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Urbanism

On the up

From a forward-looking emirate to coastal enclaves in Mexico and Morocco, these cities are emerging from the pandemic having made bold improvements and attracted new residents.

  • Issue #165
  • 9 min read
On the up
Urbanism

Bright ideas, big cities

From rising rents to loneliness, five writers discuss Ed Stocker /the challenges facing modern urban areas – and explore the innovative solutions that are required.

  • Issue #165
  • 15 min read
Illustration showing urban contrast with garbage truck and workers on left, woman with headphones on right
Business

The opener

As the world makes efforts to kick into gear, bright ideas are sparking up across the globe, from fashion houses bringing haute couture to your door, to small towns tempting newcomers with free board.

  • Issue #142
  • 8 min read
Woman reading in a leather booth beside green stained glass windows.
Affairs

Executive revision

As Poland's national government lurches rightward, Warsaw's centrist mayor Rafal Trzaskowski is building a more tolerant, cleaner and open capital — one coal furnace and LGBT charter at a time.

  • Issue #125
  • 14 min read
Woman in professional attire wearing glasses and jewelry, posed against a neutral background.
Design

Shaping the city

Warsaw’s graphic-design industry has emerged from the 1990s, inspired by a new sense of identity.

  • Issue #124
  • 9 min read
Shaping the city
Affairs

Diplomacy

Australia’s ambassador to Poland and why Canada’s world-stage win isn’t helping at home.

  • Issue #120
  • 4 min read
Paul Wojciechowski, Australia's ambassador to Poland, stands with arms crossed beneath a white chandelier, flanked by three flags.
Design

My house is your house

On an area of parkland in central Warsaw stands a small settlement of wooden Finnish homes. A legacy of postwar hardship, these days they stand as a striking symbol of peace and friendship.

  • Issue #118
  • 3 min read
My house is your house
Affairs

Still supreme

Poland's defiant Supreme Court president Malgorzata Gersdorf — forcibly retired by the ruling PiS party yet still reporting for work — speaks to Monocle about judicial independence and creeping authoritarianism.

  • Issue #118
  • 6 min read
Malgorzata Gersdorf, Poland's Supreme Court president, seated at her desk wearing a beige blazer with a constitution beads necklace.
Society

Cities Briefing

Animal welfare in Montréal, Munich reaches for the sky, tourism in Slovenia that’s the bee’s knees and Warsaw city councillor Jan Spiewak has his say.

  • Issue #116
  • 4 min read
Beekeeper in white protective suit inspecting wooden hive with colorful painted panels

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