The Urbanist

By Monocle

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With an influential audience of city mayors, urban planners and architects, this is Monocle’s guide to making better cities, be it new technology, state-of-the-art subways or compact apartments. Nominee in the Smartest Podcast category of the 2019 British Podcast awards. 


Episode Date
Tall Stories 489: Touro Synagogue, Newport, Rhode Island
Dec 15, 2025
‘Architecture is Climate’
Dec 11, 2025
Tall Stories 488: The bunker in Schönbornpark, Vienna
Dec 08, 2025
MIPIM Asia 2025: What are Asian cities learning from each other?
Dec 04, 2025
Tall Stories 487: Strolling Athens’ stoas
Dec 01, 2025
Testing the pressure on our cities with the 2025 Workforce Preference Barometer
Nov 27, 2025
Tall Stories 486: The towering beauty of Switzerland’s Grande Dixence Dam
Nov 24, 2025
What relationship does South Korea have with public art? Plus: Dubai Design Week and Riba president Chris Williamson.
Nov 20, 2025
Tall Stories 485: Helsinki Upper Secondary School of Natural Sciences
Nov 17, 2025
Planning the cities of the future at the Smart City Expo World Congress
Nov 13, 2025
Tall Stories 484: Marin County Civic Center, San Rafael
Nov 10, 2025
Liz Diller on how the High Line continues to evolve in New York 
Nov 06, 2025
Tall Stories 483: Abou Elie – where Beirut's history, politics and nightlife converge
Nov 03, 2025
Unpacking the secrets of city making at Turin’s Utopian Hours
Oct 30, 2025
IPUT special: a tour of Wilton Park and how it’s transforming Dublin
Oct 29, 2025
Tall Stories 482: The Watergate Complex, Washington 
Oct 27, 2025
Olafur Eliasson and how public art changes your perspective on a city
Oct 23, 2025
Tall Stories 481: Hengermalom, Budapest
Oct 20, 2025
Treating the US nursing shortage with good design
Oct 16, 2025
Tall Stories 480: Johannesburg City Library
Oct 13, 2025
UN-Habitat’s call to action on housing, a Bloomberg-LSE programme for mayors and Expo Real in Munich
Oct 09, 2025
Tall Stories 479: Dubai’s totemic Toyota Building
Oct 06, 2025
What can cities learn from nature? Discover The Bioplanning Institute and the Bundanon Art Museum 
Oct 02, 2025
IPUT special: meet chief executive Niall Gaffney
Oct 01, 2025
Tall Stories 478: Feira de São Cristóvão – a Nordestino feast in Rio de Janeiro
Sep 29, 2025
The secrets to urban crowd control, compassionate design and the World Tramdriver Championship
Sep 25, 2025
Tall Stories 477: Biidaasige Park – how Toronto combines green space and flood protection
Sep 22, 2025
What we learned at the World Design Congress
Sep 18, 2025
Tall Stories 476: Dulles International Airport’s Mobile Lounges, Washington
Sep 15, 2025
Cape Town’s liveability secrets – highlights from Monocle’s Quality of Life Conference
Sep 11, 2025
Tall Stories 475: Bethlem Royal Hospital and Bethlem Museum of the Mind, London
Sep 08, 2025
Want to find utopia? Try Columbia, Maryland
Sep 04, 2025
Tall Stories 474: Fuggerei, Augsburg – Germany’s 88-cent rent
Sep 01, 2025
Crowdfunding community projects, personalised airport terminals and a Swiss folk festival
Aug 28, 2025
Tall Stories 473: The Hope for Peace Monument, Beirut
Aug 25, 2025
How good design affects a city beyond the aesthetic – from coastal resilience to safer transit
Aug 21, 2025
Tall Stories 472: Al-Nawfara Coffee Shop, Damascus
Aug 18, 2025
How can the arts and culture sectors boost a city’s economy?
Aug 14, 2025
Tall Stories 471: Aalto Siilo – the ugliest building in Oulu
Aug 11, 2025
Earning the commute – how do we get city centres humming again?
Aug 07, 2025
Tall Stories 470: Szimpla Kert, Budapest
