The contrasting plastered window surrounds and strongly projecting gables were notable features, as well as the turret over the corner intersection of the verandahs. The house has had little modification since construction.
Riverlaw was the home of Colonel George Smith, who purchased the property in It was a three-storeyed residence with distinctive brick arches and decorative timber balustrades onthe verandahs. Riverlaw also incorporated remnants of the original house on the property. The convent was erected in for the Sisters of Our Lady of the Missions, who had served in Christchurch since Demolished September - June Described as one of the finest examples of church architecture in Australasia, the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament was a superb example of architect Francis William Petre's work.
George Bernard Shaw, when he toured New Zealand in , compared the cathedral to the work of the great Italian Renaissance architect, Filippo Brunelleschi. The building was in a damaged state for a decade after the 4 September Canterbury earthquake and was further damaged and deconstructed over subsequent years.
It was designed by architects Collins and West in the Gothic style with heavy brick walls and buttresses. The Lyttelton Road Tunnel Administration Building, built in and designed by architect Peter Beaven, was a significant work in the development of New Zealand architecture. The building was located at the western end of the newly constructed road tunnel linking Christchurch to the port of Lyttelton. It was built to house the staff who controlled all aspects of the tunnel's operations, including the toll booths across the motorway.
By the collection of tolls ceased and the booths were removed. Canterbury Public Library Former , s section was significant as the oldest building of the former public library complex, which has a long association as a place of knowledge and recreation with the public of Christchurch.
This two-storey brick villa was built to house the Head Librarian of Christchurch Public Library in The Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority has signalled the idea of selling off parts of Christchurch's residential red zone.
If red zone land is sold by the government for housing, the former residents should be offered the land first, says the Christchurch mayor. The future of the Christchurch rebuild has been revealed, with a new agency - called Regenerate Christchurch - overseeing the next phase of the reconstruction. The Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority is on track to have the residential red-zone cleared by April next year, with more than 7, homes demolished so far.
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Key said some 10, houses would have to be demolished, including 3, that were damaged by a magnitude 7. That quake was deeper and further away than the 22 February event, and did not cause any deaths or as much damage. Several hundred central city commercial buildings would also have to be bulldozed, Key said. He said modular houses would be brought in to provide temporary housing for some of the many thousands of displaced homeowners, some of whom will have to abandon their wrecked homes and land.
A national memorial service is planned for 18 March, and Key said the open-air service in a city park could attract up to , people. Work crews are still clearing rubble from the earthquake, which cut water and power services across the city.
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