Creating cities that are truly open requires the perspectives of the entire community. We speak to two promoters of the democratisation of urban design –  Gail Shillingford of B+H Architects and Deborah Saunt of architecture, urban design and spatial research studio DSDHA – who explain how to build environments that are truly open for everyone.


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Democratising public space

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. 

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In part two of our series looking at conflict and the city, we examine the concept of rebuilding, as well as how the character of the city plays a role in the process. Plus: how to create a new metropolis while showing compassion for the past. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Conflict and the city: rebuilding

Tomás Pinheiro tells us how Seoul’s first mixed-use development came about and the challenges that it will face in the future. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Tall Stories 408: Seun Sangga, Seoul

In part one of our series looking at conflict and the city, we explore protests, their effect on the built environment and how activism is shaped by the public realm. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Conflict and the city: protest

This week, we take the temperature of urban development in the US and check in with a few projects currently under way. We explore The Underline in Miami, Hazelwood Green in Pittsburgh, Detroit’s tallest skyscraper in 50 years and the transformation taking place in Queens. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Urban transformation in the US

Geetanjali Krishna touches down in Bengaluru’s Kempegowda International Airport to experience the wonders of its verdant, new 255,000 sq m terminal. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Tall Stories 406: Terminal 2, Kempegowda International Airport

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Democratising public space

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