They could have done a better job blending the new with the old.
I wonder if they could have made the new more earthquake resistant? I'm pretty
sure architects & engineers knew the principles back in the 80s.
On 12/8/2020 03:06:23, David Mann wrote:
On Dec 7, 2020, at 11:07 PM, Bob Pdml <[email protected]> wrote:
The facade of the church looks as if it might be rescue-able. There is a
lot of ‘facadism’ going on over here where they demolish everything but the
front of the building and put something modern behind it.
There's quite a bit of that going on here after the earthquakes.
Prior to that the Clarendon Hotel was demolished and a tower block was built
behind the old facade. It looked absolutely terrible. It was all damaged
beyond repair by the quakes and is currently an empty site being used as a
car park.
https://canterburystories.nz/exhibitions/places-christchurch-buildings/clarendon-hotel
Cheers, Dave
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