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 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.
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.
‘The Urbanist’ book club
We assemble ‘The Urbanist’ book club for another meeting as we browse books from the worlds of cycling, shopkeeping and the 15-minute city.
Tall Stories 417: Parque Central, Caracas
Camille Rodríguez Montilla tells the story of a grand development in Caracas that is emblematic of Venezuela’s decades-long tale of boom and bust.
Fostering culture and creativity
We look at some research and developments that underline the need to support creative and cultural communities in urban areas.
Tall Stories 416: Postos, Rio de Janeiro
Tomás Pinheiro looks at Rio de Janeiro’s iconic numbered lifeguard stations and meets the communities surrounding them.
Rebuilding Antakya
We assess the future of the Turkish city of Antakya and delve into the proposed master plan that aims to rebuild the city following the catastrophic earthquakes that struck in February 2023.
Tall Stories 415: The Tempodrom, Berlin
George Ruskin takes us to a postmodern, circus-tent-like event space that has been entertaining Berliners for decades.
Floating buildings and maritime architecture
Can floating cities be the solution to rising sea levels? Can architecture prepare in advance for coastal changes? We explore a few ways that our cities are, or should be, interacting with water.
Tall Stories 414: Former headquarters of Deutsche Bahn AG, Frankfurt
Florian Siebeck visits a late-brutalist building that looms over the Frankfurt skyline to assess what’s next for this cultural monument.
