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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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WELLINGTON, New Zealand -- A cathedral made from cardboard. The idea may sound flimsy, particularly given that cathedrals tend to be known for their solid presence: the flying buttresses, the ...
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 ...
Poplar Crescent, the building to the east of the rotunda. The rotunda is located in Cambridge Terrace and overlooks the Avon River / Ōtākaro, near the Manchester Street Bridge. [2] It was designed by Victor Hean, in a High Renaissance style, [3] and has been listed with the New Zealand Historic Places Trust as a Category 2 historic place ...
The Canterbury Earthquake Commemoration Day Act 2011 is an Act of Parliament passed into law in New Zealand in 2011. It created a one-off public holiday in parts of Canterbury to commemorate the effects of the Canterbury earthquakes, starting with the first shock on 4 September 2010, but in particular the aftershock on 22 February 2011 that killed 185 people.
In grateful remembrance of the sons and daughters of Canterbury who fell in the Great War 1914–1918 Give peace in our time o Lord. The Citizens' War Memorial (alternate: Soldiers' War Memorial ) in Cathedral Square , Christchurch , is one of the two major memorials in the city to World War I .