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The Urbanist - Skyscrapers: the new and the old
9 February 2012
Skyscrapers: This week’s show is all about tall buildings, from icons of hope to crumbling remains of empires in decline.
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9 February 2012
Skyscrapers: This week’s show is all about tall buildings, from icons of hope to crumbling remains of empires in decline.
26 September 2022
Lucinda Elliott is in Quito to see how a new swath of skyscrapers by a collection of international ‘starchitects’ is changing the Ecuadorian capital.
20 February 2017
We explore the 32-storey skyscraper that is one of Milan’s most influential pieces of modern architecture.
7 December 2011
We visit 961 brewery in Beirut, learn of an independent bookshop among the skyscrapers in Singapore, and get management tips from the C.O. Bigelow company.
24 May 2021
Monocle’s Ed Stocker assesses the high hopes for a regenerated skyscraper currently in progress in Milan.
22 August 2022
Ivan Carvalho reveals the story behind one of the San Francisco skyline’s defining skyscrapers.
28 March 2013
Hong Kong: why the city is becoming a creative hub and how to live among the world’s largest collection of skyscrapers.
23 February 2012
Crime and the city: the Chicago prison in a skyscraper, how Oslo street lighting prevents crime and a look at New York gangsters of old.
2 September 2012
We’re joined by author of “The Mark Inside” – Amy Reading, meet the curators of Bowiefest at the ICA, and learn about Venice’s potential skyscraper.
7 July 2022
We head to the observation deck of the Torre Glòries skyscraper to visit ‘Cloud Cities Barcelona’ with artist Tomás Saraceno.
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