The Urbanist
Monocle’s guide to better cities. Explore urban innovation, cutting-edge infrastructure, and compact living with insights from planners, architects, and city leaders.
Latest Episodes
How Apple delivers a sense of place to the built environment
We speak with Apple’s VP of places, Kristina Raspe, about how the tech giant’s real-estate portfolio adds to cities. Then: the changing face of Medellin and we farewell our long-time producer.
Tall Stories 501: How does Taipei 101 stay standing? It’s what’s inside that counts
Clarissa Wei climbs Taiwan’s best-known tower to investigate the clever engineering that keeps it in the sky.
More from the world’s leading real estate event – Mipim
We reflect on Mipim conversations with the executive director of UN Habitat, as well as representatives from the New York City Housing Authority, Miami-Dade Beacon Council and ING Media.
Tall Stories 500: Shadows of Errol Flynn in Mallorca
Andrew Tuck goes searching for the remains of the home of a 1930s Hollywood star in Mallorca’s Bay of Palma.
Meet the mayors at Mipim, the world’s leading real-estate event
We report from the world’s leading real estate event, Mipim. Here we meet mayors from Turku to Genoa and Lisbon to Rome who are putting their city’s best foot forward to drive investment.
Tall Stories 499: Masterful mixed-use at Singapore’s Tiong Bahru Estate
Tomas Pinheiro takes us to Tiong Bahru Estate to see how Singapore is able to succeed at the 15 minute city model within just one urban development.
Balancing security and aesthetic appeal in Oslo’s New Government Quarter
We visit Oslo to see the New Government Quarter, which has transformed the site of the city’s 2011 terrorist attacks into an open, civic space. Then: we explore the new Louise Tower on Brussels’s iconic Avenue Louise.
Tall Stories 498: The many faces of the Maritime Hotel in New York
Paul Logothetis takes us to a hotel in Manhattan that has been transforming since its construction in the 1960s.
Málaga has transformed – but does its second act come at a cost?
We speak to Málaga’s officials, architects, artists and restaurateurs to assess its urban transformation. Plus: we speak to the CEO of Arup to hear about how the firm is helping cities to thrive.
Tall Stories 497: Maracaibo’s modest Metro system
Gustavo Ocando Alex tells the story of the Maracaibo Metro, which has garnered a particularly diminutive nickname thanks to its limited coverage – the result of a lack of funding and alleged corruption.
