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
Tall Stories 452: Rideau Canal Skateway, Ottawa
Paul Logothetis takes us to the world’s longest natural skating rink.
Live from Ned’s Club in London
Monocle’s editor in chief, Andrew Tuck, is joined on stage by Muyiwa Oki, the president of RIBA, alongside our executive producer, Carlota Rebelo, and design editor, Nic Monisse, to explore how thoughtful architecture, visionary…
Tall Stories 451: Sun Valley Resort ski lift, Idaho
Gregory Scruggs explains the story of an unlikely invention that changed the fortunes of ski towns worldwide.
Can San Francisco turn its downtown around?
We report from San Francisco as Monocle’s Christopher Lord speaks with some of the key players and devotees of the city’s downtown – an area that has most keenly felt the effects of the…
Tall Stories 450: The Warburg Institute, London
Sarah Grice explores the history and current day offerings of the Warburg Institute Library.
Mipim 2025: meet the mayors
We are on the ground in Cannes for the global urban festival Mipim, where we speak with mayors from around the world who are looking to stoke interest in their cities.
Tall Stories 449: Circo Voador, Rio de Janeiro
Tomas Pinheiro tells us how concert venue Circo Voador became so intertwined with Brazilian music that it was named an intangible cultural heritage site.
Tall Stories 448: Universidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas
Camille Rodríguez Montilla takes us to Universidad Central de Venezuela to see why it means so much to its students, alumni and the city as a whole.
Revisiting, reviewing and restoring the city
We look back at snapshots of our cities as we speak to the man behind Milan’s Bosco Verticale a decade on from construction, revisit a collection of essays 14 years after they were written…
Tall Stories 447: Kennedy Park, Lima
Elna Schutz takes us to a park in Lima best known for its large number of well-cared-for resident cats.
