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 328: La Laguna, Mexico City
Mary Holland visits a converted factory space in a historically working-class neighbourhood of Mexico City.
Hot in the city
We assess the challenges ahead for cities as global temperatures continue to rise and some of the ways we hope to mitigate against the sweltering heat.
Tall Stories 327: The Monaco Grand Prix
Emily Sands visits Monaco to see how the tiny principality with a big reputation for motor racing is affected by its annual race.
Prague Summit of Cities
This week we are in Prague, where mayors, government officials and international agencies gathered to discuss assistance to Ukraine and postwar rebuilding. Plus: the annual meeting of the Pact of Free Cities.
Tall Stories 326: Quito’s skyscrapers
Lucinda Elliott is in Quito to see how a new swath of skyscrapers by a collection of international ‘starchitects’ is changing the Ecuadorian capital.
The future of mobility – Innotrans 2022
We kick off our unofficial conference season on The Urbanist in Berlin for Innotrans 2022, where we catch up with experts, exhibitors and enthusiasts to find out what’s next in the world of transport.
Tall Stories 325: The Queue, London
Andrew Mueller explores the miles-long queue – the most British of tributes – that wound its way through the streets of London as Queen Elizabeth II lay in state.
The accessible city
We look at some of the ways that research and technology can help to remove barriers in our cities, to make them more accessible to all.
Tall Stories 324: Parc Astérix
Sally Howard describes the ups and downs of one of Europe’s long-standing amusement parks.
Water, water everywhere
We investigate how water interacts with populations around the globe and how cities have learnt to work with it.
