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
The Urbanist book club
The Urbanist book club delves into Tom Chesshyre’s ‘Park Life’, which explores the world’s public spaces. Plus, we discuss ‘Survival of the City’ by David Cutler and Edward Glaeser, a book on the lessons of the recent lockdowns.
Get smart
We explore the smart city to find out how the world of data can contribute to a more personalised experience, and a better quality of life in the places that we call home.
Berlin Questions: In discussion with city leaders
We speak to some of the leading public officials present at the recent Berlin Questions conference about how their cities have fared in the past 18 months.
Rebirth of public art
We look at how public art can contribute to a rebirth for cities and create more welcoming public spaces. Is there a better way to ensure that your city remains vibrant than by integrating art with the built environment?
Reading the city
Bookshops are anchors in our communities, where we can go to get away to far-flung places without leaving our own neighbourhoods.
School’s out
How does inner-city school design affect the way children learn and grow, and how should school blueprints change in the future?
The ideological city
We investigate the impact that past and present political ideologies have on the way our urban areas look and function.
The summer of play
How can we design our streets to encourage play and give young people back the summer that was lost to the global pandemic?
Designing safer cities for women
How to make better and safer public spaces for women and girls around the world. With Imogen Clark, co-founder of Make Space for Girls, and Leslie Kern, author of ‘Feminist City: Claiming Space in a Man-Made World’.
Bays, beaches and riverbanks
We take to the water to see how cities are developing some of their most sought-after pieces of coastal property.
