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
The Book Club: Part One
Read anything good lately? This week we delve into two new books about our cities, as we bring you part one of our humble urbanism book club. Featuring Deirdre Mask and Peter Bishop.
Tall Stories 235: The American suburb
Monocle’s Henry Rees Sheridan explores how we define the American suburb, with Jed Kolko, chief economist at Indeed.
The fate of the CBD
We explore ways to evolve our city centres and ensure their survival in a post-pandemic world.
Tall Stories 234: Finlandia Hall, Helsinki
We brave the cold to visit an Alvar Aalto-designed building in the heart of Helsinki that has hosted its fair share of events, both historic and cultural.
People power
Cities run on people power. But how do we get the average citizen to pitch in on urban-planning ideas and city governance?
Tall Stories 233: Yau Ma Tei Car Park Building, Hong Kong
We take a look at a unique meeting of infrastructure and the built environment in Hong Kong.
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.
