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(FAB08_063) 'A Pitiful Pile of Bricks': B W Mountfort and St John's Cathedral, Napier
Lochhead, Ian (1997-07) (FAB08_063) 'A Pitiful Pile of Bricks': B W Mountfort and St John's Cathedral, Napier. Fabrications : The Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand, 8 : 64-86.
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| Author(s) |
Lochhead, Ian
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| Title |
(FAB08_063) 'A Pitiful Pile of Bricks': B W Mountfort and St John's Cathedral, Napier
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| Journal name |
Fabrications : The Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand
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1997-07
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8
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64
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86
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| Editor(s) |
Frith, Stephen
Goad, Philip
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310105 History of the Built Environment
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| Abstract |
On February 3 1931 an earthquake measuring 7.9 on the Richter scale struck the town of Napier on the east coast of New Zealand's North Island. Within the space of a few minutes the
centre of the Napier was virtually destroyed, only a handful of buildings sunriving the shock; two hundred and fifty-eight people died and many more were injured. The reconstruction of the town
began almost at once, resulting in a homogenous streetscape filled with buildings in the Art Deco and related styles? Now internationally known for its remarkable collection of 1930s buildings, the
city's earlier architecture has been largely forgotten. The destruction of virtually all of the city's nineteenth and early twentieth century buildings has effectively erased them from
architectural history while the loss of documentary evidence as a result of the earthquake has made the task of the historian who seeks to redress the situation even more difficult.
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BW Mountfort
St John's cathedral, Napier
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