Security concerns- and a lack of imagination - have been responsible for the emergence of the bunker-style embassy building. But it doesn't have to be that way. Monocle surveys the designs a nation can be proud of, and…
Saturday 15 January
Being a Swedish ambassador used to be an enviable job, something that politicians or officials were awarded with after years of loyal service, with any luck in some warm but important capital.
The Nordic nations’ Berlin embassies share one of the world’s most architecturally unique buildings. Monocle learns how careful thinking about architecture and design is helping these nations punch above their weight in the…
We meet the Finnish ambassador to Italy and find out why Peru is setting up shop in the Middle East.
Germany's man in Belgrade, the new Greek embassy, and Japanese PM's diplomatic style.
We meet José Luís Robaína García, Cuba's ambassador to New Zealand, for the first on our new series on diplomacy. We also look at the "diplomatic pouch", that slightly quaint method of shipping secret documents.
The importance of pipelines, crunch time for the US in Afghanistan, and an interview with Pakistan's representative to the UN.
A fast-expanding embassy network and a clever use of its culture mean Brazil is making friends all around the world. Is this just an attempt to secure a seat on the UN Security Council or an emerging nation trying to…
As embassies struggle to retain a foothold in a diversifying (and cost-cutting) world, the role of the diplomat is changing beyond recognition. We meet the next generation.
Monday 19 October
Diplomatic design is back in the spotlight thanks to a new British embassy that has just officially opened in Warsaw.
Saturday 11 December
The two weeks following Wikileaks’ release of secret US embassy cables have been intensive ones for Sweden.
Wednesday 7 July
An interesting email message was sent the other day to a senior Israeli journalist by the press office of the Greek embassy in Tel Aviv.
We continue to analyse the violence at US embassies, speak to our correspondent in Milan, and ask if architecture can affect learning.
David Burney on how architecture can improve wellbeing, we visit an ambassador residency in Wellington and enjoy sporting posters at the Russian embassy in London.
Why countries choose to share embassies, we learn the iPad’s role in aviation, and ask do record labels matter anymore?
MONOCLE catches up with the US's main in the UAE and takes a peek inside Brazil's Kenyan embassy.
Wednesday 24 March
On 15 March, Canadian embassies and consulates around the world were subjected to rare displays of political theatre, much of it both angry and scantily clad.
We see why North Korea is opening up an embassy in Australia, get the latest business news from Copenhagen, and go surfing in New Zealand.
The husband-and-wife double act at the Swiss embassy in Bangkok, plus the latest from the Sudan and US.
The laptop ambassador may be a moneysaving concept but it will always be trumped by a diplomat with a budget and an embassy, says Tyler Brûlé.
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