Podcasts de Mundo y sociedad

Urban Transformation Summit

Monocle’s Carlota Rebelo reports from the World Economic Forum’s Urban Transformation Summit in...

Añadir a ... 

Canada Water and Helsinki Innovation Districts

We explore two projects redefining urban areas, from a mega-development in an often overlooked...

Añadir a ... 

Tall Stories 109: Merihaka

This week we head to Helsinki to hear the story of the brutalist high-rise Merihaka: one of the...

Añadir a ... 

Hope for hospitality

We hear from the hospitality sector after one of the toughest years on record for hoteliers.

Añadir a ... 

Chasing zero

Cities around the world are making commitments to reduce their net carbon emissions to zero. But...

Añadir a ... 

Tall Stories 96: Marrakesh’s Jardin Secret

Monocle’s Chiara Rimella reveals the secrets behind Marrakesh’s plant-filled courtyards – and...

Añadir a ... 

Smart cities and housing

We speak to Jonathan Woetzel from the McKinsey Global Institute to hear how we can use technology...

Añadir a ... 

Tall Stories 342: Montreal’s Metro

Hester Underhill explores how the metro system beneath Canada’s second-largest city, and its...

Añadir a ... 

The High Lines

Since opening to the public in 2009, New York’s High Line has inspired cities the world over. We...

Añadir a ... 

Tall Stories 364: The Royal Portuguese Cabinet of Reading, Rio de Janeiro

Mariella Bevan browses a historic library that is helping to preserve the written heritage of the...

Añadir a ... 

Tall Stories 403: Rand Club, Johannesburg

Elna Schutz takes us to a Johannesburg institution that is almost as old as the city itself to...

Añadir a ... 

From grey to green

Cities are some of the world’s biggest polluters so how should we reimagine urban living to...

Añadir a ... 

Tall Stories 110: Seoul

This week our correspondent Jason Strother delves into the history of Seoul to explore what keeps...

Añadir a ... 

Football and urbanism

From floating pitches to the importance of stadiums to their cities, as fans around the world...

Añadir a ... 

Tall Stories 232: Unasur Building, Quito

We head to a now-vacant regional hub in Ecuador for the leftist leaders that comprised the Union...

Añadir a ... 

Tall Stories 343: Punxsutawney Phil

Chris Cermak looks at the meteorological powers of a particular Pennsylvania groundhog and the...

Añadir a ... 

Tall Stories 348: Hollyhock House, Los Angeles

Christopher Lord visits one of Frank Lloyd Wright’s most impressive Californian creations – the...

Añadir a ... 

The Urbanist Book Club

We convene another meeting of the Urbanist Book Club to highlight two titles that have caught our...

Añadir a ... 

In praise of the metro

We marvel at the beauty and utility of city metro systems from France to Nigeria. Plus, we...

Añadir a ... 

Tall Stories 401: Bulgur Palace, Istanbul

Emily Wither explores the effect that the ‘Bulgur King’ had on Istanbul’s skyline.

Añadir a ...