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This study interprets primary elements in suburban cities in the US in a structuralist way. The purpose of this study is to show that poetic interpretation is possible through structuralist analogies of the material forms of primary elements even in suburban america in the modern time. The rationale is structuralism and Aldo Rossi's urban theory. The study targets were suburban cities america in general and, as a specific case, Blacksburg in Virginia. The primary elements in suburban america in general were analyzed as ‘chimneys’, ‘water towers’, ‘highways’, ‘central squares’. In Blacksburg, the ‘chimney’, ‘highway’ and ‘central plaza’ were identified as the primary elements, forming the physical structure of the town. The physical structure of Blacksburg was analyzed to clearly form the centers and the boundary of the town. The centers of the town were the chimney, the visual center, and ‘Drillfield’, the spatial center. The boundary of the town was the ‘460 US bypass’. Each was visually and spatially related as a urban structure. The interpretation of the urban structure in which the centers and the boundary were clearly recognized, can be understood as reflecting both of Semper's primitive dwelling and subconscious desires for an idealistic settlement, a utopia. The significance of this study is to show that poetic interpretations of an ideal city are still valid even in a modern suburban city in the US.