Hester Underhill
Urbidermis’s commitment to sustainable landscaping is shaping cities across the world
Founded ahead of the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, this design company has been setting the blueprint for enhancing cities with innovative and sustainable urban furniture, while harnessing the natural world.

Monocle’s Quality of Life survey 2024: The 20 best places to live
Much of what defines a city’s quality of life can’t be quantified. We take a wider look to rank this year’s 20 best places to live.

Urban Fabric
Barcelona has a proud history as a hub of textile manufacturing and design. Today this endlessly inventive city is home to a new generation of independent producers and makers still flying the flag.

Bold visions
Relax in a hidden corner of Marrakech; explore the mountains of Arcadian Greece; get to know another side of Bali. Wherever 2024 takes you, these new hotels should be on your radar.

The Agenda: Culture
Community: MoroccoCenter of excellence Hicham Bouzid spent two years searching for the perfect premises to house the new headquarters for Think Tanger. Having co-founded the non-profit cultural agency in 2016, he had since been…

Order Up!
Here our editors share 15 ideas, opportunities and places to drop anchor in 2024. Let’s get going.

Into the Unknown
All seasoned travellers know that the best destinations rarely stay the same for long. So before you plan your next escape, read up on the comings and goings in transport, hospitality and luggage. It…

Studio Babelsberg: reel deal
Despite the ubiquity of digital effects in cinema, Berlin’s Studio Babelsberg has preserved the craft of prop making. Its lifelike items continue to appear in some of the biggest movies today. We inspect the…
