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.
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Subtle specialities
We dig below the surface to explore some lesser-known city specialities.
Urban ideas
Urban ideas and inventions to improve the places we call home. We hear about Sitopia Farm in London, learn about wellbeing with ‘Know Your Health’ and look at accessibility innovation with Kone and Leo-Pekka Tähti.
London’s Low Line
We’re out and about as we explore an urban trail woven along the Victorian rail arches in London’s Bankside area.
Transport special
We celebrate the June transport special of Monocle magazine with a look at a few innovations and oddities from the world of mobility.
Biennale Architettura 2021
‘The Urbanist’ is on the road again, as we report from the 17th Venice Architecture Biennale.
Repopulating the city centre
We take stock of more than a year’s worth of temporary urbanism, behavioural data and “new-normal” thinking in our cities to find out the best ways to bring life back to the centre.
Episode 500
In a special extended programme celebrating 500 episodes of ‘The Urbanist’, we reverse the roles and make Andrew Tuck the guest for a change. Join us as we take a sonic trip down memory lane and even bring you a blooper or two.
The power of the mayor
With local elections in the UK this week and a mayoral race in New York later this year, we look at the role of local government and how it can actively change the lives of citizens for the better.
Olympics special part two: Legacy
We examine how the Olympic Games can change our cities for the better and discuss the potential that the event can unleash in urban areas. Monocle’s editor in chief, Andrew Tuck, talks to Christophe Dubi, executive director of the Olympic Games at the IOC, and Hannah Burns, its associate director…
Olympics special, part one: Tokyo 2020
For many cities, the Olympic Games are an opportunity to show to the world why they are great metropolises and a tool for reinventing themselves. In episode one of our two-part series, we look at the upcoming Games, Tokyo 2020. Monocle’s editor in chief Andrew Tuck speaks with Gavin McAlpine,…
