The Urbanist

Monocle

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. 

  • 31 minutes 16 seconds
    Utopian Hours 2024

    Monocle’s Ed Stocker reports from Turin’s annual festival of urbanism, Utopian Hours, where a collection of inspiring speakers discussed everything from meanwhile spaces to climate resilience. Plus: we visit the river Po to see how it interacts with the Piedmontese capital.

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    7 November 2024, 6:00 pm
  • 6 minutes 16 seconds
    Tall Stories 433: Holcim Foundation Awards series: Sou Fujimoto

    Each week we welcome one of the jury chairs of the Holcim Foundation Awards – the world’s premier competition for sustainable design – to hear their views on creating uplifting places, fostering a healthy planet and building thriving communities. In the fifth and final episode we sit down with the Japanese architect and founder of his eponymous studio, Sou Fujimoto.

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    4 November 2024, 6:00 pm
  • 30 minutes 58 seconds
    US elections special

    We are using the upcoming US election to put a spotlight on American cities and the challenges they face. We discuss housing struggles, how to get around, the changing world of work, the resulting state of downtown cores and how apps are altering our urban fabric.

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    31 October 2024, 6:54 pm
  • 6 minutes 49 seconds
    Tall Stories 432: Holcim Foundation Awards series: Sandra Barclay

    Every week we welcome one of the jury chairs of the Holcim Foundation Awards – the world’s premier competition for sustainable design – to hear their views on creating uplifting places, fostering a healthy planet and building thriving communities. In episode four we meet Peruvian architect and co-founder of Barclay & Crousse, Sandra Barclay.

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    28 October 2024, 7:00 pm
  • 29 minutes 20 seconds
    WEF: Urban Transformation Summit

    Monocle’s Carlota Rebelo reports from the World Economic Forum’s annual Urban Transformation Summit, which took place in San Francisco this week. We discover the city’s plans to build a resilient waterfront, hear about South Africa’s ambitions to tackle the housing crisis and how the private sector can help deliver urban innovation.

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    24 October 2024, 7:00 pm
  • 7 minutes 9 seconds
    Tall Stories 431: Holcim Foundation Awards series: Kjetil Thorsen

    Every week we invite one of the jury chairs of the Holcim Foundation Awards – the world’s premier competition for sustainable design – to discuss their views on creating uplifting places, fostering a healthy planet and building thriving communities. In episode three we speak with Norwegian architect and co-founder of Snøhetta, Kjetil Thorsen.

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    21 October 2024, 4:57 pm
  • 31 minutes 43 seconds
    Designing for nature

    In a special episode in collaboration with the Holcim Foundation Awards, we look at how to design nature into our cities and foster sustainability in the building sector. We meet Laura Viscovich, the Holcim Foundation’s executive director for sustainable construction, and bring you a live discussion from the Natural History Museum in London where we discover the foundation’s award-winning Urban Nature Project: a new five-acre, globally celebrated green space in the heart of the metropolis. 

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    17 October 2024, 5:14 pm
  • 7 minutes 33 seconds
    Tall Stories 430: Holcim Foundation Awards series: Lina Ghotmeh

    Every week we welcome one of the jury chairs of the Holcim Foundation Awards – the world’s premier competition for sustainable design – to hear their views on creating uplifting places, fostering a healthy planet and building thriving communities. In episode two we sit down with Lebanese-born architect Lina Ghotmeh, the founding principal of her eponymously named practice.

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    14 October 2024, 9:18 pm
  • 29 minutes 31 seconds
    Istanbul special

    To mark Monocle’s visit to Istanbul for the annual Quality of Life Conference, we find out what makes the city tick with our local correspondent – Hannah Lucinda Smith. From an up-and-coming neighbourhood to a revitalised industrial district, and a revamped hammam too.

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    10 October 2024, 2:00 pm
  • 7 minutes 12 seconds
    Tall Stories 429: Holcim Foundation Awards series: Jeanne Gang

    Every week on Monocle Radio we welcome one of the jury chairs of the Holcim Foundation Awards, the world’s premier competition for sustainable design, to hear their views on creating uplifting places, fostering a healthy planet and building thriving communities. In episode one, we sit down with the US architect and founder of Studio Gang, Jeanne Gang.

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    7 October 2024, 9:00 pm
  • 27 minutes 41 seconds
    The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat International Conference

    We report from the CTBUH International Conference at London’s Barbican Centre where keynote speakers and city-building experts discuss how to do density better.

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    3 October 2024, 5:00 pm
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