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Martin Kollar

Martin Kollar’s work has been featured at venues worldwide, including the Brooklyn Museum, the Tel Aviv Museum of Art, and the Maison Européen de la Photographie. He has published four photography books and has worked as a cinematographer on several films, including KOZA (2015).

The Slovak Radio Building, an inverted pyramid completed in 1983, has been called “one of the ugliest buildings in the world.” Recording studios at the center are surrounded by outward-facing offices. Its heavy weight and rough texture seem to capture the grim, waning years of Communist Party rule.

Is Bratislava’s Communist-Era Architecture Worth Preserving?

For residents of Slovakia’s capital, Cold War structures recall a painful past