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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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Sustainable building materials and circular construction:

As global urban development continues at pace, the need to use sustainable materials and building techniques in our cities increases. How is innovation helping the construction industry to reduce its impact on the environment? We explore some of the ideas that are hoped to make a difference.

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65318 Apr 2024
31 min

Sustainable building materials and circular construction 

As global urban development continues at pace, the need to use sustainable materials and building techniques in our cities increases. How is innovation helping the construction industry to reduce its impact on the environment? We explore some of the ideas that are hoped to make a difference.

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15 Apr 2024
5 min

Tall Stories 404: San Siro, Milan 

Ivan Carvalho visits San Siro Stadium to see what is next for this storied piece of sporting infrastructure in Milan.

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65211 Apr 2024
31 min

Transforming Heal’s, Dutch high-rise housing and innovation hubs 

We explore the newly transformed spaces in the historic Heal’s department store in London, investigate the new building frontiers required to tackle the Netherlands’ housing needs and find out what makes an effective innovation hub.

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8 Apr 2024
4 min

Tall Stories 403: Rand Club, Johannesburg 

Elna Schutz takes us to a Johannesburg institution that is almost as old as the city itself to see how the space has retained its classic charm while remaining relevant.

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6514 Apr 2024
29 min

The Chiefs – Hong Kong 

A few on-stage highlights from Monocle’s The Chiefs conference in Hong Kong, from Kevin Mark Low on architectural benchmarks and Noni Purnomo on tackling traffic to Yuta Oka on small-scale hospitality that revitalises communities.

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1 Apr 2024
6 min

Tall Stories 402: Suomenlinna, Helsinki 

Petri Burtsoff takes us to a historic military fortress off the coast of Helsinki to see how Finns make use of the island today.

 

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65028 Mar 2024
29 min

Guerilla gardening, winter cycling and vacancy tax 

Green thumbs can help to transform communities. We speak to an activist and horticulturist about how gardening has had a positive effect on his neighbourhood – and helped it to heal after tragedy. Then: we find out how two wintery countries encourage their citizens to take to two wheels, as well as what similarities they share. Plus: a look at a proposed tax designed to ensure that housing stock in Austria is utilised to its fullest.

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25 Mar 2024
5 min

Tall Stories 401: Bulgur Palace, Istanbul 

Emily Wither explores the effect that the ‘Bulgur King’ had on Istanbul’s skyline.

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64921 Mar 2024
30 min

Are sports developments for the good of the community? 

How can sporting developments bring about community change and have a lasting legacy, while driving equality and protecting the environment? Our guests, Lindsay Johnston, Kevin Owens and Angus Campbell, discuss all of this and more.

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18 Mar 2024
7 min

Tall Stories 400: Tenement Museum, New York 

Mandy Sinclair takes us on a tour through one of the Tenement Museum’s homes to tell the story of a New York couple from the 1860s.

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64814 Mar 2024
27 min

Mipim 2024 

We’re in Cannes to report from the world’s leading property fair, Mipim, where more than 20,000 property professionals have gathered to discuss the future of our cities and the built environment.

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11 Mar 2024
7 min

Tall Stories 399: Nihonbashi bridge, Tokyo 

Tomas Pinheiro uncovers the layers of history in an Edo-period bridge in Tokyo that was overshadowed by an expressway in the 1960s.

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6477 Mar 2024
30 min

The Sustainable Cities in Action Forum 

We are in Dubai for the Sustainable Cities in Action Forum, which sees more than 500 guests discuss heat resilience, climate mitigation and adaptation in the Global South.

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4 Mar 2024
7 min

Tall Stories 398: Eagle Pass, Texas 

HJ Mai visits Eagle Pass to find out how the city has become the centre of the American border crisis, and how residents are dealing with the national spotlight.

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64629 Feb 2024
31 min

Canada Water and Helsinki Innovation Districts 

We explore two projects redefining urban areas, from a mega-development in an often overlooked area of London to a collection of groundbreaking projects in the suburbs of Helsinki.

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