Here are some things
I’ve done.
2024
Rebuilding Montrose isn’t about trees. It’s about time.
Houston Chronicle, March 28, 2024
Who does workforce housing work for?
The Architect’s Newspaper, February 22, 2024
2023
A whole lot of nothing: The Houston Rodeo parking lot is a window into the city’s land use
Houstonia, November 16, 2023
Dredging up doubt
Landscape Architecture Magazine, October 2023
Why an arrow shape frequently appears when you map certain factors in Houston
Houston Matters, July 11, 2023
Lifted: Virginia Hanusik’s photographs study the front lines of the climate crisis
The Architect’s Newspaper, May/June 2023
Hello Walls
The Architect’s Newspaper, March/April 2023
2022
How much carbon does your building embody?
Cite, Fall 2022 (#103)
Other Kinds of Power
Oxford American, September 27
You can see all of Houston from POST
Houston Chronicle, April 30
Does not compute
Cite, February 23
“The City That Saved Itself”
More City Than Water: A Houston Flood Atlas, University of Texas Press
2021
No more ‘sacrifice zones.’ It’s time for Port Houston to become a good neighbor.
Houston Chronicle, September 4
Have Houstonians finally had it with hands-off government?
One Breath Partnership, May 19
Who’s going to take responsibility for air pollution in Texas?
Texas Observer, March 3
What is the affirmative defense?
One Breath Partnership, March 2
2020
The W. A. Parish plant in Texas is burning your lungs and the planet. Why won't NRG replace it?
Houston Chronicle, November 15
Achieving Vision Zero in Houston isn’t going to happen one intersection at a time
Texas Observer, October 19
It’s hard to breathe with a concrete plant in your backyard
Urban Edge, August 19
In Houston, the new normal should include more efforts to reduce air pollution
Urban Edge, May 19
Air pollution was already killing us. Then came the coronavirus. Why won’t the EPA act?
Texas Observer, May 6
Why is it so hard to say yes to walkability in Houston?
Houston Chronicle, April 10
Hurricane Harvey led to stronger policies. Chemical fires — ITC, KMCO, Exxon Mobil, TPC, Watson — should too
Houston Chronicle, March 14
Exploring the architecture of gentrification in Texas’ baffled cities
Texas Observer, March 5
How the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality made a cancer-causing chemical seem safer than it is
One Breath Partnership, January 16
2019
Houston BCycle expands accessibility with discounted rates for lower-income users
Urban Edge, August 29
Are naps good for business?
Houston Chronicle, July 23
When you couldn't see the Houston Arboretum for the trees
Houston Chronicle, July 5
Elbert Howze’s photographs of Freedmen’s Town attempt to slow down its disappearance
Glasstire, June 29
What's the real cost of new freeways in Houston?
Houston Chronicle, March 5
2018
Former UH graduate students discover 'forgotten' Anne Sexton poetry
Houston Chronicle, October 17
Tools for Tots: On Alexandra Lange’s “The Design of Childhood”
Los Angeles Review of Books, June 21
How can we design the world for children? A conversation with Alexandra Lange
Houston Chronicle, June 12
They bike to work, but they're not crazy. They're happy.
Houston Chronicle, May 18
Rejoice, Houston pedestrians! The tiniest of victories on Kirby Drive.
Houston Chronicle, May 4
A series of sensations at Houston’s Buffalo Bayou Park
Ride a Bike! Reclaim the City, Deutsches Architekturmuseum (DAM), April 23
How the Astrodome was saved
Houston Chronicle, April 9
Houston's not eating that well. Can a new mobile grocery help?
Houston Chronicle, January 8
2017
Adding lanes doesn't reduce congestion. So what is TxDOT doing?
Houston Chronicle, November 1
What lurks in the sludge Hurricane Harvey left behind?
Houston Chronicle, September 21
Rediscovered: the original Texas tea
Houston Chronicle, August 8
My father’s wallet
Houston Chronicle, June 16
Is Houston’s open streets event headed in the right direction?
Houston Chronicle, June 12
Bringing the memorial back to Houston’s Memorial Park
Houston Chronicle, May 26
A new skyscraper that reads nonfiction and runs 5Ks?
Houston Chronicle, May 19