Affairs / Urbanism
Asia briefing
New flights from Tokyo to Yangon, why the French are lighting up Cambodia, and Japan gets creative.
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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.
Design / Craft
Architecture/Design Briefing
Spanish architect Vicente Guallart’s playful new plaza in Taipei, a clever retail development by upcoming Brisbane-based firm Richards & Spence, wooden storage inspired by traditional drum-making techniques from Italian…
Design / Soft Power
Brand Britain
London has had some bad press but with the Olympics ahead, can its burgeoning design scene save the day?
The Urbanist, episode 45
Pedestrians: from London’s Exhibition Road to the king of all pedestrianised avenues in Copenhagen, we walk paths, parkways, and public spaces on foot.
The Monocle Weekly, episode 201
Steve Bloomfield and Hugo Macdonald meet Alex Thomson of the UK’s Channel 4 News, look at some rare counterculture literature with Carl Williams of Maggs Bros, and chat with urbanist Leo Hollis about the plight of London’s…
Design / Urbanism
Master Planner – Jan Gehl
Danish architect Jan Gehl is improving quality of life in cities across the globe, taking the focus away from the car and putting it back on people, with pedestrianised streets and improved cycling infrastructure. Calling…
Affairs / Society
Monocolumn
Tuesday 24 August
Stopping peeing in public
In New Delhi, the humble public toilet goes by any number of names: wall, footpath, tree, abandoned car, occupied car.
Design / Urbanism
Monocolumn
Friday 29 March
Finding your level
The walkways of Hong Kong wind up, down, through malls, skyscrapers and beyond. But take some time to walk the ground-level streets too, if you can find one.
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 / 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.
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.
Design / Interior design
Monocolumn
Sunday 10 April
The Salone series: Seven year itch at Established & Sons
There’s a great deal of expectation riding on this year’s Salone del Mobile in Milan. As well as being the 50th anniversary of the fair, it’s also the 150th anniversary of Italian unification.
Design / Interior design
Monocolumn
Monday 11 April
The Salone series: Viva Italia at the Triennale
Each year Milan’s Salone continues to sprawl into more of the city’s neighbourhoods, with more events, cocktails and sideshows to lure visitors away from the never-ending Rho fairgrounds. One of this year’s must-sees of…
Affairs / Government
Monocolumn
Monday 2 July
China and Hong Kong’s uneasy relationship
Two days ago Hong Kongers took to the streets in the tens of thousands to mark the 15th anniversary of the handover of Hong Kong to China.
Affairs / Society
Monocolumn
Thursday 12 August
Cuba changes its tune
Cuba might be a land of ration books and power cuts, but last weekend it hosted an electronic music festival, complete with three stages and even an approximation of a cinema tent.
Affairs / Society
Monocolumn
Sunday 16 September
Respect in Japan is grown from childhood
It doesn’t matter how long I’ve lived in Japan. I’m still struck by the level of civility here. Every encounter, whether it’s on a crowded train or a busy street is transacted with a degree of quiet courtesy that continues…
Affairs / Architecture
Monocolumn
Friday 19 February
The new market makers
From Oman to the Netherlands architects are creating markets for the 21st century as urban planners realise that they offer a retail and social model that people like (as long as the rubbish crates arrive at the end of the…
Culture / Arts
The outsiders
Munich’s reputation rests largely on history, luxury and beer. But for 2013, the Bavarian city is setting a new focus, on public art. It has invited an outside force – artist duo Elmgreen + Dragset – to playfully carry out…
Culture / Arts
Monocolumn
Saturday 4 December
Digital art comes of age
New technology may have changed the film and music industries beyond recognition in recent years, but the gatekeepers of visual art have remained more resistant.