Urbanism
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Porto Revival
Monocle films visits Porto to discover how one city leader is determined to stop gentrification destroying his city.
Better by design
Architect Ridwan Kamil was an outsider when he stood for mayor in his hometown. Public space and a design-minded attitude are his tools for remaking his city’s civic culture.
Royal to the last
Montréal’s Linton, Chateau and Acadia apartment buildings are beacons of historic grandeur. Monocle takes a tour of homes that celebrate the city’s architectural heritage.
Clean house
Porto’s mayor is renovating derelict buildings in the historic centre to create social housing. The plan aims to combat gentrification and ensure the city does not lose its unique flair.
Driller thriller
There is light at the end of the tunnel for congested roads. The business of taking transit underground is enjoying a technological boom, with projects around the world getting bigger and longer.
Asia
Seoul's new performing-arts centre, sustainable architecture in Shanghai and Japan's efforts to fill empty houses.
Americas
Drinking to San Antonio's success, on the buses in Curitiba and New York's small solution to a big problem.
Take the lead
Every city needs a leader, but some roles are harder to fill than others. Here are five figures who aren't afraid of diving into sewers, catching snakes or working through the night.
Observation
A missed flight, a Munich detour and a café terrace conjure the kind of image that lodges in memory — proof that unplanned moments often outshine the destination itself.
