Writing by Ben Koush

“The Latest in Neo-New Formalism.” Architect’s Newspaper. January-February 2023. 18-19.

“Almost All Right.” Texas Architect. November-December 2020. 64-75. (with Kathryn O’Rourke)

“Oh So Boring.” Texas Architect. March-April 2020. 27-29

“Nu Vernacular.” Texas Architect. November-December 2019. 58-65.

“OMA and Powers Brown Unveil Adaptive Reuse Design for Houston’s 1962 Central Post Office Building.” Texas Architect. September-October 2019. 11,13,16.

“Sketchy.” Texas Architect. July-August 2019. 72-77.

“Rice Is Transforming a Midcentury Sears Into an “Innovation Hub” for Houston.” Texas Architect. May-June 2019. 15-16, 18.

“Exhibition Review; Shooting Stim and Dross.” Texas Architect. March-April 2019. 21-22, 25.

“Housey House.” Texas Architect. January-February 2019. 30-35.

“Tracing the Line.” Texas Architect. September-October 2018. 96-99.

“Rogers Partners Unveils Concept Design for a New Stewart Beach Pavilion in Galveston.” Texas Architect. July-August 2018. 16, 19, 21.

“Elevated.” Texas Architect. March-April 2018. 42-47.

“Born to Be Mercantile.” The Architects Newspaper. February-March 2018.  21.

“Moody Blues.” Texas Architect. May-June 2017. 62-69.

“Studio Visit: Miro Rivera.” The Architects Newspaper. 4 January 2017. 20-21.

“Public Performance.” Texas Architect. November-December 2016. 52-57.

“Historical or Hysterical?” The Architects Newspaper. 7 September 2016. 9.

“Modern Interior Design in Houston.” Essay in exhibition catalog: This Was Contemporary Art: Fine and Decorative Arts in Houston 1945-1965.  Houston: The Heritage Society. 2016. 9-12.

“Studio Visit: KinneyMorrow. The Architects Newspaper. 27 July 2016. 16.

“Freeway of Love.” Texas Architect. July-August 2016. 62-67.

“Instagramming the Frame House: A 1960 Modern Design by Harwood Taylor.” Offcite.org. 24 May 2016.

“Formal Again.” Texas Architect. May-June 2016. 72-77.

“North of South.” The Southwest Architects Newspaper. 13 April 2016. 50-51.

“In the Moody.” The Southwest Architects Newspaper. 13 April 2016. 1, 8.

“Latin Kings.” The Southwest Architects Newspaper. 9 March 2016. 22-23.

“Memorial Park Master Plan.” Texas Architect. November-December 2015. 53-55.

“A Gateway and a Hill.” Texas Architect. November-December 2015. 48-52.

“Vertical House.” Texas Architect. September-October 2015. 80-83.

“New Hope Housing at Brays Crossing.” Texas Architect. September-October 2015. 88-91.

“Small Stuff.” Texas Architect. July-August 2015. 54-59.

“Welch 2.0.” Texas Architect. May-June 2015. 72-77.

“Laying Down the Law.” The Architect’s Newspaper. 20 May 2015.

“Rehabilitation and Recovery.” Texas Architect. March-April 2015. 82-85.

“Homing Instincts: Houston as Genius Locus.” Essay included in:Webb, Bruce, C. editor. Personification: The House and Art Collection of William F. Stern, Architect. Houston: Atrium Press. 2015. 10-22.

“The Grain Silo Plopped Atop the Alley.” Houston Chronicle. Wednesday, 17 December 2014.

“The House of Many Gardens.” PaperCity. November 2014. 54-55.

“Good Neighbors, You May Be Sure.” The Architects Newspaper Southwest. 15 October 2014. 31.

“Perforated House.” Texas Architect. September-October 2014. Cover, 42-45.

“The Perforated House,” PaperCity. September 2014. 70-72.

“Charles Marville: Photographer of Paris.” Arts+Culture Texas. September 2014. 61.

“A Tin Gallery.” Texas Architect. July-August 2014. 54-61.

“A Japanese Farmhouse.” Texas Architect. July-August 2014. 76-79.

“The Belle of Bellaire.” The Architects Newspaper Southwest. 16 July 2014. 1, 7.

“A Thin Wall of Air: Charles James.” Arts+Culture Texas. 15 June 2014. (online only)

“A Coastal Bend Reinvention.” Texas Architect. May-June 2014. 72-75.

“City Beautiful.” The Architects Newspaper Southwest. 5 February 2014. 15.

“Myriad Botanical Gardens.” Texas Architect. January-February 2014. 96.

“Eccentric Culture Gulch Redux.” PaperCity. January 2014. 16-18.

“Kolomon Moser: Designing Modern Vienna, 1897-1907.” Arts+Culture Texas. December 2013.

“Binary House.” Texas Architect. November-December 2013. 46-51.

“Making Light: The Menil Collection Receives 25-Year Award.” Texas Architect. November-December 2013. 27.

