About OffCite
Our Mission
The Rice Design Alliance and the
Cite editorial committee launched
OffCite.org in December 2008. OffCite features the authoritative and thoughtful voices found in the print magazine,
Cite: The Architecture + Design Review of Houston and seeks to bring additional writers to the discussion. The blog features reviews, architectural news roundups, photo essay outtakes, podcasts, and more. If bulldozers threaten a historic building, if a new transit plan is announced, the blog aims to provide a forum for reflection, analysis, and action. OffCite is supported in part by a grant from the Susan Vaughan Foundation.
The opinions expressed on Offcite.org do not necessarily represent the views of the board of directors of the Rice Design Alliance.
Regular Contributors
Ben Koush, Editorial Committee Member - Cite Magazine
Ben Koush works for HOK and is a founding member of Houston Mod.
Stephen Fox
Fox is a fellow of the Anchorage Foundation of Texas.
Jesse Hager
Hager graduated from the University of Texas School of Architecture and has his own design practice.
Raj Mankad, Editor - Cite Magazine
Mankad moved to Houston in 2001 to work as a teacher and earn an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Houston, where he received the Donald Barthelme awards for his fiction and nonfiction writing. He served as Managing Editor of
Feminist Economics from 2004 until he joined the
Cite team in July 2008.
Christof Spieler, Chair of the Editorial Committee - Cite Magazine
Spieler has followed transit and infrastructure in Houston for years and has covered the subjects extensively for
Cite. He works for Morris Architects as Director of Technology and Innovation on sustainable buildings and implementing building information modeling (BIM). He also teaches at the Rice University School of Architecture and advises student design-build studios at Rice and the University of Houston.
