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
Meet the officials
We speak to two city mayors, and one runner-up, about what their roles mean to them, what they’ve learned from their time in office and their ambitions for the cities that they call home.
In praise of the metro
We marvel at the beauty and utility of city metro systems from France to Nigeria. Plus, we explore what is happening below ground in Seattle
How activism is saving our cities
We explore how urban activism can help to save our cities, including one man who galvanised efforts in Ukraine to build back better and the battle against the redevelopment of a cultural hub in Helsinki.
Indian urbanisation and mass timber in the UK
We explore the unique challenges India faces as its cities grow and we investigate how mass-timber construction is gaining momentum in the UK.
The Monocle Quality of Life Conference 2023
We bring you exclusive interviews and highlights from the latest edition of the Monocle Quality of Life conference, which took place in Munich.
Spotlight on Munich
To mark Monocle’s Quality of Life Conference in Munich, we explore the best urban happenings in the city from experiments in pedestrianisation to regeneration projects.
Switzerland’s ‘Badenfahrt’
Every ten years Switzerland builds a city within a city for ‘Badenfahrt’, the largest urban festival in the country. Celebrating its 100th anniversary this year, it’s more spectacular than ever and we tagged along to find out what goes behind an endeavour such as this.
USA in focus
We cast our eyes across to the US to review some recent urbanism stories that have caught our attention.
On-campus arts districts and urban biomimicry
We investigate a new trend at universities in the US as they begin to devote parts of their campuses to arts and culture. We also find out what city planners can learn from nature as we speak to an expert in biomimicry.
Health and heat resilience
We explore how the design of healthcare facilities can have an impact on public wellbeing and we speak to Asia’s first chief heat officer about how building better heat resilience is essential in our cities.
