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Neighbourhood: Karaköy
The Karaköy neighbourhood of Istanbul is poised on the brink of significant change as a major development project seeks to revitalise its port area, bringing hotels, shopping, residences and a resultant flow of tourists…
The Nordic Embassies, Berlin
The Nordic nations’ Berlin embassies share one of the world’s most architecturally unique buildings. Monocle learns how careful thinking about architecture and design is helping these nations punch above their weight in the German…
Neighbourhood: La Candelaria
As part of a series on neighbourhoods in transition, Monocle visits Candelaria in Bogotá. The oldest part of Colombia's capital is unique in that it's home to a mix of social classes and more…
Korean Golf
With membership fees in the hundreds of thousands of dollars, clubhouses designed by star architects and troupes of attentive young female caddies - golf is the ultimate statement of wealth in South Korea -…
Class acts
In the poor south side of Bogotá, many children don’t have access to a good education. Monocle meets two people trying to improve things. One is an architect who designs school buildings that pupils…
Best Urban Farm Projects
Monocle’s favourite cities combine small-scale neighbourhoods with green spaces, but not all cities were built with the right foundations for future growth and sustainability. We champion four urban innovators who see potential in derelict…
Good in a crisis
Greece’s finances are in a dire state, and its government under pressure. The latest EU bailout package has staved off economic collapse for now, but unemployment is at a record high and many Greeks…
Top 5 Loveable Cities
Buenos Aires, Casablanca, Kagoshima, Rome and Seoul are never going to make the top 25 of our Liveable Cities index but despite their various impediments – from creaking services to epic traffic problems –…
Most liveable city: Helsinki
Helsinki claims the number 1 spot in Monocle’s 2011 Quality of Life survey, which ranks the top 25 cities in the world to call home. Rising from fifth position in 2010, Helsinki outperformed Zürich…
Q&A: Ray LaHood
The US Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood has the task of getting the nation on to high-speed rail and persuading the country's airlines to up their game. In Washington he tells our editor, Andrew Tuck,…
