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Latest Episodes
Concrete conclusions
We hone in on a tough topic: concrete – and its changing role in architecture. We ask about its future, tell a few little known stories about its brutalist past and mull over the revival of this most polarising of products.
How to make a design city
How can cities create the conditions for designers to thrive within? We visit three very different cities – on three continents – working to cultivate their credentials as design hubs: Porto, Mexico City and Dubai.
Seeds of change
We step out and smell the roses with an episode dedicated to that most undesigned of delights: plants. Specifically their role in architecture, urban life and office design. We consider the history of London’s urban greenery and the role of plants in landscape architecture. Plus: what the flora in our…
Competitions
This week we take a look at a critically important but less visible facet of the architectural world: competitions. How does the unbuilt world affect the built world? How do you design an architecture competition that delivers a winner for clients, architects and the public? And what’s the best way…
Designing a liveable city
The world is an increasingly urban place. By some estimates, 75 per cent of the world’s population will live in cities by 2050 – and design will continue to fundamentally affect what it means to live in an urban environment. We talk to an author who’s written about getting the…
Sustainable design
What does sustainability really mean? From architecture and automobiles to product design and fashion, we tackle the issue of sustainability in design. Architect Tom Kundig and Rama Gheerawo of London’s Royal College of Art tell us what sustainability means to them and Benjamin Hubert, head of design agency Layer, explains…
Australian design
To celebrate the launch of the new Australian-themed March issue of Monocle magazine, we shine a spotlight on design in the Antipodes. We chat with a brace of young Australian design firms, check out Sydney’s hospitality surge and get some sartorial tips from Monocle’s Jamie Waters.
To the letter
A look at some of the latest developments and enduring stories in typography and lettering. We check in with TPTQ Arabic, a type foundry in The Hague focused on developing high-quality Arabic typefaces and we chat with Jonathan Hoefler, head of New York foundry Hoefler & Co, who takes us…
Toronto
Our Toronto team bring us an episode on the design scene in Canada’s cultural capital. Four of Toronto’s finest tell us what makes the city’s design scene tick and we check out a dining-cum-design feast held at the Design Exchange museum. Plus: we talk to two international guests at the…
Room for improvement
On this week’s Section D we turn our attention to the notion of “the room” – how to decorate, design and construct it – with a trilogy of reports from France, the UK and Switzerland.
