It’s not necessarily the billion-euro development, star-architect-designed gallery or shiny new ferris wheel that makes locals feel good about their town. *Monocle* believes that the measure of a city is more about everyday…
Monday 4 February
Our design editor has been in love with Italy's capital since he was a boy but he's concerned: is it getting a little self-conscious in its old age?
Friday 22 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.
A Swiss gym, a Japanese shop, a German house and a Swedish school.
Innovation: the frontrunners in urban design cities on the rise, we go to Istanbul, Eindhoven, Tel Aviv, and Munich.
Edition 108 of the Monocle Weekly comes to you from Sydney where the team discuss the city's urban design challenges with architect Craig Allchin.
Urban Designer Christopher Cho talks about building airports next to cities and we look at how wildlife is interfering with NATO military operations in Canada.
This hour we visit the Space Copenhagen total design studio, the Urban Age city planning conference in Hong Kong, and hear from a London bee-keeper.
A focus on urban development in Lahore, basket-weaving in Vancouver, and we also discuss silk with an up-and-coming Bulgarian designer and the minds behind Hermès.
As the concept of urban mobility gains momentum, bike manufacturers are harnessing the world's best industrial designers to re-invent locomotion on two wheels. Monocle's Sarah Balmond reports on design innovation in Cope…
Japanese design icon Kenya Hara’s House Vision exhibition gathered some of the nation’s most creative thinkers in Tokyo to explore new possibilities for urban living.
What would the US be without the hamburger? Like a country without a decent urban commuter bike. And that’s been the case, until Specialized set up a workshop in California to produce new designs that are tarmac-lickin’…
Monocle believes that the measure of a city is more about everyday wonders - pavements, well-designed schools, punctual transport - rather than one-off grand projects. Here's our list of the top 25 urban elements that make…
There are many reasons why Copenhagen trumped the other cities in our quality of life survey. One of them is its undeniably seamless urban planning, paving the way for the mobility, and ultimately, the happiness of its…
Thursday 15 September
There is hardly a whiff of diesel or rumble of engine at the 64th version of Frankfurt’s IAA Motor show, which opened yesterday.
Tuesday 1 May
London’s sense of identity has an undeniably old-school feel to it.
Friday 19 February
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…
Tuesday 25 May
Russia is to urban planning what Saudi Arabia is to nightlife, so the arrival of Dutch legend Rem Koolhaas in Moscow yesterday to launch a new architecture institute is a very welcome move.
Friday 1 June
This weekend’s highlights include the DVD release of Lena Dunham’s indie flick Tiny Furniture, a retrospective of pop art from Tom Wesselman and the ever-entertaining Primavera Sound music festival in Barcelona.
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