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 218: A Dickensian pub crawl
As hospitality reopens in the UK just in time for the last of the summer sun, Monocle’s Christy Evans takes us on a journey through London with a tour of Charles Dickens’ pubs.
Back on the road
We forecast how our city streets are set to change and learn a few lessons about the future of urban transport.
Tall Stories 217: The Orelhão
We seek shelter from the Brazilian sun in the shade of a quirky telephone box, the design of which has made its way across South America since its introduction in the 1970s.
Post-pandemic recovery
As governments start to think about post-pandemic recovery plans, we take a look at our cities and what is being done to mitigate the effect of a world brought to a standstill.
Urban wildlife
We are not the only inhabitants of our cities – so this week we decided to talk about some of the urban wildlife living in the places we call home.
Tall Stories 215: La Borda, Barcelona
We head to Barcelona to ponder whether apartment blocks can forge communal bonds and help their tenants get closer to nature.
Transforming our cities
What’s the formula for a city that works? We look at how some of our favourite urban projects are transforming their cities – and offer a model for building happier communities.
Tall Stories 214: Berlin’s Tegel Airport
We stop off at Berlin’s Tegel Airport to learn about its colourful past and uncertain future.
Reading the signs
We look to the world of wayfinding and city signage to explore where our information comes from and how it shapes the way we navigate our streets.
Tall Stories 213: A tale of two incentives
Monocle’s Alexei Korolyov assesses two very different incentive schemes in the cities he calls home: Moscow and Vienna.
