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Overturning Euclid

WASHINGTON, DC | November 22, 2026 marks the centennial of the Village of Euclid v. Ambler Realty Co. decision. On that date, Americans will have endured a century of judicial deference on land use planning, leaving municipalities with broa...

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Penny for your thoughts...

Editor’s note: On November 22, 1926, the Supreme Court decided Village of Euclid v. Ambler Realty Co. and upheld comprehensive zoning. Municipalities were now free to dictate what owners built on their land and, by extension, who could affo...

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Preserved to Death

Photo by Krzysztof on Unsplash

Adobe as a building material is alive. It moves, it breathes, it’s messy when you’re laying it, it cracks where it needs to crack, it begs for a natural, hand-finished plasterwork and a whitewash, and it tell...

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Of Bricks and Miracles

The concentrated efforts of human civilization have yielded few technologies more fit to the task of sanctifying man and his world than the brick. Its reputation maligned by the unscrupulous ends to which it was set by the ancient tyrants,...

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The Next American City

Savannah, GA. Photo by Sunira Moses on Unsplash

I went to Architecture school in the South. Possibly the best laboratory to understand that architecture needs to last and what makes it lasting is people who love it and keep using lovable b...

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  • Southern Urbanism

    A digital magazine for the South.

  • Aaron Lubeck

    Designer & builder with a career in historic preservation, green building, affordability and new urbanism. He the founder of Southern Urbanism @aaron_lubeck

  • Jaime J. Izurieta

    I reimagine streetscapes to help downtowns reclaim foot traffic | Urban Strategist for Developers, BIDs & Downtowns | Founder of Storefront Mastery | Author of “The Ten No-BS Rules For Successful Storefront Design” and “Main Street Mavericks”

  • Eli Smith

    Writing on faith-based housing for the Faith-Based Housing Initiative and Southern Urbanism.

  • Nick Larkins

    Notes from an independent craftsman on work and life.

  • Billy Cooney

    Urban planner and writer.

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