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
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…
2014 highlights
Over the course of 60 minutes we bring you some of the most enlightening, colourful and curious moments from the year that was 2014 on *The Urbanist*.
2014 lessons
Lessons from 2014: we wrap up a good year for cities with Monocle correspondents based in Istanbul, Madrid and Tokyo. Plus, a report on Toronto’s laneways and a look at what might be the…
The visionaries
Visionaries: we meet the man trying to boost the public use of New York’s landmark galleries and museums, learn how London would look if it were a national park and find out what Belgrade…
Communicating cities
From promotional campaigns and place branding to TV stations and an app connecting Parisians, we find out how cities get their messages across. Plus we take a stroll through Washington DC’s Capitol Hill.
Made at home
Made in: we check out an organisation pushing to unite manufacturers in Copenhagen, former industrial sites in east London and Belgrade’s design district. Plus: a traditional Hong Kong printing house and a catch-up with…
