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
Traffic
City-dwellers cannot avoid traffic jams, roundabouts and pedestrian crossings as cars continue to dominate our urban areas. Join us as we unpack traffic and how driving affects us.
Tall Stories 136: the Supreme Court of British Columbia complex
We’re in Vancouver to assess how one of its central institutional buildings – which is also one of the country’s architectural gems – might offer lessons to city-builders across Canada today.
Athens special
To coincide with the release of our new Athens travel guide, Monocle’s Venetia Rainey takes the temperature of the city she calls home.
Tall Stories 135: Niemeyer in Tripoli
Oscar Niemeyer designed the Rashid Karami International Fair in Tripoli in the 1960s. But before work was complete the country descended into civil war and now the magnificent site is slowly crumbling.
LA CoMotion part 2
Monocle’s editor Andrew Tuck and America’s editor at large Ed Stocker wrap up their report from this year’s urban-mobility conference LA CoMotion.
Tall Stories 134: Northland Mall
What can the mastermind of the much-maligned mall teach us about cherishing our high streets? Plenty, says Monocle’s Josh Fehnert.
LA CoMotion part 1
Monocle’s editor Andrew Tuck and Americas editor at large Ed Stocker team up in Los Angeles to report from this year’s urban-mobility conference LA CoMotion.
Tall Stories 133: Red Vienna
Sandwiched between the grassroots Vienna settlement movement and the ascent of fascism in 1934, Red Vienna is a unique example of social housing.
The London bus
We devote an episode to London’s most recognisable form of transport: the bus. Authors Travis Elborough and Joe Kerr discuss their book ‘Bus Fare’.
Tall Stories 132: London’s Soho
Monocle 24’s Fernando Augusto Pacheco examines the changing face of London’s Soho, from it being a place where you’d go to dance to becoming a mecca for menswear.
