TagsMonocle 24: The Urbanist

Meet the mayors at Mipim, the world’s leading real-estate event

We report from the world’s leading real estate event, Mipim. Here we meet mayors from Turku to Genoa and Lisbon to Rome who are...

Tall Stories 499: Masterful mixed-use at Singapore’s Tiong Bahru Estate

Tomas Pinheiro takes us to Tiong Bahru Estate to see how Singapore is able to succeed at the 15 minute city model within just...

Balancing security and aesthetic appeal in Oslo’s New Government Quarter

We visit Oslo to see the New Government Quarter, which has transformed the site of the city’s 2011 terrorist attacks into an open, civic...

Tall Stories 498: The many faces of the Maritime Hotel in New York

Paul Logothetis takes us to a hotel in Manhattan that has been transforming since its construction in the 1960s.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Source link...

Málaga has transformed – but does its second act come at a cost?

We speak to Málaga’s officials, architects, artists and restaurateurs to assess its urban transformation. Plus: we speak to the CEO of Arup to hear...

Tall Stories 497: Maracaibo's modest Metro system

Gustavo Ocando Alex tells the story of the Maracaibo Metro, which has garnered a particularly diminutive nickname thanks to its limited coverage – the...

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...