
A photograph of an earthquake-damaged building on the corner of Tuam and High Streets. A section of the wall has collapsed leaving the inside of the building exposed.
Photo inside of Level 3 of Aoraki Building taken by James Thompson, 5 September 2010.
Photo of the Copthorne Hotel from the Aoraki Building taken by Angela Dean, 9 June 2011.
Photo inside of Level 2 of Pegasus Building taken by Angela Dean, 9 June 2011.
The badly damaged Canterbury Provincial Chambers building. The roof and upper walls of the Stone Chamber have collapsed. Scaffolding has been erected up the side of the building and a tarpaulin covers the roof.
Photo inside of Level 2 of Pegasus Building taken by Angela Dean, 9 June 2011.
Photo inside of Level 2 of Spicers Building taken by James Thompson, 5 September 2010.
Photo inside of Level 2 of Spicers Building taken by James Thompson, 5 September 2010.
Photo inside of Level 2 of Pegasus Building taken by Angela Dean, 10 June 2011.
The Christchurch City Council has received a strong warning from the Earthquake Recovery Minister to speed up its processing of building consents or lose its power to authorise consents.
The Property Council says an ultimatum from the Christchurch City Council to owners of earthquake damaged commercial buildings will add to the stress business people are already under.
A Christchurch businessman has told the Earthquake Royal Commission the city council was a nightmare to deal with when he was trying to strengthen his building before the September quake.
The man whose firm designed the CTV building has apologised for the first time to the families of the 115 people killed when the building collapsed in the Christchurch earthquake.
A structural engineer who ordered a building green stickered though he'd failed to do another thorough check on it has defended his inspections at the Canterbury Earthquakes Royal Commission.
The entrance to a building has been spray painted after it has been cleared by a USAR team. This system was used following the February earthquake to mark buildings that have been checked.
Photo inside of Level 3 of Aoraki Building taken by Marcus Langman, 10 March 2011.
Photo inside of Level 3 of Aoraki Building taken by James Thompson, 5 September 2010.
Photo inside of Level 2 of Pegasus Building taken by Angela Dean, 5 January 2011.
Photo inside of Level 5 of Aoraki Building taken by James Thompson, 5 September 2010.
Today’s post presents the story of William Bowen, a prominent Christchurch builder, as told by his residence at 441 Madras Street. Archaeologists recorded this building using building archaeology techniques before and during its post-earthquake demolition. 441 Madras Street was initially … ...
Photo inside of Level 3 of Pegasus Building taken by Paul Gofton, 6 September 2010.
Photo inside of Level 3 of Aoraki Building taken by James Thompson, 5 September 2010.
Photo inside of Level 3 of Aoraki Building taken by James Thompson, 5 September 2010.
Photo inside of Level 3 of Aoraki Building taken by Marcus Langman, 10 March 2011.
Photo inside of Level 2 of Spicers Building taken by James Thompson, 5 September 2010.
Photo inside of Level 2 of Pegasus Building taken by Angela Dean, 5 January 2011.
Army and fire service personnel looking on from beside cordon fencing on Kilmore Street as a digger demolishes the Piko Wholefoods building. Behind the fencing is another badly damaged building.
Look from the cordon fences on to empty demolition sites Tuam Street. The Alice in Videoland building can be seen on left with the Wespac building and Holiday Inn in the background.
Photo inside of Level 2 of Pegasus Building taken by Angela Dean, 5 January 2011.
Photo inside of Level 2 of Pegasus Building taken by Angela Dean, 9 June 2011.