22 November 2021

Monocle’s Petri Burtsoff tells us about a former hospital’s second life, which has been embraced and defended by citizens.

15 November 2021

Monocle’s Sheena Rossiter takes a trip to the Saskatchewan capital to see the newly renovated Mosaic Stadium come alive.

8 November 2021

Monocle’s Henry Rees-Sheridan looks at a clash between two equally admirable projects fighting for space in New York City.

1 November 2021

Monocle’s Ivan Carvalho takes us to Portugal to examine one of the earliest works by Alvaro Siza Vieira, perched on the coastline outside Porto.

25 October 2021

Monocle’s Alexei Korolyov brings us the story of Vienna’s premier spot for premiere screenings, the Gartenbaukino.

Vienna’s ‘Gemeindebau’ apartment blocks were built out of necessity but an emphasis on social cohesion and affordability means that they might now be the world’s best public housing.

At a time when so much has been turned on its head, we’ve tweaked our annual urban Quality of Life Survey to consider the cities that are best placed to prosper post-pandemic. So here’s how metropolises from Vancouver to…

In need of an urban pick-me-up? Boosting quality of life in cities doesn’t always require large-scale intervention. These projects are improving the way their cities look, act and feel.

We sit down with the woman who could be Copenhagen’s next mayor and explore a park project in Busan.

Helsinki’s mayor on selling his city, China’s Haikou heads to the beach and a Corsican pedestrian walkway.

Japan’s mixed-generation living experiment finds success; Lucerne’s train station goes underground; a Tel Aviv-based start-up helps US city leaders hear what residents are saying.

Maverick mayors and plucky planners are springing into action to make their cities greener and cleaner – and prepare them for the big bounce back.

Los Angeles transforms its river, Helsinki goes deep for its heating and Prague’s tram lines go green.

A Nairobi park’s transformation, Berlin honours its history and Compton’s living-wage experiment.