Khoury first came to public and critical attention with the completion of the B018 music club in 1998, his first built project.[5][6] This building sparked a string of temporary projects, through which Khoury built a reputation for his ability to produce critical interventions in problematic zones.[7] These include his first six built projects: the Centrale project (2000),[4][9][6][6] Yabani (2001),[8][10][7][12] the BLC Bank (2004), the Bank of Beirut pavilion in Chtaura (2005),[11][9][10] as well as the Black Box (2005).[10][11] In the media, various publications dubbed Khoury "the bad boy" of architecture in the Middle East.[15][16]