“Astrodome Update.” Texas Architect. September-October 2013. 18.

“Roy Kelly Terminal and Parking Garage.” Texas Architect. September-October 2013. 62-65.

“A Splendid Bricolage of East & West.” PaperCity. September 2013. 66-69.

“Inside the Nest of Dennis Brakeen.” PaperCity. September 2013. 62-63.

“From the Pages of Texas Architect: Astrodome Update.” blog.archpaper.com. 11 September 2013.

“Painting the Town Rembrandt Red.” PaperCity. July 2013. 13.

“Room for Improvement.” Arts + Culture Houston. June 2013. 20-21.

“Astrodome Rising?” Arts + Culture Houston. June 2013. 26.

“Interview with Pedro Gadanho.” Texas Architect. May-June 2013. 12-13.

“Reuse, Recycle and Reinvent.” Texas Architect. May-June 2013. 48-53.

“Stern Stuff.” Arts + Culture. 5 March 2013.

“Comforting Yet Alien.” Arts+ Culture Houston. February 2013. 18-19.

“Modesty Is a Virtue.” Texas Architect. January-February 2013. Cover, 30-35.

“10 Decades: Rice School of Architecture Centennial.” Arts + Culture Houston. October 2012. 24.

“Blaffer’s $2 Million Makeover.” Arts + Culture Houston. September 2012. 21.

“The Buildings of the Texas Medical Center Through the Years.” Offcite.org. 5 September 2012.

“Hope for Growth and Community.” Cite. Issue 89, Summer 2012. 18-23.

“Gray Boxes.” Arts + Culture Houston. July-August 2012. 17, 21.

“Bayou Commons.” Offcite.org. 13 June 2012.

“Big Ideas Tight Space.” Cite. Issue 88, Spring 2012 11. (shorter version of Central Station blog post)

“Houston Central Station.” Offcite.org. 27 January 2012.

“St. Emanuel House.” Texas Architect. November-December 2011. 40-45.

“Ano Demo-ni: The Death of Central Presbyterian Church.” Cite. Issue 87, Fall 2011. 54.

Co-Editor, Cite. Issue 83, Fall 2010.

“This Is No Crab Shack.” Cite. Issue 83, Fall 2010. 20-25.

“Touring the Townhouse Boom.” Cite. Issue 83, Fall 2010. 29-31. (Photography.)

“Townhouses Invaded by Big Box.” Cite. Issue 83, Fall 2010. 48.

“Oscar 102/Brasilia 50.” Offcite.org. 12 August 2010.

“Church and Eckbo: A Houston Perspective.” The Cultural Landscape Foundation Newsletter. April 2010.

“Westward Ho, Remembering the Robinson House.” Cite. Issue 80, Fall 2009. 36-39.

“Lerup’s Legacy.” Texas Architect. September-October 2009. 35, 98.

“Lars Lerup Goes to Rome.” Cite. Issue 78, Spring 2009. 8.

“Everything Must Move: Transition at Rice School of Architecture. Offcite.org. 25 June 2009.

“Home, Workplace, and Identity.” Offcite.org. 28 May 2009.

“Adolf Loos: Works and Projects.” Offcite.org. 30 April 2009.

“The Infrastructural City: Networked Ecologies in Los Angeles, edited by Kazys Varnelis.” Officite.org. 11 March 2009.

“The Philip Johnson Tapes: Interviews by Robert A. M. Stern, Edited by Kazys Varnelis.” Offcite.org. 20 February 2009.

“Organic Gardens.” Cite. Issue 73, Winter 2008. 32-35.

“Theme to a Summer Place.” Tribeza. December 2007. 42-51.

“The Modern Mr. Jones.” Cite. Issue 72, Fall 2007. 30-35.

“Frame/Harper House.” Texas Architect. September-October 2007. 48-51.

“East End Modern.” Cite. Issue 69, Winter 2006. 28-29.

“By the Wayside, A Model of Urban Development in the East End.” Cite. Issue 69, Winter 2006. 24-27, 30-31.

“Light Touch: Some Early Work of Harwood Taylor.” Cite. Issue 64, Summer 2005. 14-15.

“New Owners + Neuhaus House = Modern Landmark.” Cite. Issue 63, Spring 2005. 14.

“Dow By The Sea: Modern Architecture’s Moment in Brazoria County.” Cite. Issue 61, Summer 2004. 24-27.

“Don’t Destroy the WCE [West Columbia Elementary School].” The Brazoria County News. Thursday, 20 February 2003. 16.

“Neglected Legacy.” Texas Architect. January-February 2003. 20.

“Home Sweet Motohome: A Pre-Fab Modern Landmark.” Cite. Issue 55, Fall 2002. 11.

“A New Model for Group Living.” Texas Architect. May-June 2002. 30-33.

“Noted Pre-War Gem Renovated.” Texas Architect. May-June 2002. 12.