Aug 04, 2025
How citizens stay informed: why strong city journalism matters
Jul 31, 2025
Tall Stories 469: Tyra: the World’s Largest Dinosaur, Drumheller
Jul 28, 2025
Rethinking streets as third spaces in the car-dependent US
Jul 24, 2025
Live from the Brookfield x Monocle liveable cities celebration
Jul 22, 2025
Tall Stories 468: SoMA Residences, New York
Jul 21, 2025
Adaptive reuse, shaping cities through retail and Vienna’s climate neutrality
Jul 17, 2025
Tall Stories 467: Shanghai’s urban transformation
Jul 14, 2025
Rebuilding Ukraine, forensic architecture and the Yongsan Garrison
Jul 10, 2025
Tall Stories 466: Supreme Court Building, Washington
Jul 07, 2025
‘Designing the American Century’ & ‘Women Architects at Work’
Jul 03, 2025
Tall Stories 465: Kupari Resort
Jun 30, 2025
Swimmable Cities Summit: Urban waterways as an indicator for quality of life
Jun 26, 2025
Tall Stories 464: Cardiff Bay Opera House
Jun 23, 2025
Live from the Abu Dhabi Infrastructure Summit
Jun 19, 2025
Tall Stories 463: Rannahotell, Pärnu
Jun 16, 2025
Urbanism through a different lens
Jun 12, 2025
Tall Stories 462: Raj Mandir Cinema, Jaipur
Jun 09, 2025
Live from Ned’s Club in London: Quality of Life edition
Jun 06, 2025
Freetown the tree town, Battle of the Elms and greening Denver
Jun 05, 2025
Tall Stories 461: Casa Vintilă Brătianu, Bucharest
Jun 02, 2025
Worker housing in Saudi Arabia, public art in Abu Dhabi and Corner Corner
May 29, 2025
Tall Stories 460: Waldorf Astoria, New York
May 26, 2025
The V&A East Storehouse
May 22, 2025
Tall Stories 459: Robin Hood Gardens, London
May 19, 2025
Building better cities for children
May 15, 2025
Tall Stories 458: Wonder Cabinet, Bethlehem
May 12, 2025
Urban icons: Luis Barragán’s Mexico City, Hästen 21 and the London Eye
May 08, 2025
Tall Stories 457: Biblioteca Pública Virgilio Barco, Bogotá
May 05, 2025
The Chiefs – Jakarta 
May 01, 2025
Tall Stories 456: Markterei, Vienna
Apr 28, 2025
Canada election: the city issues at stake
Apr 24, 2025
Tall Stories 455: Dalhalla, Rättvik
Apr 21, 2025
How can sports venues enhance our cities?
Apr 17, 2025
Tall Stories 454: Matadero Madrid
Apr 14, 2025
Reusing waste heat, The British Library’s solar project and India’s stepwells
Apr 10, 2025
Tall Stories 453: Patel Chowk Metro Station, New Delhi
Apr 07, 2025
New York: privatising housing co-ops, mapping congestion and the ‘City of Yes’
Apr 03, 2025
Tall Stories 452: Rideau Canal Skateway, Ottawa
Mar 31, 2025
Live from Ned’s Club in London
Mar 27, 2025
Tall Stories 451: Sun Valley Resort ski lift, Idaho
Mar 24, 2025
Can San Francisco turn its downtown around?
Mar 20, 2025
Tall Stories 450: The Warburg Institute, London
Mar 17, 2025
Mipim 2025: meet the mayors
Mar 13, 2025
Tall Stories 449: Circo Voador, Rio de Janeiro
Mar 10, 2025
The Round megadevelopment in London and air pollution in Bangkok
Mar 06, 2025
Tall Stories 448: Universidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas
Mar 03, 2025
Revisiting, reviewing and restoring the city
Feb 27, 2025
Tall Stories 447: Kennedy Park, Lima
Feb 24, 2025
Digital democracy and the new Riyadh Metro
Feb 20, 2025
Tall Stories 446: Villa Rezek, Vienna
Feb 17, 2025
Developing London
Feb 13, 2025
Tall Stories 445: Maha Kumbh Mela, Prayagraj
Feb 10, 2025
Cultural city planning
Feb 06, 2025
Tall Stories 444: Sacré-Cœur, Paris
Feb 03, 2025
Los Angeles wildfires and the future of the city
Jan 30, 2025
Tall Stories 443: Helsinki’s canopy kiosks
Jan 27, 2025
The World Economic Forum: cities of tomorrow
Jan 23, 2025
Tall Stories 442: 24 Sussex Drive, Ottawa
Jan 20, 2025
Materials matter
Jan 16, 2025