01Painter Veronika Hilka
02Jürgen Thiele, designer
03The Viktualienmarkt building was completed in 1977
04Actress Eva Reigl’s flat
05Her treasured art works
06Eva Reigl
07Thiele’s illustrated life story
08Thiele cycles 20 to 30km every day
09Thiele’s 43 sq m apartment doubles as his studio
10Hans Rubey, singer
11Rubey’s pictures
12The Foundation’s original matriarch, Anneliese Friedmann
13Dr Maya Turovskaya, a film and theatre critic
14The modest landing
15Home of actress Waki Meier
16Her living room area
17Meier spends her summers fishing in Italy
18Bukhard Gaffron played Miguel de Cervantes in Dale Wasserman’s ‘Man of La Mancha’
19Film poster of a Richard Linklater film, which he signed ‘To my dear friend Ulla’
20For Rapp film posters make the best artwork
21Katharina Knäusl, who oversees the selection process for residents
In a prime location in the heart of Munich there is a building for retired actors, artists and journalists who have their rents subsidised by a foundation that made its money in the circus. A good portfolio helps win you admission.
Issue 52
If you’re an entrepreneur looking for a renovation project then George Town has plenty of dilapidated charm and shop-houses waiting for new owners. Adding to its draw, part of the city has been declared a world heritage…
Issue 3
Once home to immigrants, students and punks, Hamburg’s Schanzen and Karolinen districts are now morphing into a destination of new business start-ups and buzzy bars and shops.
Issue 63
Photographer Thomas Ibsen’s house, a classic of the post-war ‘funkis’ style characterised by simple lines and clever use of light, is filled with design treasures and new pieces that he’s created.
Issue 2
If you could uproot your business and personal life, where would you go? Have you already started renovating the flat you bought in Genoa (as suggested in issue one) and started looking for office space in Monaco? Does a…
Issue 59
In a prime location in the heart of Munich there is a building for retired actors, artists and journalists who have their rents subsidised by a foundation that made its money in the circus. A good portfolio helps win you…
Issue 63
In Chiba, photographer Shinichi Ito found the perfect canvas for his laid-back style. A short stroll from the sea, he has crafted a cosy refuge within the wood and concrete shell of a most unusual property.
Issue 45
Visit Munich or Melbourne, Seattle or Singapore and you’ll come across ‘almost perfect’ places to live. However, at Monocle we’ve created the ideal mansion block, with nothing omitted in its design. Now, who’s going to…
Issue 18
Pine-fringed beaches, rocky outcrops and Italian food and architecture define northern Corsica’s coast. We suggest you make Calvi your first port of call and base of operations on your island property prospectus.
Issue 8
How to speak modern Spanish, and the British colony in the Balkans.
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