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Less Hard Work Than Play

There is a modern view that traditional building methods live on only as the anachronistic preference of the rich. Popular wisdom has it that the amateur builder is limited to Pinterest DIY plans for the “weekend-warrior” and whatever mater...

8 days ago
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Where Did the Planners Go?

Rio Rancho, New Mexico, 2009. Source: Bradly Salazar, Wikimedia Commons.


A soul so old, in a twenty first century rig
Working without knowing why
Maybe it’s better to forget

Tune out for a little while
Just to see it from afa...

15 days ago
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A Design Philosophy for the Criminally Sane

Boston’s Acorn Street. Gorgeous, charming, highly photographed, and completely illegal. Setbacks, minimum street widths, fire truck accessibility, and a dozen other such requirements conspire to prevent any new Acorn Streets in the U.S.

Wr...

22 days ago
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Better Invisible Than Heavy

Written by columnist Jaime Izurieta


In 1906, San Francisco lost 60% of its housing stock in a single morning. Somehow, there was no ‘housing crisis.’ As embarrassing as it should be to politicians and activists who’ve made fortunes...

a month ago
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The Moral Inversion of Progressive City Politics

Politics in a blue city are strange because struggles for power don’t unfold through policy, but through vibes, and by extension, language. Factions seeking narrative control during elections use buzzwords to convince citizens that they are...

a month ago
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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

  • Billy Cooney

    Urban planner and writer.

  • Nick Larkins

    Notes from an independent craftsman on work and life.

  • Eli Smith

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

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