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The Urbanist - Up on the roof
25 July 2013
Up on the roof: what are cities doing with the space on the tops of buildings? From explaining the roof terrace café boom in Madrid to a skyline-defining park in Singapore.
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25 July 2013
Up on the roof: what are cities doing with the space on the tops of buildings? From explaining the roof terrace café boom in Madrid to a skyline-defining park in Singapore.
16 July 2014
Reactions to the latest developments in the Srebrenica-massacre trial at The Hague, we learn why the “knock on the roof” tactic in use by the Israeli military is becoming so contentious, and ask why comic-book character,…
19 January 2013
Markus Hippi selects his Monocle 24 highlights from the week, including the rise of roof-top dating in Tokyo and how the latest technology is being used to protect Africa's wildlife from poachers.
24 July 2017
Construction of this church began in 1509 – and is yet to be completed. The structure is still missing a roof but that’s not necessarily a bad thing: come night-time it is an architectural feature that makes it all the more…
1 June 2015
Ossian Ward, head of content at the Lisson Gallery, walks Robert Bound through a trio of art exhibitions. They head to the roof of a car park to see sculptures by Richard Wentworth, wander around Portland in southwest…
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