Contemporary Architecture, Modern Design

Martin Summers was interviewed by Whitney Hale of UK NOW, University of Kentucky News. The interview was based on a recent article that...

Martin Summers attended the "Foundations and Futures Conference" for the first "Exhibit Columbus" biennial with colleagues from the...

"Disruptive Continuity [Explorations in-Form]" was accepted or presentation at the Texas Society of Architects' 77th Annual Convention and Design Expo as part of the TxA Emerging Design + Technology sessions. The conference will be held at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center in downtown San Antonio on November 3-5. TxA Emerging Design + Technology will include 3 panels of 3-4 presenters per panel. Each presenter will have approximately 12-15 minutes to present. The pres

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

"Disruptive Continuity" Published on Architects Newspaper as part of an article recapping ACADIA 2015.

The panel was led by Mara Marcu and Stephen Slaughter, both faculty at UC DAAP and organizers of the exhibition and panel for "EcoDiversity: Computation and Identity." The discussion focused on how each person/team addressed the role of the designer and their decision making process within computationally driven design. Our installation was crafted to address their call and attempts to describe the fluid relationship between academic research and teaching with professional

DISRUPIVEcontinuity exhibit opens at ACADIA 2015, "Computational Ecologies: Design in the Anthropocene." Our work was prominantly featured as the centerpiece of a special exhibition "EcoDiversity: Computation and Identity" at the Reed Gallery, UC DAAP - October 22 through December 6, 2015

Disruptive Continuity – Explorations in Digital Form via Iterative Process In contemporary architectural education, young architects use digital tools to produce digital models that tend toward superficial or visual representations of a built work; however in practice the digital model produces the constructed reality. Academia and practice are both being revolutionized via parametric tools that allow for increased speed and variation. As our tools and ability to produce

University of Kentucky News publishes the IDA Awards Press Release with additiona interview content on the UK Now newsletter and website.

Promotional video by the Farmani Group highlighting the finalists in the Professional Architecture, Design category and the announcement of PLUS-SUM Studio as the overall winner. The win was over Blocker Blocker Partners, Park Associati, Partisans, Rocco Design Architects Limited, and REX. Thanks to IDA and the Farmani Group for this incredible honor.

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...