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
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.
Tall Stories 259: London’s rats
Monocle’s Alexis Self joins the battle between resident and rat, to investigate why these pests are currently prospering.
Biennale Architettura 2021
‘The Urbanist’ is on the road again, as we report from the 17th Venice Architecture Biennale.
Tall Stories 258: Pirelli 39, Milan
Monocle’s Ed Stocker assesses the high hopes for a regenerated skyscraper currently in progress in Milan.
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.
Tall Stories 257: Vienna’s amusement parks
Monocle’s Alexei Korolyov investigates the enduring appeal of Vienna’s amusement parks – and the likelihood that they’ll last through the pandemic.
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.
Tall Stories 256: Millennium Bridge, London
On one of the many bridges across the Thames in London, Andrew Tuck pauses to ponder the best vantage points from which to see a city.
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.
Tall Stories 255: M+ Museum, Hong Kong
Monocle’s Nina Milhaud visits a newly constructed museum space in Hong Kong that aspires to express Asia’s rich visual culture.
