A London-based Australian freelance writer and critic. He is an arts and science graduate of the University of Melbourne.
Colin Martin's Latest contributions
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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’.
Cultural identity: Koolhaas frames the Venice proposition
Rem Koolhaas explains his themes for the 2014 Venice Architecture Biennale around architectural identity.
Dalston House
Artist Leandro Erlich’s playful exploration of domestic architecture.
WAF and INSIDE awards shortlists
Australian projects well represented in the shortlists for WAF and INSIDE.
Postmodernism gets ‘the museum treatment’
Colin Martin reflects on a 2012 exhibition that explored the themes of postmodernism and commodity culture.