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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
Los Angeles and Toronto’s struggle with public transport
Why Los Angeles opted to buy Japanese trains to expand public transport and how Toronto is a city struggling to keep its transport edge.
Sprawling suburbia
The suburban sprawl: we talk with the mayor of Surrey, Vancouver, look at London’s Hampstead and learn how to control suburbs from Professor Stuart White.
Signs of the times
Signs of the times: a survey of how everything from billboards on skyscrapers to the dazzling advertising displays in Times Square help colour our cities.
Branding a city
City branding: Simon Anholt and Jeremy Hildreth discuss branding London, Jerusalem’s optimism in rebranding and how a museum embodies Bilbao.
Urban monuments
Statues and monuments: architect Peter Eisenman discusses Berlin’s Holocaust Memorial and we find out why France rejected a statue of Carla Bruni.
Temporary cities
The temporary city: author Peter Bishop joins us to look at transient urban trends in Manhattan and Tokyo.
Urban fantasy
Fantasy cities: Peter Murray tells us his vision for 2050, we hear about Beirut’s future plans and visit a comic artist in Paris.
City separation
Divided cities: from religion to economics, The Urbanist finds out why walls don’t work and how a flourishing neighbourhood doesn’t mean it’s any more neighbourly.
Business hubs
Business cities: Andrew Tuck speaks to commuters, planners and creatives in Sydney, Beijing, Paris and London to learn what makes a good place do business.
Keeping a city spick and span
How to keep a city clean: we meet a London street sweeper, learn why Malmö ditched rubbish trucks and look at Milan’s graffiti problem.
