Umut Akguzel Photograph 432

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A photograph looking east along Tuam Street towards the intersection of Colombo Street. The badly-damaged Bean Bags and Beyond building at 626 Colombo Street can be seen on the right hand side. In front of it is the remains of the Leather Direct building (615 Colombo Street).

Photograph of Whole House Reuse Item 119

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A photograph of Whole House Reuse item 119. This item was salvaged from 19 Admiral Way in New Brighton as part of the Whole House Reuse project.

Thumbnail of Whole House Reuse Item 119

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A thumbnail photograph of Whole House Reuse item 119, cropped for the catalogue. This item was salvaged from 19 Admiral Way in New Brighton as part of the Whole House Reuse project.

BeckerFraserPhotos May 2011 photograph 0549

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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "178 Tuam Street".

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

Research papers, The University of Auckland Library

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.

ELM Offices Level 7 Library - Photograph 11

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Alan Hoskin, a member of the University of Canterbury's E-Learning team, in their temporary office in the James Hight building. The photographer comments, "First looks at our new temporary (maybe) office space. Our group will stay here until April or May 2011, then will move to another floor in the Central Library. Bean bag. Alan wanted the beanbag but Jess said no".