Judith K. De Jong

Judith K. De Jong is an architect, urban designer, and Associate Professor of Architecture at the University of Illinois Chicago whose work investigates the reciprocating relationships between architecture and the metropolis, particularly within spatially loose contexts. Her book, New SubUrbanisms (2013), is available from Routledge. Recent work includes “Revisiting Uptown: Four Observations on Density,” in CITE: The Architecture and Design Review of Houston, #104 (Fall 2023), “The Shopping Mall: City within a Suburb,” in The Interior Urbanism Theory Reader (Routledge, 2024), and “The Graphic Urban Ground,“ in the anthology About Streets (Springer, 2025). She has received support from the Graham Foundation, Alphawood Foundation, UIC, and the Great Cities Institute, where she was a Faculty Scholar, and has presented her work in the US and abroad. Her proposal “How the Strip Mall Can Save Suburbia” was a finalist in the Build A Better Burb international design competition.