Contemporary Architecture, Modern Design

Martin responded to an invitation by Clay Odom to submit new research for an exhibition that ran parallel to the Weather Symposium, hosted by the University of Texas at Austin. The exhibition call asked for work that fit within the conference theme or could be new work made specifically for the conference. Mr. Summers used the opportunity to take a prior experiment regarding mid-century modern architecture and furniture that produced some surreal results and to further iterat

Click image to expand A Purple Architecture is now available. The books editors Vahid Vadat, James Kerestes, & Ebrahim Poustinchi did an incredible job assembling a talented group of architects to submit work under the notion of “purpleness.” In the book’s prologue the editors set out the agenda: “The centuries old topic of how to represent reality, and subsequently how to supplant it, anchors these scenarios. In the past few decades, philosophers like Jean Baudrillard, Gille

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

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