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.
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Toponymic planning: Manchesterism and the Toronto Model
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Sep 10, 2026 |
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Tall Stories 525: Toronto’s eye-catching ‘Global Convenience’
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Sep 07, 2026 |
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How the City Rail Link can rewrite Auckland’s future
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Sep 03, 2026 |
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Tall Stories 524: The silver-screen allure of Park Hyatt Tokyo’s New York Bar
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Aug 31, 2026 |
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How New York plans to reimagine its famous Fifth Avenue and its bus system
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Aug 27, 2026 |
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Tall Stories 523: The multipurpose magic of Hong Hong’s HSBC Building
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Aug 24, 2026 |
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How an all-women team reimagined condo design in Toronto
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Aug 20, 2026 |
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Tall Stories 522: Why is Turku Castle so important to the Finnish?
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Aug 17, 2026 |
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How to build a city? Focus on quality of life
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Aug 13, 2026 |
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Tall Stories 521: The murky future of Vancouver’s Kitsilano Pool
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Aug 10, 2026 |
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Finding a home for The Beatles’ Abbey Road crossing and London’s Museum of Youth Culture
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Aug 06, 2026 |
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Tall Stories 520: Vienna’s art nouveau Tennisclub SV Schwarz-Blau
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Aug 03, 2026 |
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Designing a modern library that is relevant to people and place
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Jul 30, 2026 |
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Tall Stories 519: Exploring Caracas’ panoramic Humboldt Hotel
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Jul 27, 2026 |
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Thomas Heatherwick on generosity in urban design and how to sustain a project’s momentum
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Jul 23, 2026 |
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Tall Stories 518: The past and present grow together at Chengdu’s West Village
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Jul 20, 2026 |
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How London’s South Bank has supported culture for 75 years
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Jul 16, 2026 |
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Tall Stories 517: How La Bulla is making itself heard in Veracruz
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Jul 13, 2026 |
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How to support the ecosystems that make up our cities
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Jul 09, 2026 |
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Tall Stories 516: Beirut’s Sporting Beach Club
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Jul 06, 2026 |
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Designing for the future: how the technology sector impacts urban design
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Jul 02, 2026 |
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Tall Stories 515: Escaping the urban jungle on Mumbai’s Malabar Hill Forest Trail
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Jun 29, 2026 |
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How greenery improves our quality of life
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Jun 25, 2026 |
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Tall Stories 514: The strange world of Zürich’s Bruno Weber Park
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Jun 22, 2026 |
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The World Cup effect on our cities
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Jun 18, 2026 |
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Tall Stories 513: Finding paradise in the real Shangri-La
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Jun 15, 2026 |
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The pillars of architectural practice with a Scandinavian sensibility
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Jun 11, 2026 |
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Tall Stories 512: The strange transformation of Nara Juvenile Prison
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Jun 08, 2026 |
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How can the real estate sector help Europe stay ahead of the competition?
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Jun 04, 2026 |
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Tall Stories 511: 50 years of London’s Undercroft Skate Space
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Jun 01, 2026 |
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How Sweden’s ‘fika’ mentality can improve city planning
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May 28, 2026 |
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Tall Stories 510: Exploring Taiwan’s flying-saucer ghost town
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May 25, 2026 |
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Why does a safer city for children mean a better urban environment for all?
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May 21, 2026 |
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Tall Stories 509: Taking in Mt Fuji from a new tourist-focused train route
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May 18, 2026 |
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Why co-housing could be the answer to urban loneliness
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May 14, 2026 |
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Arup at 80: Design for what’s next
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May 12, 2026 |
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Tall Stories 508: Inside Jaipur’s traditional enclosed bazaars
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May 11, 2026 |
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Old and new: How to build a neighborhood and reinvent a historic one
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May 07, 2026 |
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Tall Stories 507: Maracaibo’s Iglesia Cristo de Aranza
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May 04, 2026 |
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Collaboration and experimentation at the Bloomberg CityLab summit in Madrid
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Apr 30, 2026 |
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Tall Stories 506: The renaissance of Suzhou Creek’s Left Bank
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Apr 27, 2026 |
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A bridge designer’s guide to connecting communities
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Apr 23, 2026 |
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Tall Stories 505: Linz’s Grottenbahn – a dreamland surrounded by history
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Apr 20, 2026 |
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How major events have influenced Milan’s urban infrastructure
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Apr 16, 2026 |
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Tall Stories 504: Caracas’s El Helicoide – from mall to political prison to rebirth
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Apr 13, 2026 |
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Breaking ground or breaking promises? New York mayor Zohran Mamdani’s first 100 days in office
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Apr 09, 2026 |
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Tall Stories 503: The Sámi Cultural Centre in Finland and its impact
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Apr 06, 2026 |
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Finding out what our urban futures hold in Ljubljana
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Apr 02, 2026 |
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Tall Stories 502: The Columbus Lighthouse’s bizarre origin story
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Mar 30, 2026 |
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How Apple delivers a sense of place to the built environment
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Mar 26, 2026 |
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Tall Stories 501: How does Taipei 101 stay standing? It’s what’s inside that counts
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Mar 23, 2026 |
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More from the world’s leading real estate event – Mipim
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Mar 19, 2026 |
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Tall Stories 500: Shadows of Errol Flynn in Mallorca
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Mar 16, 2026 |
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Meet the mayors at Mipim, the world’s leading real-estate event
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Mar 12, 2026 |
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Tall Stories 499: Masterful mixed-use at Singapore’s Tiong Bahru Estate
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Mar 09, 2026 |
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Balancing security and aesthetic appeal in Oslo’s New Government Quarter
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Mar 05, 2026 |
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Tall Stories 498: The many faces of the Maritime Hotel in New York
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Mar 02, 2026 |
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Málaga has transformed – but does its second act come at a cost?
