Monocle 24: The Urbanist Archives

Tall Stories 517: The past and present grow together at Chengdu’s West Village

Tomás Pinheiro takes us to West Village in Chengdu to see how local vernacular and modern-day needs go hand in hand in this megaproject.See...

How London’s South Bank has supported culture for 75 years

The CEO of South Bank Employers’ Group discusses how the area’s institutions work together to help each other flourish. We also speak to the...

Tall Stories 517: How La Bulla is making itself heard in Veracruz

Verity de Cala takes us to La Bulla in Mexico’s coastal city of Veracruz to see how this park redevelopment project is impacting the...

How to support the ecosystems that make up our cities

We consider the relationship between our cities and nature as we explore the sponge city concept and learn how our buildings can be kinder...

Tall Stories 516: Beirut’s Sporting Beach Club

Noor Amylia Hilda visits a gallant collection of concrete platforms and saltwater pools on Beirut’s coast that has outlasted the Lebanese Civil War, the...

Designing for the future: how the technology sector impacts urban design

We find out how to make the buildings of the future serve the cities of today, with urban-friendly data centre design and reimagined...

Tall Stories 515: Escaping the urban jungle on Mumbai’s Malabar Hill Forest Trail

Rahul Kadri, the principal of IMK Architects, takes us to a jungle escape in the heart of bustling Mumbai.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Source link...

How greenery improves our quality of life

To mark the release of Monocle’s Quality of Life Survey 2026, we look at how a focus on greenery could be a ticket to...

Tall Stories 514: The strange world of Zürich’s Bruno Weber Park

Laura Kramer explores an oasis inhabited by mythical creatures, a fairy-tale tower and giant mosaic-covered beasts on the outskirts of Zürich.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy...

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