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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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Tall Stories 425: Embassy of Russia, Havana:

Tomos Lewis investigates how Russia’s embassy in Cuba has come to represent renewed ties between the two countries.

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★9 Sep 2024
4 min

Tall Stories 425: Embassy of Russia, Havana 

Tomos Lewis investigates how Russia’s embassy in Cuba has come to represent renewed ties between the two countries.

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6735 Sep 2024
33 min

Crystal Palace Park, ice-cream urbanism & revamping India’s train stations 

We explore some summery stories as the season comes to a close in the Northern Hemisphere, including how ice-cream-shop owners and urbanists think alike, plans for regenerating London’s Crystal Palace Park and revitalisation efforts for India’s railway stations.

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★2 Sep 2024
6 min

Tall Stories 424: Museu do Amanhã, Rio de Janeiro 

Liv Kessler explores the story behind a marvel of neofuturistic architecture stretching out across the water in Rio de Janeiro.

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67229 Aug 2024
29 min

Adaptive reuse in Nigeria & safer streets in London 

How does adaptive reuse differ around the globe? We speak to an expert to uncover how Africa does things differently when it comes to giving a building a second life. We also discuss the feeling of safety for women in cities by way of a recent study into our physical and emotional responses to urban environments.

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★26 Aug 2024
5 min

Tall Stories 423: Rothko Chapel, Houston 

Gregory Scruggs takes us to a non-denominational chapel that has been a spiritual sanctuary and design lover’s dream for decades.

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67122 Aug 2024
28 min

Liveable Manila, Wilmington Waterfront Park and Monocle’s mobility special 

Good journalism can have an effect on our cities’ quality of life. In this episode, we speak to a media company in the Philippines aiming to make Manila livable. We also visit a new waterfront park near the Port of Los Angeles and flick through the pages of Monocle’s mobility special issue. 

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★19 Aug 2024
7 min

Tall Stories 422: The Vjesnik building, Zagreb 

Guy De Launey tells us about a largely overlooked piece of Zagreb’s urban environment that was once home to an iconic Yugoslav newspaper.

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67015 Aug 2024
27 min

How monarchs shape our cities 

Throughout history, kings and queens have commissioned buildings all around the world but just how much has their vision shaped the cities of today? We explore the new book, ‘Royalty and Architecture’, with its editor Clive Aslet. Plus: we visit a place that saw everything from coronations to royal funerals and check on the rebuilding efforts of Notre Dame five years on from a devastating fire.

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★12 Aug 2024
3 min

Tall Stories 421: Le Carreau du Temple, Paris 

David Stevens visits a historic part of Paris that has been a celebrated example of a mixed-use space for centuries.

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6698 Aug 2024
30 min

Paris: the Olympics and the city 

Hosting the Olympic and Paralympic Games can be a great catalyst for urban transformation. This week we report from the French capital as it plays host to the world to find out more about its green initiatives, housing policies and sustainable architecture. Plus: what sort of city will be left for Parisians once the Games leave town?

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★5 Aug 2024
7 min

Tall Stories 420: Montreal Olympic Stadium 

Paul Logothetis takes us to the Montreal Olympic Stadium to explore the mixed impression that it has left on residents of the city.

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6681 Aug 2024
30 min

Brooklyn Bridge Park and lifelong neighbourhoods 

We speak with the landscape architect behind Brooklyn Bridge Park, one of New York’s most exciting public spaces. Plus: we see what makes a location liveable, from youth through to adulthood, by way of a recent survey on lifelong neighbourhoods in London.

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★29 Jul 2024
5 min

Tall Stories 419: La Grande Arche de la Défense, Paris 

Emma Nelson takes us to one of the most intriguing monuments in the French capital, which puts into frame the beauty of Parisian architecture.

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66725 Jul 2024
30 min

Live from Saint-Gobain Tower 

‘The Urbanist’ hosts three expert speakers at Saint-Gobain’s Paris headquarters – Pascal Eveillard, Petra Marko and Kelsea Crawford – to discuss the future of our built environment and how innovation can help us live more sustainably.

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★22 Jul 2024
7 min

Tall Stories 418: Johns Family Nature Conservancy Regional Park, Kelowna 

Mandy Sinclair takes us to a nocturnal preserve not far from the city centre of Kelowna, British Columbia, to find out why protecting the dark sky is so important.

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