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After the dust settles
Cities are places built to bring people together but every so often conflict and unrest in urban centres means that communal trust is broken. This episode of *The Urbanist* looks at how cities heal…
The ticking clock
Timekeeping has a big impact on urban life, from iconic clocks and watchmakers to city-wide alarms and historic church bells. We find out about life as a bell-ringer and discover which timezone gives a…
The floating city
How do you best use space on water? From homes and churches to restaurants and markets, we find out how cities are taking to the water and how to do it right.
Big ideas, small packages
Urban innovation often starts as a minuscule experiment – and then it’s turned up. Big ideas about cities don’t always mean super-structures, mega-projects and mass appeal. When it comes to services, amenities and leisure,…
On the map
They expose the hidden corners of our cities usually lost in the mix but maps are not just for tourists. On this week’s episode of *The Urbanist* we get lost in the art of…
1960s Utopias
They are the buildings that were meant to be Utopian visions of tomorrow but what does that mean today? In this episode of ‘The Urbanist’ we look at once future-perfect designs to learn which…
How’d that get built?
How’d that get built? City-building at its best is innovative, democratic and aesthetically on point but that’s sadly not always the case. This week’s episode of *The Urbanist* looks at cathedrals of corruption, building…
Renewal
City renewal is sometimes a luxury but other times an urgent necessity. In this powerful episode of ‘The Urbanist’ we cover both perspectives looking at changes to the skyline of Istanbul and how Banda…
Digital currencies
We find out how digital currencies can change the way transactions are made in cities, speak to the man with a plan to renovate Vienna, have a preview of Milan’s upcoming World’s Fair and…
Women in architecture
We ask why there are so few women in planning and architecture, listen in on the preservation debate in Dallas and get a special report on Turin, a city quickly transforming itself for the…
