Damage to the Christchurch School of Music building. The gable on the building has crumbled and bricks can be seen along the ground.
A photograph of damaged buildings and an empty building site between Cashel Street and Lichfield Street, taken from the corner of High Street.
A photograph of damage to the former Lyttelton Borough Council Chambers.
A photograph of damage to the former Lyttelton Borough Council Chambers.
A photograph of damage to the former Lyttelton Borough Council Chambers.
A photograph of the damaged Holy Trinity Anglican Church in Lyttelton.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to the McKenzie & Willis building on Tuam Street. The remains of a demolished building are in front.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to the McKenzie & Willis building on Tuam Street, with the remains of a demolished building in front.
A photograph of the earthquake-damaged Canterbury Television Building. Some of the windows have broken and large cracks can be seen in the walls.
A photograph looking east down Hereford Street from the intersection of Colombo Street. The badly-damaged Fisher's building can be seen on the right.
A photograph of a cleared building site between Cashel Street and Hereford Street. Damaged buildings on Hereford Street can be seen in the distance.
A photograph of the damaged Kenton Chambers building on Hereford Street. The windows have been broken and rubble from the building covers the footpath.
The broken Regent Theatre dome still attached to the building, but with most of its facade fallen away after the June earthquake.
Detail of damage to the Hotel Grand Chancellor, showing how the building has crushed against the car park structure beside it.
Following the 22 February 2011 Christchurch earthquake a comprehensive damage survey of the unreinforced masonry (URM) building stock of Christchurch city, New Zealand was undertaken. Because of the large number of aftershocks associated with both the 2011 Christchurch earthquake and the earlier 4 September 2010 Darfield earthquake, and the close proximity of their epicentres to Christchurch city, this earthquake sequence presented a unique opportunity to assess the performance of URM buildings and the various strengthening methods used in New Zealand to increase the performance of these buildings in earthquakes. Because of the extent of data that was collected, a decision was made to initially focus exclusively on the earthquake performance of URM buildings located in the central business district (CBD) of Christchurch city. The main objectives of the data collection exercise were to document building characteristics and any seismic strengthening methods encountered, and correlate these attributes with observed earthquake damage. In total 370 URM buildings in the CBD were surveyed. Of the surveyed buildings, 62% of all URM buildings had received some form of earthquake strengthening and there was clear evidence that installed earthquake strengthening techniques in general had led to reduced damage levels. The procedure used to collect and process information associated with earthquake damage, general analysis and interpretation of the available survey data for the 370 URM buildings, the performance of earthquake strengthening techniques, and the influence of earthquake strengthening levels on observed damage are reported within. http://15ibmac.com/home/
A photograph of waterproof sheets covering parts of the earthquake-damaged Cranmer Courts building.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to a building in the Christchurch central city.
A photograph of the badly-damaged Canterbury Provincial Council buildings, taken from Durham Street.
A photograph of an earthquake-damaged brick building, with demolition equipment in the foreground.
A photograph of badly-damaged buildings on High Street, taken from St Asaph Street.
A damaged building on Bedford Row. Bricks fallen from the parapet litter the footpath.
A photograph of damaged buildings on High Street, seen from the Hotel Grand Chancellor.
A damaged building on Worcester Street. The facade has collapsed, exposing the rooms inside.
Damaged buildings on Tuam Street. The brick facades have collapsed, exposing the interior rooms.
A photograph of damaged buildings on Cashel Street, seen from the Hotel Grand Chancellor.
A photograph of damaged buildings on High Street, seen from the Hotel Grand Chancellor.
A view down Lichfield Street, looking west. Rubble from damaged buildings litters the street.
A photograph of damaged buildings on the corner of Linwood Avenue and Aldwins Road.
A photograph of damaged buildings on Hereford Street. The road has been fenced off.
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Heathcote portal. Road tunnel administration building quake damage".