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Old Posted Dec 19, 2011, 8:34 PM
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CHRISTCHURCH | PriceWaterhouseCoopers Centre | 21 fl | 1986

Some bad news. This building here, is being demolished along with countless other high-rise buildings in Christchurch.



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I there a detailed list of buildings that will be demolished? I see an article that says over 100 will be demolished in the CBD alone.

Such a loss...
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I there a detailed list of buildings that will be demolished? I see an article that says over 100 will be demolished in the CBD alone.

Such a loss...
I can't tell you all the buildings that are being demoed but I can tell you all the skyscrapers and what is happening to them.

Pacific Tower Apartments 23 fl Unknown
Hotel Grand Chancellor 26 fl Undergoing Demolition
PriceWaterHouseCoopers Centre 21 fl Undergoing Demoltion
Forsyth Barr House 19 fl Undergoing Repairs
Clarendon Tower 17 fl Undergoing Demolition
BNZ Tower 12 fl Undergoing Demolition
Victoria Square Tower 15 fl Unknown
Rydges Hotel 15 fl Undergoing Repairs
Holiday Inn Hotel 13 fl Unknown
Crowne Plaza Hotel 13 fl Undergoing Demolition
Novotel 13 fl Unknown
Mellenium Hotel/Heritage Hotel 13 fl Unknown
Westpac Building 12 fl Undergoing Demoltion
Bridgewater Apartments 12 fl Undergoing Demolition
Copthorne Hotel 12 fl Demolished
Copthorne Hotel City Centre 11 fl Unknown
Grant Thornton Building 11 fl Undergoing Demolition

Ad they are putting on a cap of 7 floors so if I want to become an architect and build a skyscraper here I am going to need a good reason.
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The earthquake last year has made many of them unsafe.
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Old Posted Dec 21, 2011, 7:53 PM
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Uhm, why?
I kniw right?
I don't see how a limit could change anything.
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Chch is going to look so much smaller after all these buildings are gone
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It already looks like a village (albeit a giant one) anyway.
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I remember seeing some shocking videos. I'm surprised the list is only 100.
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It's really unfortunate, but the good news is that architects will get to be busy the next few years rebuilding the office space.

With the economy the way that it is, and with China and other places focusing on bigger projects, Christchurch will be unique with the amount of its urban fabric designed in the 2010s.
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Yeah, this is a mixed blessing. It gives Christchurch a free ticket to modernize its office space and update downtown in general.
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Yahoo! / AFP

Powerful quakes rock New Zealand's Christchurch

http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=196432



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The earthquake-devastated New Zealand city of Christchurch was rocked by two powerful 5.8 magnitude tremors Friday, sending terrified residents onto the streets and forcing the airport to close.

The first quake struck at 1:58 pm (0058 GMT) as stores were packed with Christmas shoppers, turning their festive mood into panic as stock fell from shelves.

Local news media reported people fleeing in fear as the quake and a series of strong aftershocks rattled the city.

The second 5.8 quake came 70 minutes later as inner-city streets were gridlocked by people desperate to get home.

"You can't underestimate the ongoing stress this has created for people," Mayor Bob Parker said, as the city continues to recover from a 6.3-magnitude quake in February that killed 181 people and destroyed much of the downtown area.

One person was rushed to hospital after being injured at a shopping mall and the National Crisis Management Centre was activated.

Telephone services were cut in many areas and electricity supplies disrupted, but police said there were no reports of other injuries or widespread damage.
The international airport and shopping malls were all evacuated and closed after the earthquake as a precautionary measure.

"I'm pretty sure we will be open again this afternoon," airport chief executive Jim Boult told Radio New Zealand.

All available police units were mobilised to check on safety and damage across the city of more than 360,000 and people were urged to stay away from hill suburbs because of the risk of rockfalls.

Two vacant properties were reported to have collapsed and liquefaction appeared in some of the suburbs worst hit in previous earthquakes.

Scientists had warned last month of an increased probability that another powerful earthquake would hit Christchurch.

"We knew to expect aftershocks and one in the range around about 6.0 was expected over the next 12 months and that appears to have arrived," Parker said.

Christchurch Central City Business Association manager Paul Lonsdale told Fairfax the quakes came at the worst possible time for retailers, as people completed their Christmas shopping.

"It's really the last thing we needed -- a shake just before Christmas," he said.

"We've had a hell of a year really in many respects. We thought it was close to being over, but perhaps not quite."

Government seismologists said both 5.8 quakes were shallow.

Christchurch resident Jo Davis told Fairfax News her neighbours were screaming.

"I was terrified. I guess just because it's been so long since we've had a decent one. We've had a TV and glasses fall over but no repeat of liquefaction (when earth becomes fluid) like in June so I guess it's not so bad."

New Zealand sits on the so-called "Ring of Fire" the boundary of the Australian and Pacific tectonic plates, and experiences up to 15,000 tremors a year.




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Old Posted Dec 23, 2011, 4:38 AM
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I don't think the ring of fire made any difference in these earthquakes.
Christchurch never had any earthquakes in the populations lifetime.
The last one was in 1888 for gods sake.
I've seen some of the new office designs and the Latimer Hotel design is god
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Amazing. I hope they get good projects in return.
My dad was born in Christchurch.....
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Any particularly great architectural loses in this spate of demolitions?
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Any particularly great architectural loses in this spate of demolitions?
Yeah. Alot. New and old.
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Wow, that's insane. A major city that has to tear down most of it's skyscrapers. What a strange circumstance.
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Reuters

Quake rattles New Zealand's Christchurch: USGS
Reuters – 3 hrs ago

http://news.yahoo.com/quake-rattles-...011530281.html

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(Reuters) - An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.3 struck close to the New Zealand city of Christchurch on Saturday, the U.S. Geological Survey reported, but there were no immediate reports of damage or casualties.

The quake was measured only about 14 km (9 miles) northeast of the city. It was another in a series of quakes that have rattled the city since a major earthquake killed almost 200 people there 10 months ago.

There were no immediate reports of a tsunami warning.

A quake of a similar magnitude was felt in the area on December 23, sending terrified residents from their houses but causing no casualties or major damage.

Christchurch, the largest city in New Zealand's South Island, is still recovering from a quake measuring 6.3 that killed 182 people in February and caused up to NZ$20 billion ($15.5 billion) in damage.

Large areas of Christchurch's business district are still off limits after the February quake, which toppled the city's famous cathedral, as well as shops, office buildings and homes.

New Zealand straddles the boundaries of the Indo-Australian and the Pacific tectonic plates and is hit by about 14,000 quakes every year, of which only a small number top a magnitude of 5.

(Editing by Paul Tait)



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http://news.yahoo.com/quake-rattles-...011530281.html







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After the earthquakes I am surprised the Hotel Grand Chancellor didn't collapse.
(The tallest building in the city at 26 floors and also the most damaged.)
But no major damage on the 23rd? What is that guy? On drugs?
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