The Urbanist
Monocle’s guide to better cities. Explore urban innovation, cutting-edge infrastructure, and compact living with insights from planners, architects, and city leaders.
Latest Episodes
Tall Stories 483: Abou Elie – where Beirut’s history, politics and nightlife converge
Noor Amylia Hilda takes us to a much-loved pub founded by a former member of the Lebanese Communist Party.
Unpacking the secrets of city making at Turin’s Utopian Hours
Monocle’s man in Milan, Ed Stocker, decamps to Turin to bring us a collection of conversations from Utopian Hours, the festival dedicated to city making.
IPUT special: a tour of Wilton Park and how it’s transforming Dublin
We explore Wilton Park, a stunning 600,000 sq ft development by IPUT, Dublin’s leading property-investment company. Chief executive Niall Gaffney gives us a tour and talks about quality of life in urban settings.
Tall Stories 482: The Watergate Complex, Washington
Charlotte McDonald-Gibson uncovers the modern story behind the US capital’s most infamous building.
Olafur Eliasson and how public art changes your perspective on a city
What role does public art play in how we engage with our cities? This week we meet acclaimed artist Olafur Eliasson and explore the Sculpture in the City programme in the City of London.
Tall Stories 481: Hengermalom, Budapest
Alexei Korolyov takes us to the former site of one of Budapest’s largest flour mills, which has been reborn as a lively cultural hub.
Treating the US nursing shortage with good design
We discover how good design can help the nursing shortage in the United States, learn about Helsinki’s annual herring market and hear how Norway is developing urban robot farming.
Tall Stories 480: Johannesburg City Library
Elna Schütz finds a peaceful stopping-off point amid the urban hustle and bustle at the city library of South Africa’s busiest metropolis.
UN-Habitat’s call to action on housing, a Bloomberg-LSE programme for mayors and Expo Real in Munich
We look at the Bloomberg LSE European City Leadership Initiative teaching mayors how to tackle their cities’ challenges, talk about UN-Habitat’s global call to action on housing and report from Expo Real and Diriyah.
Tall Stories 479: Dubai’s totemic Toyota Building
Inzamam Rashid tells us how an advertising partnership helped to shape the identity of a burgeoning Dubai.
