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 229: Orgues de Flandre, Paris
We visit one of Paris’s many overlooked architectural treasures – a musically inspired set of postwar buildings in northeastern Paris.
Green recovery and indigenous urban design
We discuss why now is the time to push for a green recovery and how indigenous city builders can help urban design act as a tool for social change.
Checking in on our cities
We take a trip around the world with our correspondents to check the pulse of the cities that they call home.
Tall Stories 227: Château Tooting
Monocle’s Georgina Godwin heads to southwest London to visit a wine company that harvests its bounty from vines across the city.
Density and distance
Can density still be done right? We assess how big a threat the global pandemic is to the very idea of the city.
Tall Stories 226: No. 77 China Eastern Plaza Premium Lounge, Shanghai
Monocle’s David Stevens discusses the joy that simple luxuries can bring when you’re halfway through a trip around the world.
The Chiefs conference
We gathered some of the sharpest minds in hospitality and city living to discuss how the world should move forward. Topics ranged from urban forests to mobility, the future of the office and tips from the mayor of Athens.
Tall Stories 225: Teufelsberg, Berlin
Monocle’s Kimberly Bradley visits a Cold War-era spy base to investigate the secrets buried beneath.
Designing for health
As cities begin to plan for the future, we look at how urban designers can cater for public health. We also head to New York to see how the city is protecting the welfare of its most vulnerable residents.
Tall Stories 224: The Kowloon Ventilation Building, Hong Kong
We look to one of the more mundane structures in Hong Kong’s West Kowloon Cultural District that still manages to catch the eye from across the water.
