Edits / Urbanism
Monocolumn
Thursday 11 October
The park that’s pretty but pointless
All around the Monocle bureau in Hong Kong there’s drilling and jackhammering going on.
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Design / Neighbourhood Business
Curated community
Last year we engineered the perfect neighbourhood and received praise from the World Health Organisation for putting small business at the core of our high street. This year, we’ve come up with a better borough.
The Monocle Weekly, episode 183
The best of 2012, with author Simon Garfield, medical sceptic Ben Goldacre, musician Chilly Gonzales, political advisor Alastair Campbell, reporter Ben Anderson, and a final stroll through London’s most pleasant green…
Business / Retail
Business Briefing
How New York became a space centre, making green products stylish and branding a nation.
Affairs / Environment
Could do better
They may not have come top in Monocle’s chart but the cities ranked 11 to 20 are still all great places to live. They didn’t make the first 10 because some lacked a real metropolitan buzz, while others failed to deliver on…
Affairs / Politics
Asia Briefing
How the citizens of Phnom Penh can expect to stay dry next monsoon, plus India's plans to put people in space and Indonesia's ambitions to become a green-transport pioneer.
Design / Environment
Up the wall
There are several striking elements to the new Marunouchi Park Building in Tokyo, from its soaring office tower to the perfect replica of a 19th-century red brick building. But the most intriguing of all is its garden,…
Edits / Urbanism
Best Urban Farm Projects
Monocle’s favourite cities combine small-scale neighbourhoods with green spaces, but not all cities were built with the right foundations for future growth and sustainability. We champion four urban innovators who see…
Business / Automotive
Monocolumn
Thursday 15 September
Frankfurt Motor Show – the future looks a bit like the past
There is hardly a whiff of diesel or rumble of engine at the 64th version of Frankfurt’s IAA Motor show, which opened yesterday.
Design / Industry
Monocolumn
Sunday 15 May
NYC series – Disused railway transformed into ambitious parkland
This evening in New York, guests will gather for the High Line’s annual Spring Benefit — the most important fundraising effort of the year for the city’s elevated park built on a disused railway, around 10m above Manhatt…
Design / Urbanism
Monocolumn
Sunday 7 August
Moscow’s crazy paving
With its miles of snaking traffic jams, clouds of exhaust fumes and a creaking public transport system, Moscow is clearly a city much in need of improvement, but the government’s latest plan to beautify the place has most…
Design / Urbanism
Monocolumn
Friday 30 April
City makeover for the Expo
Shanghai has gone green in the lead up to the opening of the World Expo today.
Affairs / Transport
Monocolumn
Friday 25 November
Hong Kong taxis rank highly
With 18,000 taxis on Hong Kong’s roads, this is a city in which you’ll never have to wait more than a few minutes to find one.
Design / Fashion
Prom party
For our summer shoot we’re strolling beside the sea in crisp, bright separates, sleek swimwear and smart sunglasses. The location? A once-mocked resort with some new-wave architecture.
Culture / Society
Monocolumn
Friday 3 September
Hong Kong’s cultural rebirth
Hong-kongers and visitors alike often say that Hong Kong is culturally vacuous or that the city doesn’t have any culture full stop.
Culture / Arts
Monocolumn
Friday 22 July
Weekend agenda: 23/24 July
Something for your weekend: Monocle’s global selection includes an urban beach in Madrid, a design festival in Melbourne and a boating lake atop a London department store.
Design / Fashion
Wardrobe refresh
Ohori Park, home to the Fukuoka Art Museum, is the backdrop to our carefully curated show of spring womenswear.