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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Past pandemics and future cities
We examine how our urban fabric has been moulded by pandemics of the past, and look forward to explore how our cities will deal with the challenges of the future.
Tall Stories 288: Field of Corn, Columbus, Ohio
Diana Kruzman investigates a collection of maize monoliths that populate a grassy field in suburban Columbus, Ohio.
Best of ‘Tall Stories’ 2021
Monocle’s editor in chief Andrew Tuck guides us through his favourite ‘Tall Stories’ of 2021.
Best of 2021
Monocle’s editor in chief Andrew Tuck brings us a selection of some of his favourite interviews, reports and comments of the year on ‘The Urbanist’.
Cities in review
It’s nearly the end of 2021 so we wanted to reflect on the year gone by and assess how urban living has changed over the past 12 months – and what lessons we can take with us into the new year.
Tall Stories 287: La Villa Lumière, Lyon
Monocle’s Charlie Filmer-Court heads to Lyon where we hear the little-known story of one of cinema’s most important moments.
On the radar
We review a few stories that have caught our eye over the past few months: Auckland’s inaugural Climate Festival, Nordic Citymaking Week and a new collection that explores New York in haiku form.
Tall Stories 286: Tempelhofer Feld, Berlin
Madeleine Pollard tells the tale of one of Berlin’s most storied open spaces, which wears its aviation history on its sleeve.
Past and future
Today we bring you two major stories: a look at how the port of London has changed the fabric of the city and moulded the communities around it; and we dissect the plans for Amazon’s new headquarters, which it is hoped will invigorate a new area in the US.
Tall Stories 285: St John’s Cathedral, Hong Kong
Monocle’s Naomi Xu Elegant visits a historic church that sits on the only piece of freehold land in Hong Kong.
