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70 results for Arizona

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Desert Dwellers

17 November 2022

In an unforgiving landscape, we meet the architecture students building on Frank Lloyd Wright’s ethos of ‘learning by doing’ – even if that means getting their hands dirty and dodging the odd scorpion.

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Hot property

17 September 2020

There’s nothing dry about desert architecture. At its best, it channels the spirit of its surroundings and takes inspiration from the light and the landscape. We hit the shimmering Arizona roads to take the temperature of…

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Dating game

20 April 2017

Arizona’s arid landscape is home to a surprisingly plentiful crop. We meet the medjool-date technicians reaching for the skies in Yuma.

Film

Arizona’s date farms

28 April 2017

The arid Yuma desert is home to a surprisingly plentiful crop. We meet the medjool-date technicians reaching for the skies in Arizona.

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Tucson, USA

9 May 2019

In the Arizona desert, Tucson has an arid climate but a bountiful creative scene – and both are drawing in eager visitors.

Radio

The Monocle Daily, episode 106

26 March 2012

Why President Abdoulaye Wade stepped down in Senegal, North Korea’s long range rocket plans, and why certain books are banned in Arizona schools.

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Staying power

19 May 2022

Checking in at an intimate bolthole in a Portuguese hilltop town, a shrine to wine in a former newspaper building in Arizona and more, we survey some of the world’s most characterful new hotels.

Radio

The Monocle Daily - Wednesday 27 September

27 September 2017

As Trump’s candidate is beaten in an Arizona primary, we ask what it means for the administration. Plus: the EU’s legal migrant plan, Bombardier v Boeing and a flick through some of today’s Asian front pages.

Radio

The Globalist, episode 817

16 December 2014

A century on from the first commercial flight, we celebrate the history of aviation. Plus we look at publishing in Spain, work etiquette in Arizona and business news from New York.

Radio

Monocle on Design - Back to school

2 March 2021

It’s back to school for a look at some of the most innovative design-education projects around the globe. We hear about a collaboration between Birkenstock and Central Saint Martins in London; The School of Architecture in…

Radio

The Briefing - North Korea test-fires its long-range missile and could Canada get high-speed rail?

31 October 2024

North Korea test-fires an upgraded, long-range missile; at least 95 people have died and many remain missing in Spain’s flash-floods; vice president Kamala Harris and former president Donald Trump are both in the pivotal…

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Fashion

20 June 2019

This month’s fashion must-knows, from straw hats to swimmers and sandals.

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Electric valley

19 May 2022

As the new base for the electric-vehicle industry, America’s fastest-growing city is revving its engines.

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Food & drink

18 May 2017

The best places to eat in Santa Monica, new openings in Amsterdam, London and Los Angeles and artisanal cheese from Singapore.

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Expo 36: River of discontent

19 August 2010

Within some states of the US there is an increasing sense of belligerent unrest among the right-wing – over half of polled Republicans believe the president is a Muslim who wants to diminish the nation’s sovereignty. Zed…

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Balance of power

19 May 2022

More than 80 years since the attack on Pearl Harbor, the surprise military strike still looms large in Hawaii’s memory. Now, amid rising tensions with China, the US is working to shore up its dominance in the Pacific.