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Southern comfort
Post-Katrina New Orleans is rebuilding itself as a contemporary art capital, with biennials, artist-run galleries and a new generation of talent reshaping the city's cultural identity.
Group think
As urbanists around the world devise new approaches to better everyday living, we highlight three projects in Japan, Sweden and Singapore taking a fresh perspective.
Expo 80: Life of the party
When an embassy opens its doors for parties, it's a chance to showcase national cuisine and hospitality. These events are a key tool for networking and displaying a country's unique brand of soft power.
Cooking the books
How do you train a workforce that values manual work, is self-reliant, accommodating to both men and women and, above all, hospitable? In Finland it starts with a simple premise: biscuits.
High-risk hotels
In a war zone, even the hotels are targets. Monocle visits three high-risk hotels, including the Corinthia in Tripoli where nine people were killed in an attack last year.
Desert bloom
Located geographically and aesthetically far from famed Emirati excess, the €12bn Masdar City project is trying to plot out a new urban vision.
The sky’s not the limit
While High Line-style projects are popular, we urge city planners to consider more sustainable alternatives. Here, we present 10 'pocket urbanism' ideas for genuinely useful rejuvenation of their patch.
Places to be
Auckland climbs the world rankings for ease of doing business; in the leafy suburb of Parnell, Victorian cottages, harbourside walks and returning locals reveal why the city's moment has arrived.
Give a dog a home
Marking a shift away from high-rise mall culture is community-focused dog sanctuary The Barkyard Bangkok, which has set about adding bite to Thailand’s retail scene.
Reportage 1. A tale of two cities: Kazakhstan
Visits to Kazakhstan’s capital and its predecessor reveal a discrepancy in investment and shared conundrums: can the country survive with President Putin circling – and is it even a country?