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Feb 26, 2026 |
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Tall Stories 497: Maracaibo's modest Metro system
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Feb 23, 2026 |
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North America’s fastest-growing city: How Toronto is taking shape
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Feb 19, 2026 |
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Tall Stories 496: Villa Beer – a modernist monument in Vienna
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Feb 16, 2026 |
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How Santo Domingo’s old town is attractive for both residents and visitors
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Feb 12, 2026 |
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Tall Stories 495: Practising preservation at The Assembly House in Buffalo
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Feb 09, 2026 |
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Cities on the agenda at the World Governments Summit in Dubai
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Feb 05, 2026 |
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Tall Stories 494: Metropolitan Ervin Szabó Library, Budapest
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Feb 02, 2026 |
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Melbourne’s Metro Tunnel and Mexican architect Tatiana Bilbao’s view on housing
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Jan 29, 2026 |
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Tall Stories 493: The Tallinn Song Festival Grounds
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Jan 26, 2026 |
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Urban lessons from the World Economic Forum and the Holcim Foundation Awards
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Jan 22, 2026 |
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Tall Stories 492: Todo Modo, Florence
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Jan 19, 2026 |
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Development priorities in Canadian cities and a decade of co-operation in Cascadia
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Jan 15, 2026 |
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Tall Stories 491: Australian War Memorial, Canberra
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Jan 12, 2026 |
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What energy should we take into 2026 in order to face climate change head on?
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Jan 08, 2026 |
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Tall Stories 490: How renovations stripped Bangkok’s Robot Building of its personality
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Jan 05, 2026 |
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The best of ‘Tall Stories’ in 2025
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Jan 01, 2026 |
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The best of 2025
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Dec 25, 2025 |
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How healthcare-facility design can improve the lives of all city dwellers
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Dec 18, 2025 |
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Tall Stories 489: Touro Synagogue, Newport, Rhode Island
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Dec 15, 2025 |
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‘Architecture is Climate’
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Dec 11, 2025 |
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Tall Stories 488: The bunker in Schönbornpark, Vienna
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Dec 08, 2025 |
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MIPIM Asia 2025: What are Asian cities learning from each other?
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Dec 04, 2025 |
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Tall Stories 487: Strolling Athens’ stoas
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Dec 01, 2025 |
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Testing the pressure on our cities with the 2025 Workforce Preference Barometer
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Nov 27, 2025 |
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Tall Stories 486: The towering beauty of Switzerland’s Grande Dixence Dam
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Nov 24, 2025 |
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What relationship does South Korea have with public art? Plus: Dubai Design Week and Riba president Chris Williamson.
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Nov 20, 2025 |
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Tall Stories 485: Helsinki Upper Secondary School of Natural Sciences
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Nov 17, 2025 |
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Planning the cities of the future at the Smart City Expo World Congress
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Nov 13, 2025 |
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Tall Stories 484: Marin County Civic Center, San Rafael
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Nov 10, 2025 |
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Liz Diller on how the High Line continues to evolve in New York
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Nov 06, 2025 |
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Tall Stories 483: Abou Elie – where Beirut's history, politics and nightlife converge
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Nov 03, 2025 |
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Unpacking the secrets of city making at Turin’s Utopian Hours
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Oct 30, 2025 |
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IPUT special: a tour of Wilton Park and how it’s transforming Dublin
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Oct 29, 2025 |
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Tall Stories 482: The Watergate Complex, Washington
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Oct 27, 2025 |
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Olafur Eliasson and how public art changes your perspective on a city
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Oct 23, 2025 |
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Tall Stories 481: Hengermalom, Budapest
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Oct 20, 2025 |
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Treating the US nursing shortage with good design
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Oct 16, 2025 |
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Tall Stories 480: Johannesburg City Library
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Oct 13, 2025 |
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UN-Habitat’s call to action on housing, a Bloomberg-LSE programme for mayors and Expo Real in Munich
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Oct 09, 2025 |
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Tall Stories 479: Dubai’s totemic Toyota Building
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Oct 06, 2025 |
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What can cities learn from nature? Discover The Bioplanning Institute and the Bundanon Art Museum
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Oct 02, 2025 |
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IPUT special: meet chief executive Niall Gaffney
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Oct 01, 2025 |