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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

Cite 87: Insider Stories

Cover photo by Jack Thompson. The Fall 2011 issue of Cite (87) 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. The cover of this issue shows Dan Havel [...]

11.30.11 Architecture
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Cite 86: Rice At 100

Cite 86 cover photograph by Paul Hester. The Summer 2011 issue of Cite (86) was mailed and is at the Brazos Bookstore, CAMH, MFAH, Issues, Domy, River Oaks Bookstore, and other stores. Below is a letter from guest editors Katherine Howe and Rafael Longoria about this issue, followed by the Table of Contents. Houston is [...]

09.08.11 Architecture

Cite 86 Party at PH Design

Reginald Hatter, Co-Director of Workshop Houston, at PH Design. The Cite 86 launch party was held last night at the new Rice Village location of PH Design Shop, a purveyor of gifts, stationary, and custom invitations. (The firm also does the graphic design for Cite.) It was a perfect evening, cool outside and in. PH [...]

09.08.11 Architecture

OffCite Goes to China

Shenzhen Central Business District, photo from Wikipedia Mind-blowing statistics about China’s urban growth abound. Here’s one. Shenzhen grew from a small town of about 300,000 to over 14 million in just 30 years, making its sister city, Houston, look like a stone on the side of the highway. How can we make sense of numbers [...]

07.02.11 Architecture

Cite 85 Party at Poison Girl

The entrance to Poison Girl would be easy to miss except that it is fuchsia. The Cite 85 launch party was held last night at Poison Girl, a bar on Westheimer that is often home to literary readings. Kelly Moore read from her contribution to the issue, “Sidewalks, Steps, and Labyrinths: Navigating Houston in a [...]

05.05.11 Architecture

Cite 85: Game On

The Spring 2011 issue of Cite (85) was mailed and is at the Brazos Bookstore, CAMH, MFAH, Issues, Domy, River Oaks Bookstore, and other stores. Below is a letter by Julia Mandell and Susan Rogers about this special issue, followed by the Table of Contents. This issue of Cite features articles on a broad range [...]

04.27.11 Architecture

Cite 84: Fabrication

Cite 84 cover photograph by Jack Thompson. The Winter 2011 issue of Cite (84) was mailed and is at the Brazos Bookstore, CAMH, MFAH, Issues, Domy, River Oaks Bookstore, and other stores. Below is a letter by Raj Mankad about this special issue, followed by the Table of Contents. The Houston region was named the [...]

02.11.11 Architecture