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The Making of Cite 91

Click on the image to watch a video about the making of Cite 91. Check out my online video showing how the new issue of Cite was printed. The video is about 7 minutes in length and takes you through the offset process for the interior pages, the letterpress work on the cover, and the [...]

05.09.13 Design

Cite 91 Celebration

Team at Workhorse and Spindletop Design (from left)—Jennifer Blanco, John Earles, Travis Smith, Joe Ross, and Laura Tait. Photos by Mary Beth Woiccak and Tom Flaherty. Cite celebrated the release of issue 91 at Workhorse Printmakers, located just off Washington Avenue. Writers, designers, photographers, illustrators, and other extraordinary people packed in the space between vintage [...]

05.06.13 Design

Cite 91: A Handmade Issue

A new issue of Cite (91) was mailed and is arriving at the Brazos Bookstore, CAMH, MFAH, Issues, Domy, River Oaks Bookstore, and other stores. Below is a letter from the editor about this issue, followed by the Table of Contents. I want you to tear apart this Cite. The printer, Specialty Bindery, hand-glued this [...]

05.03.13 Architecture

Cite 90 Celebration at the Gensler Offices in Pennzoil Place

Sean Thackston, Jennifer Batchelor, Katie Plocheck, and Ted Rubenstein. Photos by Raj Mankad and Katie Plocheck. Yesterday evening, Cite celebrated the release of its new 30th anniversary issue at Gensler, which is celebrating its 40th anniversary. The Gensler offices are located in Pennzoil Place. The 45-degree geometry of Philip Johnson and John Burgee’s design, completed [...]

12.14.12 Architecture

Cite 90: 30th Anniversary Special Issue

The Fall 2012 issue of Cite (90) was mailed to RDA members and Cite subscribers, and is available at the Brazos Bookstore, CAMH, MFAH, Issues, Domy, River Oaks Bookstore, Menil, and other stores. Below is a letter from the guest editors, Matthew Johnson, Zakcq Lockrem, and Barry Moore, about this issue, followed by the Table [...]

12.08.12 Architecture

Cite 89 Party: Honey Spills, Freeway Water Slides, and More

A mega sports complex mixing Zaha Hadid and Gehry elements drawn by Masa Lemu over a photograph of the Astroworld site by Sharon Steinmann in Cite 81 Last Thursday evening, Cite celebrated the release of its new issue at Asakura Robinson, an urban planning and landscape architecture firm. Their offices on the second floor of [...]

08.28.12 Architecture
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Cite 89: Houston’s Place in a Larger World

The Summer 2012 issue of Cite (89) was mailed to RDA members and Cite subscribers, and is available at the Brazos Bookstore, CAMH, MFAH, Issues, Domy, River Oaks Bookstore, and other stores. Below is a letter from the guest editor, Monica Savino, about this issue, followed by the Table of Contents. The oft-quoted slogan attributed [...]

08.14.12 Reviews

Cite 88 Party at Internum

Alexandra Kelley, Carla Munoz, Debra norris, and Juan Negrete of Internum Yesterday evening, Cite celebrated the release of its new issue at Internum, a recently-opened high-end furniture store. The clean lines of the furniture and the crisp white walls made everyone look sharp. No one made speeches or declaimed poetry. It was an evening of [...]

04.13.12 Design

Wang Shu: You Must Change Your Way of Life

Wang Shu’s drawing for the Xiangshan Campus, China Academy of Art, Hangzhou, all images courtesy Wang Shu In the Fall of 2011, the Rice Design Alliance (RDA) brought three architects from China to lecture in Houston at The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. One of the speakers, Wang Shu, was just announced as the next [...]

03.01.12 Architecture

Cite 87 Party in the Sixth Ward, or Del Sesto

Poet and Inprint Executive Director Rich Levy and novelist Farnoosh Moshiri Yesterday evening, English + Associates Architects hosted the release party for Cite 87 at their offices in the Sixth Ward. Kathleen English gave a short talk on how she adapted the 120-year-old church building at 1919 Decatur. From the lowest floor, we could see [...]

12.07.11 Place