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
Social housing
Social housing: Dominic Papa of S333 architects discusses London, we look at contemporary Berlin’s housing solutions and hear from the first planned city in Palestine.
Berlin’s Auguststrasse
Auguststrasse: The Urbanist visits Berlin to explore just one 900-metre stretch which is a microcosm of the city’s history.
Cities on holiday
Holiday cities: Jeremy Hildreth discusses city-branding, we learn of Copenhagen’s tourism problem and discuss the legacy of Delhi’s B&Bs built for the Commonwealth Games.
How to be an urbanist
How to be an urbanist: we ask what qualifications are required to become a city planner and learn about a planning icon – Jane Jacobs.
Examining Vancouver
Vancouver: David Michon speaks to the Mayor of Vancouver, finds out farmer’s markets lasting appeal and how the city should become a hub for Asia.
Investigating suburbs
Suburbs special: we head to the outskirts of the city to see how suburbs are being improved and also why they play a vital role.
World Urban Forum special
World Urban Forum special: we head to Naples to meet mayors, administrators and experts and also learn why China has no shanty towns.
Cities on a diet
Fitness: how best to use city rivers, what health regime has Delhi in stitches and the US mayor who put his city on a diet.
Explaining Detroit
Detroit: a special on the once-thriving city that’s reinventing itself as a cultural, entrepreneurial and urban-farming hub. Plus, a chat with Detroit mayor Dave Bing.
Cities on foot
Pedestrians: from London’s Exhibition Road to the king of all pedestrianised avenues in Copenhagen, we walk paths, parkways and public spaces on foot.
