TagsMonocle 24: The Urbanist

North America’s fastest-growing city: How Toronto is taking shape

Training our lens on Toronto, we look at Pinnacle Skytower, one of its newest skyscrapers; explore Indigenous Hub, a new mixed-use development; and learn...

Tall Stories 496: Villa Beer – a modernist monument in Vienna

Alexei Korolyov visits a key work of Viennese modernism by Austrian design icon Josef Frank, which has been reopened after a five-year restoration.See omnystudio.com/listener...

How Santo Domingo’s old town is attractive for both residents and visitors 

We visit the capital of the Dominican Republic to see how its historic centre is balancing residential and tourist appeal. We also stop by...

Tall Stories 495: Practising preservation at Buffalo’s Assembly House

The founder and director of Assembly House, Dennis Maher, describes how his project is helping to preserve more than just structures in the city...

Cities on the agenda at the World Governments Summit in Dubai

We report from the World Governments Summit, where we speak to Khalfan Belhoul of Dubai Future Foundation; German minister for digital transformation Karsten Wildberger;...

Tall Stories 494: Metropolitan Ervin Szabó Library, Budapest

Geetanjali Krishna takes us to Budapest's largest public collection of books to study how its popularity with locals is growing, thanks to recent Hungarian...

Melbourne’s Metro Tunnel and Mexican architect Tatiana Bilbao’s view on housing

We explore the Melbourne Metro Tunnel, which has recently opened in the Victorian capital. Plus: Mexican architect Tatiana Bilbao joins Monocle’s Ed Stocker to...

Tall Stories 493: The Tallinn Song Festival Grounds

Petri Burtsoff takes us to a festival grounds that acts as a lasting symbol of Estonian national pride.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Source link

Urban lessons from the World Economic Forum and the Holcim Foundation Awards

Carlota Rebelo reports from the World Economic Forum in Davos to share some urban lessons from this year’s meeting. Then: Ed Stocker gives us...