TagsMonocle 24: The Urbanist

Why co-housing could be the answer to urban loneliness

We explore a new style of neighbourhood that could improve social connection and ease cost of living. We also assess Vietnam’s evolving tourism landscape...

Arup at 80: Design for what’s next

A special episode brought to you in collaboration with Arup. We hear from Anna König Jerlmyr, former mayor of Stockholm; Raj Patel, Arup’s chief...

Tall Stories 508: Inside Jaipur’s traditional enclosed bazaars

Geetanjali Krishna explores Jaipur’s ‘katlas’ – traditional enclosed market spaces that continue to thrive despite the city’s growing number of shopping malls.See omnystudio.com/listener for...

Old and new: How to build a neighborhood and reinvent a historic one 

We discover two projects aiming to deliver a human-centric masterplan: Ion Riva in Turkey and Diriyah in Saudi Arabia. Plus: how the Fleet Street...

Tall Stories 507: Maracaibo’s Iglesia Cristo de Aranza

Gustavo Ocando Alex takes us to a church in Venezuela’s second city of Maracaibo that helps tell the story of the country’s history.See omnystudio.com/listener...

Collaboration and experimentation at the Bloomberg CityLab summit in Madrid

Carlota Rebelo reports from the Bloomberg CityLab summit in Madrid, bringing us conversations with the most insightful speakers who have descended on the Spanish...

Tall Stories 506: The renaissance of Suzhou Creek’s Left Bank

Tomás Pinheiro heads to Shanghai’s Suzhou Creek to see how the area went from a forgotten district to a sought-after commercial and residential location.See...

A bridge designer’s guide to connecting communities

Bridge designer Ezra Groskin from Moxon Architects talks about how his craft connects our cities. Then: Kate Brown describes the quiet revolutions garnered from...

Tall Stories 505: Linz’s Grottenbahn – a dreamland surrounded by history

Alexei Korolyov takes a ride on Linz’s Grottenbahn – a classic tourist attraction that takes you through one of the city’s former fortification towers.See...