A photograph of a piece of masonry removed from the Cranmer Centre. Carved words in the masonry read, "Dono 1968. Stephen Smith 68-72 Vicky Duncan".
A photograph of masonry from the Guthrey Centre.
A photograph of fallen masonry from 112 Centaurus Road.
A photograph of masonry details removed from the Cranmer Centre.
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
A photograph of a crane removing masonry from the Cranmer Centre.
A photograph of a crane removing masonry from the Cranmer Centre.
A photograph of a crane removing masonry from the Cranmer Centre.
A photograph of a crane removing masonry from the Cranmer Centre.
A photograph of a crane removing masonry from the Cranmer Centre.
A photograph of a crane removing masonry from the Cranmer Centre.
A photograph of fallen masonry from St Paul's-Trinity-Pacific Church.
A photograph of fallen masonry from St Paul's-Trinity-Pacific Church.
A photograph of a crane removing masonry from the Cranmer Centre.
A photograph of the masonry around a window of the Cranmer Centre.
A photograph of a piece of masonry removed from the Cranmer Centre.
A photograph of the masonry above a window of the Cranmer Centre.
A photograph of masonry from the foundations of the demolished Cranmer Centre.
A photograph of a piece of masonry removed from the Cranmer Centre.
A photograph of a piece of masonry removed from the Cranmer Centre.
A photograph of a piece of masonry removed from the Cranmer Centre.
A photograph of a piece of masonry removed from the Cranmer Centre.
A photograph of a piece of masonry removed from the Cranmer Centre.
A photograph of a piece of masonry removed from the Cranmer Centre.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to the masonry of 94 Cashel Street.
A photograph of earthquake damage to the masonry around a window of the Cranmer Centre.
A photograph of a detail in the masonry around a window of the Cranmer Centre.
A photograph of a detail of a piece of masonry removed from the Cranmer Centre.
A photograph of earthquake damage to the masonry above a window of the Cranmer Centre.
A photograph of two windows of the Cranmer Centre, with the masonry around them removed.