All Fall Down: Christchurch's Lost Chimneys - Brossura

Rice, Geoff

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1927145104 ISBN 13: 9781927145104

Casa editrice: Univ of Canterbury, 2011

Riassunto

A visual history of Christchurch chimneys—domestic, commercial, and industrial—this book describes the chimneys’ design origins, functions, and modifications. Documenting the typical styles of successive periods, from late Victorian through Art Deco to the latest versions on modern homes, this record demonstrates the diverse heritage of European chimneys replicated in colonial New Zealand. Following up on the devastation caused by two earthquakes—in September 2010 and the following February—the book provides insight into those historical events, as well as photos of architectural structures that were later completely destroyed.

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L'autore:

Geoff Rice is a professor of history at the University of Canterbury and the author ofBlack November, Christchurch Changing, and Lyttelton: Port and Town.

Product Description:

A house without a chimney doesn't really look like a home. Yet thousands of Christchurch houses no longer have a chimney after the earthquakes of 2010 and 2011. The streets look strangely different without their familiar vertical accents. While this book was prompted by the Christchurch earthquake of September 2010, its author has long had a fascination with chimneys. He grew up in the smoggy Christchurch of the 1950s, not far from the Gasworks, and brick chimneys were all around him, both industrial and domestic, silhouetted against the red winter sunsets. He then noted the variety of British and European chimney pots seen on his travels, and realised that Christchurch had its own unique type, the Homebush pot. The book was first written over the summer of 2010, but then came the devastating February 2011 earthquake, with serious loss of life, and text and photographs alike had to be revisited. Many of the chimneys photographed after September were destroyed in February. This book is a visual history of Christchurch chimneys - domestic, commercial and industrial, most of which no longer exist. While noting the quirky and unusual, it also attempts to document the typical styles of successive periods, from late Victorian to Art Deco and the latest versions on new houses, that serve as reminders of the diverse heritage of the European chimney.

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• Editore: Univ of Canterbury
• Data di pubblicazione: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1927145104
• ISBN 13: 9781927145104
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 120