Design / Architecture
Home front
The functional concrete bungalows hastily built after the Second World War to house the US troops are becoming a popular option for young Japanese looking for more living space.
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Design / Architecture
Home front
The functional concrete bungalows hastily built after the Second World War to house the US troops are becoming a popular option for young Japanese looking for more living space.
Business / Provenance
Building brands
Whether it’s building a whole city or putting up a modest bungalow, the chances are that quite a few of these companies will be there in the background. It’s time you knew your Holcim from your Asahi
Affairs / Diplomacy
Monocolumn
Tuesday 12 October
The Iranian president’s contentious visit
You might wonder whether a visit from Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who arrives in Beirut today, is really what Lebanon needs right now.
Design / Hotels
Rock solid
Brazilian hotelier Rogério Fasano’s latest creation is set among the rocky pampas of Uruguay. And the secret of his success? A creatively inspiring working relationship with designer Isay Weinfeld.
Edits / Neighbourhood Business
Inner North Portland
Long overshadowed by Seattle and San Francisco, Oregon’s largest city has achieved its own renown for an outdoors lifestyle, environmental emphasis and clichéd-but-real mania for coffee, beer, food and wine. North Portland…
Edits / Entertainment
Monocolumn
Saturday 10 December
Weekend agenda, 10/11 December
This weekend’s highlights include a new pop-up hotel in sunny Mexico, a craft festival in Japan and a music fest to get you out of those pre-Christmas blues.
Affairs / Society
Monocolumn
Sunday 13 February
Why clever Kenyans learn Chinese
A degree from a western university has long been a priority for any would-be member of the Kenyan elite.
Business / Business Hubs
Trade secret
George Town, on the Malaysian island of Penang, was a colonial trading hub but after the Second World War it lost out to Hong Kong and Singapore. Now its faded Art Deco villas and relaxed pace of life are luring a new…
Affairs / Environment
09 - Honolulu
The city has the luxury of sitting on Asia’s doorstep. This is great news but it needs to put it to use.
End Point / Start-ups
Observation Issue 63
For our editor-in-chief Tyler Brûlé, a carefree springtime to-do list quickly turns into a recipe for how to fix some of society’s bigger challenges.
Design / Interior design
Life as art
Renowned textile artist Kay Sekimachi has lived in her California home for over 50 years. And while it may not say much on the outside, indoors it’s a warm celebration of furniture and fabrics in which life very much imi…
Affairs / Government
Asia Briefing
Monocle meets Denmark's ambassador in India, foreign schools flock to China and power problems in Japan.
Edits / Travel
Monocle travel guide
A defence-themed round-up includes rooms for hire in former forts and citadels everywhere from the West Indies to Portugal, airlines run by the military and the hotels favoured over the years by the world’s most well-tra…
Edits / Food & Drink
Monocle travel guide
This month Monocle visits a new luxury retail behemoth in Milan, a Yemeni coffee outlet in Tokyo and a Copenhagen restaurant serving New Nordic food at affordable prices.
Affairs / Emerging Markets
Canal plus
In the past year 15,000 Venezuelans have fled Hugo Chávez’s regime to settle in Panama. They are not alone. Attracting everyone from US retirees to multinationals, Panama is emerging as Latin America’s most vibrant and…
Affairs / Society
Latin Liebe
The streets are immaculate, the inhabitants are blonde and the local beer is exceptional. Welcome to Brazil’s ‘little Germany’.
Edits / Travel
Monocle travel guide
Our quest to discover the planet’s best beds, cafés and spas goes on. This month we visit a well- curated New York general store, a floating Arctic paradise and a modernist Austrian mountain lodge. We also look at the…
Edits / Property
Villa Crespo
As Palermo loses its edge, largely due to high property prices, Buenos Aires creatives are upping sticks and heading south for the cobbled streets and bohemian feel of up-and-coming barrio Villa Crespo.
Business / Urbanism
Greek revival
Taking advantage of its position at the oil and gas gateway to southern Europe, Thessaloniki has become northern Greece’s boom town. With €6bn in business investment and an infrastructure upgrade, it is now the key player…