Monocle 24: The Urbanist

Seeing cities from the sky

What can we learn from observing our cities from above? This week we take to the skies, as we talk to veteran British Airways long-haul pilot Mark Vanhoenacker about his new book, ‘Imagine a City’. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Monocle Quality of Life Survey

We explore Monocle magazine’s annual Quality of Life Survey to find out what makes the winning cities tick. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Monocle Quality of Life Conference 2022

We bring you exclusive interviews and highlights from the latest edition of Monocle’s Quality of Life Conference, which took place this year in Paris. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Spotlight: Paris

This week we hone in on the French capital and what makes it tick. We meet the team at PCA-Stream architects working on the revamp of the Champs-Élysées, discover the Promeneurs de la Petite Ceinture and explore what gives Paris ...

WEF 2022: The future of cities

What will the cities of the future look like? Monocle’s Carlota Rebelo reports from this year’s World Economic Forum in Davos to find out more about the global urban agenda. Hear from Yulia Klymenko, Kristiina Siilin, Miami mayor Francis Suarez, ...

Floriade – growing green cities

We report from the international horticultural show that takes place in the Netherlands every 10 years. Once it wraps up, the 60-hectare site will be adapted to become a fully functioning new part of the city of Almere. See omnystudio.com/listener ...

ULI Europe Conference: the future of cities

We’re in Brussels reporting from the Urban Land Institute’s Europe Conference and Young Leaders Forum to explore the emerging trends for cities and what comes next. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Global snapshots and city stories

We flick through a few city snapshots and discuss some stories that we have been following from around the globe. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Housing design

We look at the different ways in which cities are bringing innovative designs to their new housing stock to ensure that growing urban populations have a place that they can be proud to call home. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Lessons from history

What lessons can cities learn from the past? We discuss Leonardo da Vinci’s plans for the ideal city, sketched after a pandemic; revisit the pneumatic tube system; and re-examine the humble drinking fountain. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Helsinki report, part two: Innovation

How Helsinki is creating more liveable spaces, the latest technology being rolled out by Kone and we visit an active mine 200 metres below ground, which is now used as a testing laboratory for high-rise buildings. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy ...

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. ...

Helsinki report, part one: Sustainability

Climate change is the biggest threat to our cities. Helsinki has set the ambitious target to be carbon-neutral by 2030, a goal matched by global engineering firm KONE. Monocle 24’s Carlota Rebelo reports from Finland. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Cleaner transport

What are some of the ways in which cities are ensuring that transport systems join the green revolution? We look at the electrification of buses, the return of a cable car in Zagreb and a subway expansion in Stockholm. See ...

Tall Stories 300: Sights and sounds

Andrew Tuck ponders what lessons old photographs of cities can teach us about our contemporary metropolises. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Farming in the city

We investigate the trend of urban farming and the environmental benefits that can be gained by reducing the distance between food production and consumption. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The last mile

We take a look at the world of last-mile delivery and investigate how technology can help the service to meet growing demand while remaining efficient and green. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

For Ukraine

As Russian bombardments continue to target Ukraine’s urban centres, forcing citizens to the borders or to seek shelter underground, we ask people from all over the country to tell us about the place they call home. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy ...

Jyoti Gondek, mayor of Calgary

On this special edition of ‘The Urbanist’, Calgary mayor Jyoti Gondek joins Monocle’s Tomos Lewis to discuss her first few months in office and what’s ahead for Canada’s her city. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Large-scale redevelopment

Can large-scale developments become catalysts for better neighbourhoods? This week we explore repurposing efforts at London’s Battersea Power Station and in an old Sears retail space in New York state. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Special: ‘The Monocle Book of the Nordics’

We look at some exciting projects from cities across the Nordic region, to celebrate the release of ‘The Monocle Book of the Nordics’. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Going up

We look at how skyscrapers have changed the built environment around us, and profile a few of the megastructures planning to top out in 2022. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Making places

We explore the world of place-making, enjoy some street sounds in Uruguay and visit a transformed corner of London. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Harm reduction and the ‘war on drugs’

We look at some of the organisations and activists promoting the sometimes controversial harm-reduction approach to the issue of drugs in our cities. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Europe’s cycling revolution

We look across Europe to survey the various initiatives that cities have launched to encourage cycling and support those who get around on two wheels. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.