Design / Architecture
House Quest
Housing needs a renaissance. Monocle meets the London firm reinventing the town house and talks to pioneering project leaders in Denmark and Japan.
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Edits / Monocle
Monocolumn
Thursday 1 November
It’s the way you say it
Perhaps you can help settle an argument. This was a debate that bubbled up during yesterday’s Monocle 24 editorial meeting, normally the last word in even-handed discussion, rational thought processes and fair-mindedness…
Design / Architecture
Sand castle
Brazil’s beachside resort Santos used to be the retreat that São Paulo residents escaped to. Its flamboyant apartment complex from mid-century master Artacho Jurado, is now a haven for elderly architectural fans.
Edits / Entertainment
Monocolumn
Friday 6 July
Weekend agenda, 7/8 July
This weekend’s highlights include MoMa’s PS1 Warm Up concert series, a new Taiwanese abstract art exhibition in Taipei and the latest by album by Dirty Projectors.
Edits / Neighbourhood Business
The Junction
With its well-preserved streets and redbrick housing, the Junction is home to small shops and galleries and a new generation of residents.
Design / Property
Making shelter
An association of housing manufacturers and builders is providing prefabricated homes for people in the areas worst hit by Japan’s tsunami and earthquake. Monocle visits Rikuzen-Takata, where over a third of the town needs…
Edits / Food & Drink
My Last Meal: Taste of action
Vaughan Smith is a veteran war cameraman who set up Frontline News TV in London. He shares a meal with Monocle at the Frontline Club restaurant.
Design / Environment
Design/Architecture Briefing
A new entry to the tiltrotor market, the finest small naval craft, and the best portable mess kit.
Affairs / Politics
Defence & diplomacy briefing
The importance of pipelines, crunch time for the US in Afghanistan, and an interview with Pakistan's representative to the UN.
Culture / Newspapers
The watch word
Traditional media brands have been infected by the web’s ‘publish now, worry about the facts later’ ethic and as their standards slip, readers vanish. But now there’s a crop of journalists who can mix old-school standards…
Affairs / Diplomacy
Diplomacy briefing
Meet the decidedly unstuffy Panamanian ambassador in London and the US's man in Moscow.
Affairs / Politics
Americas Briefing
We look at the vehicles of choice of Chile's president, Sebastián Piñera, and ask whether President Obama's reluctance to schmooze may actually be good news for the US.
Affairs / Society
Europe Briefing
How Greenland's prime minister gets around his icy territory and how the Swedes have found a way to grow vegetables vertically. Switzerland considers removing minarets and the power of a good hairstyle on Ukraine's Yulia…
Affairs / Society
Oman on a mission
While its Middle Eastern neighbours have flashed the cash or succumbed to Islamist influences, Oman has chosen a quieter, more steady path. But if Oman is to increase its international brand, challenges will also need to…
Affairs / Government
Asia Briefing
The view from Kabul, the Taiwanese president's modest motorcade and health insurance for Tibetan monks.
Culture / Books
Culture briefing
Books, films and music to make a date for.
Affairs / Politics
Banana Republic
Ecuador used to be a loyal ally of the US, but now its new president Rafael Correa is cutting a very different course and even looking to Venezuela’s Hugo Chávez for political guidance. *Monocle* travelled there to meet the…
Affairs / Urbanism
Town criers
What’s the future of the city? Eleven writers – urbanists, authors, academics, architects and Monocle editors – look at the battles and pleasures of metropolitan living. From the empty highways of Detroit to the sewers of…
Affairs / Economics
Frozen Assets
The world’s third biggest oil producer is also blessed with vast reserves of gas, fresh water and fish. Norway is Europe’s Saudi Arabia: a country so wealthy that despite having a population of just 4.5 million, it is a…