Contemporary Architecture, Modern Design

PLUS-SUM Studio's project Indelible Pattern(s) was featured on Rushi.net. The publication features the project among some incredible work from the around the world. Thanks Rushi! Full Page: #research #universityofkentucky #publication #aesthetics #international #ExhibitColumbus

We are pleased to be included in Archinect Sessions , a Podcast that reaches an international audience of architects and students of architecture. The specific episode is titled, "Site Visit: Exhibit Columbus," (Soundcloud link here: link ) which chronicles a return to Columbus, Indiana by Ken Koense and Donna Sink to discuss the installations now completed. In the case of our project, we were delayed 6 weeks due to CNC issues over the summer and just happened to be on site

We are pleased to be included in Archinect Sessions , a Podcast that reaches an international audience of architects and students of architecture. The specific episode 103 is titled, "Machines Don't Care; A Conversation about Exhibit Columbus's Student Installations." Soundcloud link here: link Martin Summers and David Biagi are co-teaching the University of Kentucky College of Design, School of Architecture design-build studio for this event and participated in the discussi

Martin Summers has been announced as a winner of the notable Silver A' Design Award Como, Italy, April 19, 2017 /DESIGNPRWIRE/ A' International Design Award and Competition is proud to see that the work Grey Matter by PLUS-SUM Studio has been acknowledged with the famed S ilver A' Design Award at Architecture, Building and Structure Design Competition Category . It was chosen as a winner by the transnational jury members of the A' Design Awards & Competitions among thousand

Creative Mornings Lexington invited Mitzi Vernon (Dean of the University of Kentucky College of Design) to present her work regarding...

Martin Summersartwork titled: "LeProcope_Glitch02" was exhibited as part of the "Expanding Fields" exhibition organized by the Lexington Art League and curated by Catherine Wentworth. The exhibition openened Friday, February 24th and will be on display until the closing on March 24, 2017. The show is in the Lexington Art League's gallery at the Loudoun House - 209 Castlewood Drive, Lexington, KY 40505. A link to the Lexington Art Leagues Website can be found here: Link #Lex

Martin Summers will be exhibiting artwork titled: "LeProcope_Glitch02" as part of the "Expanding Fields" exhibition organized by the Lexington Art League and curated by Catherine Wentworth. The exhibition opens Friday, February 24th from 6-9pm at the Loudoun House - 209 Castlewood Drive, Lexington, KY 40505. The image is a combination of an original digital photograph taken during dinner one night in Paris, France in October, 2008. The reflections of the interior of the res

Essay by Martin Summers (edited by Brent Sturlaugson) about the " Point of Departure " project and pedagogical implications of "Disruptive Continuity" was published in " Off Ramp 12: Tolerance ." Off Ramp is SCI-Arc's online academic journal, edited by the Post Graduate Design Theory and Pedagogy Program. Essay can be found here: ( Link ) From the Editors' Preface : "In this issue of Offramp we seek to interrogate what might remain as a tool, or tools, for producing the id

PLUS-SUM Studio's projects Grey Matter and Point of Departure were recognized with two Honorable Mentions in the 2016 AAP Architecture Prize . Link to Grey Matter Honorable Mention Link to Point of Departure Honorable Mention #AAPArchitecturePrize #international #lexington #camouflage #GreyMatter #sustainable #publication #urbandesign #research #universityofkentucky #awards #ukcod #PointofDeparture

We are honored to have our work featured as part of a group exhibition titled, "Resolution - The Digital Print" hosted in Los Angeles by Jai & Jai Gallery. The exhibition will open on Saturday, July 9th; 8-11pm as part of an opening reception for the show. The multi-time zone collaboration started over a year ago and as part of the Super//Architects Thesis Call and has grown into a multi-phase project where we are only now nearing the conclusion of phase II. Our installatio

Martin Summers proposal was accepted by the 2016 AIA KY/AIA IN Convention Program Subcommittee for the 2016 AIA KY/AIA IN Convention: Craft - Distilling Design . The convention will take place September 15-17, 2016 in Lexington, Kentucky. Mr. Summers will present "Disruptive Continuity - Explorations in Digital Form via Iterative Process," as part of the convention program. The session will take place on TFriday, September 16, 10:15am-11:30am., location TBD. Excerpt: Di

PLUS-SUM Studio received notification that our entry into "The Secret Life of Buildings: A Call for Objects" competition has been...

The Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture and the CROSS-AMERICAS: Probing Disglobal Networks has accepted "Grey Matter: Louisville Children's Museum Competition," 2016 ACSA International Conference, held June 29 - July 1, 2016, in Santiago, Chile. "Project submissions were peer-reviewed by a minimum of three scholars, and decisions to accept are based on those reviews. This year's project abstract acceptance rate is 38%. (View past conference acceptance rates her

The University of Kentucky News just released an article about the 2015 Sustainability Challenge Grant recipients which features the " Point of Departure: Place Making and Identity Via Integrated, Didactic & Sustainable Transit Shelters " research project. The project consists of a cross-disciplinary team of faculty, campus stakeholders, campus master planners, students and industry leading expert consultants exploring issues of identity, networks, grid-tied solar, enhanced

The University of Kentucky President's Sustainability Advisory Committee announced the 2015 Sustainability Challenge Grant recipients and...

GUGGENHEIMhelsinki is one of two entries from the United States selected for inclusion in the Korea Institute for Youth Facility and Environment (KIYFE) exhibit in Munjeong Samsung Raemian Gallery in Seoul, Korea. The KIYFE promotes youth related research and healthy environments for youth facilities. The exhibition focuses on opportunites for students and the public to expereince diverse architectural concepts with real world projects and recognize the social role that arc

University of Kentucky College of Design publishes the IDA Awards Press Release on the UK/CoD website as a news article #publication #ukcod #research #website #urbandesign #conceptual #awards #universityofkentucky

" Grey Matter ," Louisville Children's Musuem featured on arch2o #arch2o #website #urbandesign #publication #conceptual #research #international

The hybrid poster was uploaded today on Super // Architects Instagram account as a sereis of images forming a short video. The intent of the video was to reveal a bit more about the process and evolution of the drawing, which also includes images from Skype/FaceTime meetings with Bryan Cantley of Form:uLA . #website #superarchitects #international #poster #publication #universityofkentucky #drawing #professor #research #conceptual #ukcod

Received notification today that our proposal was accepted to the "EcoDiversity_Comuptation and Identity" exhibition at the University of...