The Urbanist

By 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. No

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The podcast currently has 1,127 episodes available.

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November 20, 2025 What relationship does South Korea have with public art? Plus: Dubai Design Week and Riba president Chris Williamson.
We speak to South Korean artist Jinjoon Lee about how his country interacts with public art, Inzamam Rashid visits an acclaimed installation from Dubai Design Week and we meet new Riba president Chris Williamson.
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30min
November 17, 2025 Tall Stories 485: Helsinki Upper Secondary School of Natural Sciences
Petri Burtsoff takes us to a first-of-its-kind wooden educational building in the Finnish capital.
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6min
November 13, 2025 Planning the cities of the future at the Smart City Expo World Congress
We visit the Smart City Expo World Congress in Barcelona to talk shop with the mayor of Kuala Lumpur, an acclaimed futurist, a transportation official from Los Angeles and the event’s director.
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30min
November 10, 2025 Tall Stories 484: Marin County Civic Center, San Rafael
Ivan Carvalho chronicles the story of Frank Lloyd Wright’s largest public project, the final commission in his impressive body of work.
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5min
November 06, 2025 Liz Diller on how the High Line continues to evolve in New York
We speak to Liz Diller – the mind behind New York’s High Line – visit Bratislava’s first dedicated centre for architecture and urbanism, and assess how Canada is dealing with urban growing pains.
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31min
November 03, 2025 Tall Stories 483: Abou Elie – where Beirut's history, politics and nightlife converge
Noor Amylia Hilda takes us to a much-loved pub founded by a former member of the Lebanese Communist Party.
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6min
October 30, 2025 Unpacking the secrets of city making at Turin’s Utopian Hours
Monocle’s man in Milan, Ed Stocker, decamps to Turin to bring us a collection of conversations from Utopian Hours, the festival dedicated to city making.
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35min
October 29, 2025 IPUT special: a tour of Wilton Park and how it’s transforming Dublin
We explore Wilton Park, a stunning 600,000 sq ft development by IPUT, Dublin’s leading property-investment company. Chief executive Niall Gaffney gives us a tour and talks about quality of life in urban settings.
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34min
October 27, 2025 Tall Stories 482: The Watergate Complex, Washington
Charlotte McDonald-Gibson uncovers the modern story behind the US capital’s most infamous building.
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7min
October 23, 2025 Olafur Eliasson and how public art changes your perspective on a city
What role does public art play in how we engage with our cities? This week we meet acclaimed artist Olafur Eliasson and explore the Sculpture in the City programme in the City of London.
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34min

FAQs about The Urbanist:

How many episodes does The Urbanist have?

The podcast currently has 1,127 episodes available.