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"A Purple Architecture" Book Released
A Purple Architecture is now available. The books editors Vahid Vadat, James Kerestes, & Ebrahim Poustinchi did an incredible job...
Jan 31, 20243 min read
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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...
Apr 5, 20221 min read
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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...
Jul 11, 20211 min read
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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...
May 28, 20211 min read
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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...
Mar 27, 20212 min read
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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...
Nov 11, 20201 min read
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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...
May 1, 20201 min read
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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...
Apr 22, 20201 min read
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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...
Apr 17, 20201 min read
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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...
Mar 17, 20201 min read
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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....
Feb 21, 20201 min read
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"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"...
Aug 23, 20192 min read
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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...
Aug 20, 20191 min read
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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....
May 6, 20191 min read
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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...
Mar 26, 20191 min read
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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...
Jan 7, 20191 min read
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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...
May 28, 20181 min read
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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...
Apr 24, 20181 min read
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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...
Feb 10, 20181 min read
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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...
Dec 16, 20171 min read
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