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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
The rise of alfresco
We look at the concept of alfresco dining in 2020 and consider how cities that are new to the concept are trying to adapt.
Tall Stories 232: Unasur Building, Quito
We head to a now-vacant regional hub in Ecuador for the leftist leaders that comprised the Union of South American Nations.
Utopian Hours: the city at stake
We visit the Utopian Hours festival in Turin to discuss what’s at stake right now: the city itself.
Tall Stories 231: Vienna’s Wohnstrassen
We visit a special kind of street in Vienna where traffic is limited to a walking pace and the roadway is open to pedestrians.
The state of US cities
Former mayor of Washington Anthony Williams joins us to discuss the state of US cities as the country prepares for one of its most anticipated elections in decades.
Tall Stories 230: Palazzo Pubblico, Siena
We visit Siena’s Palazzo Pubblico to take some civic inspiration from its famed frescoes.
Hope for hospitality
We hear from the hospitality sector after one of the toughest years on record for hoteliers.
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.
