Monocle visits architect and author James Sanders to discuss his exhibition, Celluloid Skyline, at Grand Central Station, New York. It's the story of how New York City was constructed in the movies, through the imagination…
Throughout the five boroughs of New York, space is at a premium. For the city’s planners, that means making intelligent use of existing waterfronts and parks to showcase that famous skyline from a fresh perspective.
Monday 4 March
Hong Kong's famous skyline will always impress architecturally but look below the towers to find the interesting stuff.
It used to be known for its trashy urban landscape but now Brisbane is showing the world that this 1980s child has come of age. Its young generation of architects is transforming the skyline with elegant buildings – and…
Global property markets may be undergoing a brutal shakedown but big corporations and sovereign wealth funds have not stopped shopping. And they each seem to have a favourite city to invest in. That’s why LA’s skyline is…
Baku’s skyline is marking out the Azerbaijani capital as a city for the 21st century, with its five-star hotels and Zaha Hadid-designed arts centre, but there’s still much work to do to combat its 20th-century
Sunday 15 May
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…
Monday 5 March
Think of a city spread over an archipelago, where four out of its five boroughs are located on islands surrounded by over 836km of shoreline.
Tuesday 25 October
Residents and visitors to any city in China should take care when passing glass buildings.
Wednesday 11 January
You know what they say about men who drive big cars. Well the same can be said for cities that build tall buildings.
Tuesday 6 September
If ever a building project reflected the trials, tribulations and also tragedy of a whole era, the project for the former World Trade Centre, or “Ground Zero”, is it.
Thursday 24 December
As architects down tools for the holidays, it’s a time for reflection.
Canals to sail on, traditional wooden houses along the dike to choose from and a nearby creative hub; these are just some of the reasons to move to Northern IJ Bank. The Dutch are catching on and, with planned developments…
Friday 10 August
This weekend check out a great new restaurant in New York, enjoy Oslo’s premier music festival, and pick up WHY?’s new album.
Monday 14 December
Amid salacious headlines, a plummeting stock market and plunging property prices, Dubai seems well and truly stymied.
Tuesday 9 October
Last week, it was announced that before leaving office next year New York’s Mayor, Michael Bloomberg, would be putting a final architectural stamp on the city he has governed since 2002
Tourism in the Caribbean and trade links between the Middle East and Latin America.
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