Comments on: W&M earthquake casualties

By: Gee

Gee — Tue, 27 Aug 2013 06:50:33 +0000

Sadly, MB Warren House has also been demolished.

By: Ben

Ben — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 01:59:42 +0000

On a positive note the townhouses in Office road took it all and are in fantastic condition

By: simon

simon — Sat, 19 Mar 2011 11:50:39 +0000

The Dorset Towers has also been red stickered as well The second block of the Dorset Flats look like they may be OK – the walls are down, but each flat has been green stickered.

By: Justin

Justin — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 06:00:45 +0000

The Davis house was demolished last week. Insert sad face thing here.

By: Eye of the Fish | A wide-angle view of architecture, urban design and life in Wellington

Sat, 05 Mar 2011 09:27:42 +0000

[...] crews, is that Christchurch may be left with a plethora of painfully dull and bland buildings. Many of the nice modern ones have bit the dust as well, although there’s no doubt the ugly crap of the world, like Harvey [...]

By: Matt

Matt — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 05:28:13 +0000

So sorry to see some of these classic designs damaged and destroyed. Hopefully some are not uneconomic to fix . As some appear to be block veneer, rather than reinforced concrete block, I assume that structurally some of them are ok, and they look worse than they are. Unfortunately I think that some of Chch heritage buildings will be demolished prematurely, due to emotion, and it sounds like the earthquake minister isn’t a fan of heritage building.

By: Paul Litterick

Paul Litterick — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 23:44:53 +0000

As you say, arse. At the very least, the Dorset Street Flats should be restored. They are too important and too beautiful to let go.