Sonia van de Haar 21/9/23 Sonia van de Haar 21/9/23

choosing your colour strategy

Colour in Architecture takes many forms and can be expressed or used in wildly different ways.

Sonia van de Haar 9/2/23 Sonia van de Haar 9/2/23

WHY SO WHITE?

As you may know - I am not a fan of stark whites. Whilst the colour white has its uses and place in architecture, I strongly object to its use as a ‘given’, or a default colour.

Barbara McConchie 22/9/22 Barbara McConchie 22/9/22

HURRY TO WHERE THEY STILL (BLOOM)

Where have all the colours gone?

National Carillon as Memorial for Lost Temperate Grasslands

Sonia van de Haar 22/8/21 Sonia van de Haar 22/8/21

COLOUR IS POLITICAL

In architecture, colour is often thought of as dangerous, because of its capacity to destroy the perception of form. It’s thought of as trivial, because of its association with decoration, with the primitive, and with the feminine.  Colour is political.

Sonia van de Haar 31/3/21 Sonia van de Haar 31/3/21

STANDARDS (AS2700-2011)

I love the Australian Standards colour palette (AS2700-2011). It’s partially because the colour names represent place-based things: Waratah Red, Wattle Yellow, Koala Grey, Blue Gum, Wombat and Bondi Blue, to mention just a few.

Sonia van de Haar 28/2/21 Sonia van de Haar 28/2/21

CELEBRATING 10 YEARS OF COLOUR COLLABORATIONS

Returning to Australia from the UK, my first job came after talking to friends Nick Murcutt and Rachel Neeson about my plans to work for myself as a colour specialist collaborating with architects.