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Ruins of the CTV Building, 24 February 2011. The CTV Building was designed and constructed in about 1986. [1] [4] Christchurch City Council gave building consent in September 1986. [5] Building codes for earthquake design changed frequently in New Zealand following the 1931 Hawke's Bay earthquake (in 1935, 1965, 1976, 1984 and 1992). [6]
The CTV Building post-earthquake (24 February 2011) The six-story CTV Building [1] located at 249 Madras Street, on the Cashel Street corner (), collapsed in the 22 February 2011 Christchurch earthquake [7] and CTV lost transmission. CTV's main studios were destroyed and the building's lift cavity, the main part of the structure left upright ...
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Following the 2010 Canterbury earthquake and 2011 Christchurch earthquake, Priestley was an expert witness before the Royal Commission of Inquiry into Building Failure Caused by the Canterbury Earthquakes, and chaired a panel that investigated the collapse of the CTV Building and PGC Building, and damage to the Hotel Grand Chancellor and ...
The six-storey Canterbury Television (CTV) building collapsed in the earthquake, leaving only its lift shaft standing, which caught fire. 115 people died in the building, which housed a TV station, a medical clinic and an English language school. [71]
Canterbury Earthquake National Memorial. The Canterbury Earthquake National Memorial (Māori: Oi Manawa [1]) is the Crown's official memorial for those killed or seriously injured in the 22 February 2011 Christchurch earthquake. It is located on both sides of the Avon River downstream from the Montreal Street bridge. The memorial opened on 22 ...
The Canterbury Hall was then used as a cinema, seating 3,000. [3] In 1906, the building was converted to a theatre with a seating capacity of 1,400, and the name was changed to His Majesty's Theatre. [3] [11] The remodelled building was opened with the premier of the comic opera Erminie on 28 August 1906. [12]