Tag: Christchurch earthquake
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My favourite modernist building … Lyttelton Tunnel Authority Administration Building
Lyttleton tunnel Building from north c1964 Favourite buildings can be significant presences in our lives,
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Christchurch Cathedral to be demolished?!
# NewsBreaking news – and something that I can’t quite believe they would do, but the Bishop of Christchurch has announced today that the Anglican Church plans to completely demolish the Cathedral in Christchurch. Cantabrians, and no doubt others, are in total shock. There is, as yet, no confirmation as to whether it will ever be…
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Learning from Christchurch – or not.
Cr Andy Foster’s comment over on EyeoftheFish regarding issues of eq preparedness in Wellington highlight, for me at least, something of the difficulties of this particular discussion
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Let’s go the whole hog with heritage
No, not in any Gerry Brownlee way, but if there’s going to be any strengthening going on why mess with 30%? Why put all that kind of money into strengthening when to strengthen to 100% won’t cost another 70% but much much less?
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Rebuilding Warsaw
# CommentChristchurch is not the first city in the world to be destroyed by an earthquake, and it won’t be the last one either. As far as modern disasters go, it is actually rather restrained, with a remarkably minimal loss of life – we have, currently, 168 dead. In a similar sized quake in Haiti, they…
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Resilience: earthquake resistance
# CommentIn a city destroyed by earthquakes, and around the country as well, confidence in our built environment has taken a massive hit this week. After a decade of suffering stories about leaky buildings, and the recent quakes that have destroyed the centre of Christchurch city, what people need to have now is confidence in their…
