The Urbanist

Monocle

<p>With an influential audience of city mayors, urban planners and architects, this is Monocle’s guide to making better cities, be it new technology, state-of-the-art subways or compact apartments. Nominee in the Smartest Podcast category of the 2019 British Podcast awards. </p>

  • 5 minutes 34 seconds
    Tall Stories 500: Shadows of Errol Flynn in Mallorca

    Andrew Tuck goes searching for the remains of the home of a 1930s Hollywood star in Mallorca’s Bay of Palma.

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    16 March 2026, 5:00 pm
  • 44 minutes 39 seconds
    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 putting their city’s best foot forward to drive investment.

     

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    12 March 2026, 5:00 pm
  • 6 minutes 37 seconds
    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 one urban development.

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    9 March 2026, 5:00 pm
  • 31 minutes 11 seconds
    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 space. Then: we explore the new Louise Tower on Brussels’s iconic Avenue Louise.

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    5 March 2026, 5:00 pm
  • 6 minutes 22 seconds
    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.

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    2 March 2026, 5:00 pm
  • 32 minutes 4 seconds
    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 about how the firm is helping cities to thrive. 

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    26 February 2026, 5:00 pm
  • 4 minutes 27 seconds
    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 result of a lack of funding and alleged corruption.

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    23 February 2026, 5:00 pm
  • 29 minutes 20 seconds
    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 about Frank Darling, an architectural icon of the city.

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    19 February 2026, 5:00 pm
  • 6 minutes 41 seconds
    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.

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    16 February 2026, 5:00 pm
  • 31 minutes 57 seconds
    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 Sydney’s newly reopened fish market and hear from the co-CEO of Waymo.

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    12 February 2026, 5:00 pm
  • 6 minutes 59 seconds
    Tall Stories 495: Practising preservation at The Assembly House in Buffalo

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

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    9 February 2026, 5:00 pm
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