Monocle 24: The Urbanist

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2025-02-20

  Digital democracy and the new Riyadh Metro

We explore how going digital can contribute to a thriving city democracy and improve other things such as climate resilience and urban loneliness. The CEO of digital community-engagement platform Go Vocal describes its benefit for communities, the deve...
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2025-02-17

  Tall Stories 446: Villa Rezek, Vienna

Alexei Korolyov tells us about the refurbishment of one of Vienna’s most important modernist buildings.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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2025-02-13

  Developing London

We take a look at three developments in the UK capital that will be worth a visit in the months to come. From a revitalised piece of industrial history to a colourful waterside park in a grey business district and the big tenants pitching up beside Que...
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2025-02-10

  Tall Stories 445: Maha Kumbh Mela, Prayagraj

Geetanjali Krishna takes us to a temporary city on the banks of the Ganges river to investigate a large example of temporary urbanism brought about by a Hindu pilgrimage.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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2025-02-06

  Cultural city planning

We explore how keeping culture in mind when planning our cities can have effects beyond just arts-related improvements. The people behind ‘The Routledge Handbook of Urban Cultural Planning’ tell us more. Plus: we visit a treasured museum in Lima and lo...
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2025-02-03

  Tall Stories 444: Sacré-Cœur, Paris

Carla Hyenne describes the history of Paris’s Sacré-Cœur basilica, which holds a history that many of those who visit the monument today might not be familiar with.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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2025-01-30

  Los Angeles wildfires and the future of the city

We discuss the environmental causes, political response and mobility fallout surrounding the Los Angeles wildfires. We examine some of the thousands of structures lost to this catastrophic blaze that tore through many of LA’s neighbourhoods and communi...
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2025-01-27

  Tall Stories 443: Helsinki’s canopy kiosks

Petri Burtsoff visits his home city to see how it has revived its “canopy kiosks”, which have been a distinctive feature of the Finnish capital for a century.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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2025-01-23

  The World Economic Forum: cities of tomorrow

From creating more resilient cities to how architecture can lift a community, cities hold the key to meaningful change in the world. Monocle’s Carlota Rebelo reports from The World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in Davos to find out where cities are h...
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2025-01-20

  Tall Stories 442: 24 Sussex Drive, Ottawa

Tomos Lewis ponders a potential spring clean of Canada’s official prime ministerial residence.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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