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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 Atlantic Dialogues 2013
The Atlantic Dialogues: the Urbanist team head to Rabat for the Atlantic Dialogues summit, meeting speakers and participants to ask why cities have made the agenda at this year’s conference.
The Urbanist turns two
Turning two: for The Urbanist’s second anniversary we speak to some of our favourite thinkers and doers: Ben Rogers, Brian Girard, Jeff Speck and Charles Landry, and others.
Boosting populations
Come together: in the drive for density, what is the difference between good and bad? We visit Manila, New York, Madrid and Perth to ask how cities should be boosting city-centre populations.
Fast and slow
Fast and slow: we take a look at when and where we want speed in cities, from overnight construction and fast food to slowed streets and tech detoxes. Our study subjects: Paris, San Francisco,…
The feral city
The feral city: what happens when City Hall doesn’t cut it and residents take things into their own hands? From lawless post-war developments in Beirut to Belgrade’s squat-turned-arts centre, we look at how city…
Urban experimentation
Experimentation: whether it’s City Hall or community crusaders, innovation arrives through daring to do things differently.
City-friendly
The friendly suffix: Why cities are hankering after eco-friendly architecture, pedestrian-friendly streets or a talent-friendly business image. We also visit the ‘friendliest’ and ‘unfriendliest’ cities in the US and take a critical look at…
Keep it moving
Keep it moving: What’s the impact of the ebb and flow of people on the urban environment? We catch up with a roaming public square in London, try to find love in Hong Kong…
Tackling Detroit
Detroit: What is to be done? We collect advice on bringing people and money back to the city from neighbourhoods and experts around the world who’ve been in financial trouble themselves.
The high streets
On a high: why we’re optimistic about our high streets. We talk about how to perfect scale, mix and mobility in London, Santiago and Vancouver.
