Primary, shown in Paris in 2015, is a three-sided wall installation illuminated by three LED light sources that reference the primary colours of light: red, green and blue.
People | Colin Martin | 16 Dec 2019

Photon sculptor: Flynn Talbot

In the past decade, this Australian-born, London-based light artist and designer has seen his experiential and monumental installations exhibited around the world.

La casa telematica by Ugo La Pietra (1983).
Discussion | Colin Martin | 17 Sep 2019

How does the future affect today’s domestic architecture?

Through six themes and a meandering series of dreamlike passages, the Home Futures exhibition revisits predictions made by twentieth-century designers to explore how our understanding of “home” is changing over time.

The Bauhaus school in Dessau, Germany.
Discussion | Colin Martin | 5 Sep 2019

Bauhaus centenary: Designing the modern world

While it was open for only 14 years, the Bauhaus school of art and design had a huge impact on design and architecture internationally. To mark its centenary, Colin Martin looks back at some of its key players and their influence.

Italian architect Renzo Piano at the Renzo Piano: The Art of Making Buildings exhibition on display at the Royal Academy of Arts, London.
Discussion | Colin Martin | 1 Apr 2019

Pitch perfect: Renzo Piano

From Centre Georges Pompidou to The Shard tower, the designs of Pritzker Prize-winning Italian architect and engineer Renzo Piano are famous around the world.

Frida Escobedo’s pavilion is aligned to the Serpentine Gallery beyond.
Discussion | Colin Martin | 29 Nov 2018

Summer of architecture and art: Christo, Jeanne-Claude and the Serpentine Pavilion.

In London, Colin Martin explores an exhibition by artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude and the latest Serpentine Pavilion.

Lobby interior of Trellick Tower.
Discussion | Colin Martin | 28 Jul 2016

The brutality of vertical living

Colin Martin reviews the film High-Rise, based on JG Ballard’s novel about the psychological effects of ‘the tower block’.

A model of the Giardini’s Central Pavilion, venue for the Elements of Architecture exhibition.
Industry News | Colin Martin | 25 Mar 2014

Cultural identity: Koolhaas frames the Venice proposition

Rem Koolhaas explains his themes for the 2014 Venice Architecture Biennale around architectural identity.

Reflections from a large mirror in Dalston House create the illusion that people are hanging off a real facade.
Discussion | Colin Martin | 20 Feb 2014

Dalston House

Artist Leandro Erlich’s playful exploration of domestic architecture.

Prince Alfred Park + Pool Upgrade by City of Sydney and Neeson Murcutt Architects.
Industry News | Colin Martin | 5 Jul 2013

WAF and INSIDE awards shortlists

Australian projects well represented in the shortlists for WAF and INSIDE.

Protect Me From What I Want (recreation), (1983–85) by Jenny Holzer.
Discussion | Colin Martin | 2 Jan 2013

Postmodernism gets ‘the museum treatment’

Colin Martin reflects on a 2012 exhibition that explored the themes of postmodernism and commodity culture.