Guerilla gardening, winter cycling and vacancy tax
Green thumbs can help to transform communities. We speak to an activist and horticulturist about...
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Podcasts de Mundo y sociedad
Tall Stories 404: San Siro, Milan
Ivan Carvalho visits San Siro Stadium to see what is next for this storied piece of sporting...
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Sustainable building materials and circular construction
As global urban development continues at pace, the need to use sustainable materials and building...
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Tall Stories 108: London’s Principal
We visit London’s Bloomsbury neighbourhood to hear the story of a recently refurbished 1890s gem:...
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Originally built in 1892, this former factory was due for demolition in the 1970s but was saved...
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We turn our attention to the stretch of elevated motorway that was built as part of an abandoned...
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We focus on our home city, London, because recent statistics back up what many Londoners have...
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Tall Stories 339: Brixton Windmill, London
Louis Allen takes us to a centuries-old building that still stands in London’s Brixton...
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What is it like to live in a communist-run city? For residents of Austria’s second city of Graz,...
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We report from Mipim, the world’s leading property fair, which is taking place in Cannes. We meet...
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Tall Stories 360: Ontario Place, Toronto
Tomos Lewis assesses plans for Toronto’s iconic waterfront entertainment space.
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Rethinking spaces for transport
We explore some examples of adaptive reuse that are transforming old transit hubs – and designing...
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Tall Stories 361: Habitat 67, Montreal
Paul Logothetis explores the terraces and towers of Montreal’s most famous housing complex.
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As Toronto prepares for a snap mayoral election on 26 June, we explore the urban issues at stake...
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Tall Stories 362: Madison Square Garden, New York
HJ Mai delves into the debate over what’s next for New York’s most emblematic sports and events...
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Change is afoot in the Slovak capital. We meet Matus Vallo, Bratislava’s bass-playing architect...
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Tall Stories 363: Cité du Vin, Bordeaux
Amy van den Berg explores a museum that’s bringing tourism back to the city in one of France’s...
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We call our summer meeting of The Urbanist book club with two titles that tell stories of...
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Tall Stories 365: Le Provençal Hotel Pool, Giens Peninsula
Jessica Bridger investigates an audacious swimming pool in the south of France that has an...
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It’s part two of our summer meeting of The Urbanist book club, in which we examine how cities...
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