer Centre, 40 Armagh Street (244)

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A photograph of a piece of masonry removed from the Cranmer Centre.

Photograph of the Cranmer Centre, 40 Armagh Street (247)

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A photograph of a piece of masonry removed from the Cranmer Centre.

Photograph of the Cranmer Centre, 40 Armagh Street (256)

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A photograph of a piece of masonry removed from the Cranmer Centre.

Photograph of the Cranmer Centre, 40 Armagh Street (393)

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A photograph of a piece of masonry removed from the Cranmer Centre.

Photograph of the Cranmer Centre, 40 Armagh Street (248)

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A photograph of a piece of masonry removed from the Cranmer Centre.

BeckerFraserPhotos February 2011 photograph 074

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Damage to the masonry of an old building on Ferry Road in Woolson.

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Damage to the masonry of an old building on Ferry Road in Woolson.

BeckerFraserPhotos March 2011 photograph 278

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Cracked masonry on the buttresses of St John's Presbyterian Church on Winchester Street.

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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "This masonry house has been hard hit".

BeckerFraserPhotos March 2011 photograph 276

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Cracked masonry on the buttresses of St John's Presbyterian Church on Winchester Street.

BeckerFraserPhotos March 2011 photograph 277

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Cracked masonry on the buttresses of St John's Presbyterian Church on Winchester Street.