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The Urbanist

With an influential audience of city mayors, urban planners and architects, this is Monocle’s guide to making better cities, be it new technology, state-of-the-art subways or compact apartments. Nominee in the Smartest Podcast category of the 2019 British Podcast awards.

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Cultural capital:

We explore a recent documentary on regeneration through the arts and see how the 2020 European capital of culture is fighting back against a tumultuous year. Plus: a look at the growing trend of mass timber construction.

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4643 Sep 2020
30 min

Cultural capital: 

We explore a recent documentary on regeneration through the arts and see how the 2020 European capital of culture is fighting back against a tumultuous year. Plus: a look at the growing trend of mass timber construction.

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★31 Aug 2020
7 min

Tall Stories 222: Werkbundsiedlung Wien: 

We visit the Werkbundsiedlung in western Vienna, a little-known gem of early 20-century modernism.

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46327 Aug 2020
30 min

Best-laid plans: 

We look at the world of urban planning to see how the future is shaping up for the industry.

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★24 Aug 2020
6 min

Tall Stories 221: Dawson’s Heights, London: 

We head to South London to visit an impressive housing estate where there’s a growing sense of community.

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46220 Aug 2020
30 min

Sound and the city: 

Does your city have a sound? This week we explore sound and the city, including how it changed during the past few months as the world went into lockdown.

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★17 Aug 2020
3 min

Tall Stories 220: Zürich’s badis: 

Monocle’s Fernando Augusto Pacheco takes the plunge into one of Zürich’s lakeside public baths.

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46113 Aug 2020
30 min

Climate transition: 

We look at ways in which our cities can lead the charge in transitioning to a better future for our natural world.

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★10 Aug 2020
6 min

Tall Stories 219: Prospect Cottage, Dungeness: 

Monocle 24’s Mae-Li Evans heads to the UK’s only desert to visit a humble cottage and its garden that stand steadfast among the shingle.

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4606 Aug 2020
30 min

Big Interview: Douglas Cardinal: 

Andrew Tuck sits down with Douglas Cardinal, one of Canada’s most respected architects and still an inspiring voice at the age of 86.

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★3 Aug 2020
8 min

Tall Stories 218: A Dickensian pub crawl: 

As hospitality reopens in the UK just in time for the last of the summer sun, Monocle’s Christy Evans takes us on a journey through London with a tour of Charles Dickens’ pubs.

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45930 Jul 2020
30 min

Back on the road: 

We forecast how our city streets are set to change and learn a few lessons about the future of urban transport.

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★27 Jul 2020
5 min

Tall Stories 217: The Orelhão: 

We seek shelter from the Brazilian sun in the shade of a quirky telephone box, the design of which has made its way across South America since its introduction in the 1970s.

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45823 Jul 2020
30 min

Post-pandemic recovery: 

As governments start to think about post-pandemic recovery plans, we take a look at our cities and what is being done to mitigate the effect of a world brought to a standstill.

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21620 Jul 2020
6 min

Tall Stories 216: Australia 108, Melbourne: 

We visit the highest rooftop in Australia, to learn about a skyscraper providing a refreshing change from the usual cookie-cutter projects that dot the country’s east coast.

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45716 Jul 2020
30 min

Urban wildlife: 

We are not the only inhabitants of our cities – so this week we decided to talk about some of the urban wildlife living in the places we call home.

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