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Urbanism
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Asia briefing— Asia
Preface
New flights from Tokyo to Yangon, why the French are lighting up Cambodia, and Japan gets creative.
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01Park after-life
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02Lane pain
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03Global designs
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04Taxi times
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05Troubled waters
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Culture / Urbanism
Basque in the glory
Issue 5
Thanks to its world-famous museum, Bilbao has become a cultural mecca in just 10 years. But has the Guggenheim improved the lives of the locals or just entertained art-loving tourists? We make an in-depth audit.
Affairs / Urbanism
Asia briefing
Issue 55
Work on a new motorway to drastically improve the Phillipines' infrastructure gets underway, tree planting takes off in China to combat desertification and Kabul to educate the population on conservation, while India's…
Affairs / Urbanism
Talk of the town
Issue 25
From a Beijing air-quality expert to an Italian architect, these urban planning visionaries have ideas with the potential to transform our urban world – and soon.
Business / Urbanism
Madrid: business city
Issue 15
It may lack the financial might of London or Frankfurt, but we have chosen Madrid as our business city because of its emergence as the Iberian city of opportunity, its status as gateway to Latin America, campaign to att…
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Design / Urbanism
City slickers
Issue 5
It’s not necessarily the billion-euro development, star-architect-designed gallery or shiny new ferris wheel that makes locals feel good about their town. *Monocle* believes that the measure of a city is more about everyday…
Affairs / Urbanism
The world's top 25 most liveable cities - 2009
Issue 25
Monocle’s researchers have spent the past months putting the world’s leading cities to the test to find the best places for you to make your base. Last year Copenhagen was the winner of our survey but in 2009 the award goes…
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End Point / Urbanism
Observation
Issue 43
The trouble with editing an issue featuring a design directory is that it immediately forces you to challenge and rethink most things in your daily routine, says Tyler Brûlé.
Edits / Urbanism
Expo 59: Saving grace
Issue 59
As Burma opens up slowly and businesses trickle in, there is a growing movement to preserve the former capital’s architectural heritage.
Design / Urbanism
Path to happiness
Issue 55
An ode to those tucked-away streets of the world that seem to have their own poetry and swagger. Our design editor writes about the thoroughfares that have the capacity to touch the heart and soul.
