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Jan 313 min read

"A Purple Architecture" Book Released

A Purple Architecture is now available. The books editors Vahid Vadat, James Kerestes, & Ebrahim Poustinchi did an incredible job...

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Apr 5, 20221 min read

Jake's Garden at Sav's Restaurant and Gourmet Ice Cream Featured on Archello

We are excited to have been asked to submit recent work to Archello and from this engagement, Jake's Garden at Sav's Restaurant and...

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Jul 11, 20211 min read

Martin Summers Presents Research to Kentucky Governor's School for the Arts (GSA)

Martin Summers presented the academic research along with a series of small projects by PLUS-SUM Studio to the students who were...

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May 28, 20211 min read

Martin Summers Presents to SCI-Arc's "Itinerant Platform" Studio Led By Emil Seehusen

Martin Summers presented his body of research that spans pedagogical processes and aesthetics related to perception, form, and experience...

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Mar 27, 20212 min read

Jake's Garden at Sav's Grill Opens

Grand Opening for Jake's Garden at Sav's Grill was held on Friday, March 26th. It was such a pleasure to have nice weather and to...

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Nov 11, 20201 min read

Martin Summers Invited to SCI_Arc Thesis Reviews

Martin was invited to SCI_Arc Final Thesis Reviews for GT20, and participated virtually through the Zoom format that we have all become...

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May 1, 20201 min read

Martin Summers Invited to Jose Oubrerie's University of Kentucky Studio Final

With Jose Oubrerie once again living in Lexington and teaching in the School of Architeture at the University of Kentucky, it has made...

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Apr 22, 20201 min read

Martin Summers Invited to Chandler Ahrens "Fabricated Drawings" Review

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the review utilized a format that has since become a bit more common for reviews, MIRO. The MIRO board...

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Apr 17, 20201 min read

Martin Summers Invited to Review Alvin Huang's "Form Follows Performance" Graduate Thesis Studio

Martin Summers was invited by Alvin Huang to participate in his "Form Follows Performance" Graduate Thesis Review, a pre-final review of...

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Mar 17, 20201 min read

Martin Summers Featured in UKCoD Video

Martin Summers is featured in a video discussing the University of Kentucky College of Design and what it is like as an institution, how...

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Feb 21, 20201 min read

Martin Summers Presents to Brian Kelly's "Representational Theory" course at Nebraska

Martin Summers was invited to present via Zoom to Brian Kelly's "Representational Theory" course at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln....

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Aug 23, 20192 min read

"Gray Matter" Included in "REJECTED: Architectural Drawings and Their Stories" at OSU

A drawing from "Gray Matter" was selected for inclusion in the second exhibition of "REJECTED: Architectural Drawings and Their Stories"...

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Aug 20, 20191 min read

Martin Summers Serves as ACADIA 2019 "Scientific Committee Reviewer"

As part of an invited group of reviewers for the 2019 ACADIA Conference "Ubiquity and Autonomy" hosted at The University of Texas at...

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May 6, 20191 min read

Martin Summers Invited to Kent State Final Reviews

Martin Summers was invited by Margaret Griffin to review the work from her Graduate Studio II that she was leading as a Visiting Critic....

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Mar 26, 20191 min read

Martin Summers Selected as Architecture Faculty Representative for UKCoD Building Committee

Martin Summers, Associate Professor of Architecture at the University of Kentucky College of Design was selected as a representative for...

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Jan 7, 20191 min read

Indelible Patterns(s): Featured on Archello

PLUS-SUM Studio was contacted by the editor of Archello to submit Indelible Pattern(s) as a featured project on their website. The...

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May 28, 20181 min read

PLUS-SUM Studio in collaboration with students at the University of Kentucky College of Design, Scho

Photo by Roger Hubeli and Julie Larsen of Aptum Architectrure Martin Summers and PLUS-SUM Studio were invited to participate in the...

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Apr 24, 20181 min read

Indelible Pattern(s): Featured on Rushi.net

PLUS-SUM Studio's project Indelible Pattern(s) was featured on Rushi.net. The publication features the project among some incredible work...

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Feb 10, 20181 min read

Disruptive Continuity Workshop at University of Cincinnati DAAP

Martin Summers led a workshop titled "Disruptive Continuity" for Stephen Slaughters studio at the University of Cincinnati DAAP on...

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Dec 16, 20171 min read

Martin Summers Reviews "M" by Morphosis in TAD Journal, Volume 1: Issue 1

Martin Summers review of "M" by Morphosis published in the new journal by the ACSA titled, "TAD Technology | Architecture + Design." In...

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