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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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WEF: Urban Transformation Summit:

Monocle’s Carlota Rebelo reports from the World Economic Forum’s annual Urban Transformation Summit, which took place in San Francisco this week. We discover the city’s plans to build a resilient waterfront, hear about South Africa’s ambitions to tackle the housing crisis and how the private sector can help deliver urban innovation.

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68024 Oct 2024
29 min

WEF: Urban Transformation Summit 

Monocle’s Carlota Rebelo reports from the World Economic Forum’s annual Urban Transformation Summit, which took place in San Francisco this week. We discover the city’s plans to build a resilient waterfront, hear about South Africa’s ambitions to tackle the housing crisis and how the private sector can help deliver urban innovation.

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★21 Oct 2024
7 min

Tall Stories 431: Holcim Foundation Awards series: Kjetil Thorsen 

Every week we invite one of the jury chairs of the Holcim Foundation Awards – the world’s premier competition for sustainable design – to discuss their views on creating uplifting places, fostering a healthy planet and building thriving communities. In episode three we speak with Norwegian architect and co-founder of Snøhetta, Kjetil Thorsen.

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67917 Oct 2024
31 min

Designing for nature 

In a special episode in collaboration with the Holcim Foundation Awards, we look at how to design nature into our cities and foster sustainability in the building sector. We meet Laura Viscovich, the Holcim Foundation’s executive director for sustainable construction, and bring you a live discussion from the Natural History Museum in London where we discover the foundation’s award-winning Urban Nature Project: a new five-acre, globally celebrated green space in the heart of the metropolis. 

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★14 Oct 2024
7 min

Tall Stories 430: Holcim Foundation Awards series: Lina Ghotmeh 

Every week we welcome one of the jury chairs of the Holcim Foundation Awards – the world’s premier competition for sustainable design – to hear their views on creating uplifting places, fostering a healthy planet and building thriving communities. In episode two we sit down with Lebanese-born architect Lina Ghotmeh, the founding principal of her eponymously named practice.

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67810 Oct 2024
29 min

Istanbul special 

To mark Monocle’s visit to Istanbul for the annual Quality of Life Conference, we find out what makes the city tick with our local correspondent – Hannah Lucinda Smith. From an up-and-coming neighbourhood to a revitalised industrial district, and a revamped hammam too.

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★7 Oct 2024
7 min

Tall Stories 429: Holcim Foundation Awards series: Jeanne Gang 

Every week on Monocle Radio we welcome one of the jury chairs of the Holcim Foundation Awards, the world’s premier competition for sustainable design, to hear their views on creating uplifting places, fostering a healthy planet and building thriving communities. In episode one, we sit down with the US architect and founder of Studio Gang, Jeanne Gang.

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6773 Oct 2024
27 min

The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat International Conference 

We report from the CTBUH International Conference at London’s Barbican Centre where keynote speakers and city-building experts discuss how to do density better.

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★30 Sep 2024
5 min

Tall Stories 428: Havis Amanda, Helsinki 

Petri Burtsoff tells the story of Havis Amanda, a beloved fountain and statue in Helsinki, which has recently been restored.

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67626 Sep 2024
30 min

America’s downtowns 

At a tough time for downtown districts, we visit San Francisco and Seattle to find out how the urban centres are trying to encourage more footfall and appeal to the public during work and leisure hours.

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★23 Sep 2024
7 min

Tall Stories 427: Room 1742, Queen Elizabeth Fairmont Hotel, Montréal 

Paul Logothetis visits the site of John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s famous bed-in protest, where one of the most well-known protest songs was recorded.

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67519 Sep 2024
27 min

Old and young, plus the ‘sponge city’ concept 

We look out for the oldest – and youngest – residents of our cities as we explore how design can combat loneliness among the elderly, and how children in Helsinki can learn while enjoying public playgrounds. We also check in with the originator of the ‘sponge city’ concept.

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★16 Sep 2024
10 min

Tall Stories 426: Michigan Central Station, Detroit 

Mandy Sinclair explores the story of a disused rail station in the car capital of the US, which has been given a new lease of life by the automobile giant that calls Detroit home.

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67412 Sep 2024
27 min

Muscat’s transformation & how design can save our cities 

As the capital of Oman begins an era of urban expansion, we speak with the firm tasked with forming a plan for the region’s future growth. Then: we tackle some of the existential challenges facing our urban environments through a new book which places design and architecture in the driver’s seat for saving our cities.

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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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