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
Live from Ned’s Club in London: Quality of Life edition
Monocle magazine’s editor, Josh Fehnert, is joined by editor in chief, Andrew Tuck, foreign editor, Alexis Self, and senior foreign correspondent, Carlota Rebelo, to discuss what makes a city truly liveable.
Freetown the tree town, Battle of the Elms and greening Denver
We explore an innovative pay-to-grow scheme that is helping to encourage tree growth in Sierra Leone’s capital city. Plus, Stockholm’s Battle of the Elms and making a greener Denver.
Tall Stories 461: Casa Vintilă Brătianu, Bucharest
Elena Kuji Buteică guides us through Casa Vintilă Brătianu’s storied past and the careful restoration turning it into a space for community and public life in the heart of the Romanian capital.
Worker housing in Saudi Arabia, public art in Abu Dhabi and Corner Corner
We recap the successes of the Public Art Abu Dhabi Biennial. Plus: worker housing in Saudi Arabia and a new urban-farming development in London’s Canada Water district.
Tall Stories 460: Waldorf Astoria, New York
Sally Howard tells us the secrets behind a repolished jewel in Manhattan’s hospitality crown.
The V&A East Storehouse
Born partly out of the necessity to store the V&A’s extensive collection, the V&A East Storehouse is already a curious asset in its own right. We uncover its design, construction and operation.
Tall Stories 459: Robin Hood Gardens, London
Sophie Monaghan-Coombs tells us how the new V&A East Storehouse is bringing the memory of brutalist London housing estate Robin Hood Gardens to life.
Building better cities for children
Carlota Rebelo reports from Bratislava for the second edition of the Start with Children summit, unpacking how child-friendly design can lead to better cities for all.
Tall Stories 458: Wonder Cabinet, Bethlehem
Liam Syed takes us to a cultural facility in the West Bank, which provides its users with an outlet for their cultural expression and helps to strengthen the area’s creative infrastructure.
Urban icons: Luis Barragán’s Mexico City, Hästen 21 and the London Eye
From a Mexican architect’s greatest structures to the famous London Eye, we explore the effect that iconic pieces of the built environment can have on their cities.
