The Urbanist

<p>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. </p>

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.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

11-17
05:37

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. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

11-13
29:04

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.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

11-10
04:33

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.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

11-06
30:19

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.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

11-03
05:25

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. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

10-30
35:36

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.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

10-29
35:19

Tall Stories 482: The Watergate Complex, Washington

Charlotte McDonald-Gibson uncovers the modern story behind the US capital’s most infamous building.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

10-27
08:02

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.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

10-23
35:15

Tall Stories 481: Hengermalom, Budapest

Alexei Korolyov takes us to the former site of one of Budapest’s largest flour mills, which has been reborn as a lively cultural hub.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

10-20
08:55

Treating the US nursing shortage with good design

We discover how good design can help the nursing shortage in the United States, learn about Helsinki’s annual herring market and hear how Norway is developing urban robot farming.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

10-16
28:48

Tall Stories 480: Johannesburg City Library

Elna Schütz finds a peaceful stopping-off point amid the urban hustle and bustle at the city library of South Africa’s busiest metropolis.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

10-13
05:41

UN-Habitat’s call to action on housing, a Bloomberg-LSE programme for mayors and Expo Real in Munich

We look at the Bloomberg LSE European City Leadership Initiative teaching mayors how to tackle their cities' challenges, talk about UN-Habitat's global call to action on housing and report from Expo Real and Diriyah.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

10-09
34:58

Tall Stories 479: Dubai’s totemic Toyota Building

Inzamam Rashid tells us how an advertising partnership helped to shape the identity of a burgeoning Dubai.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

10-06
08:22

What can cities learn from nature? Discover The Bioplanning Institute and the Bundanon Art Museum

We meet Dror Benshetrit, founder of The Bioplanning Institute, who’s reframing urbanism through an ecological design lens. Plus: how the Bundanon Art Museum in Australia teaches cities to better interact with the natural world.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

10-02
29:41

IPUT special: meet chief executive Niall Gaffney

Join us for a special episode in partnership with IPUT, Dublin’s leading property-investment company. We meet chief executive Nial Gaffney to talk about building community and setting new benchmarks for cities in Ireland.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

10-01
21:02

Tall Stories 478: Feira de São Cristóvão – a Nordestino feast in Rio de Janeiro

Tomás Pinheiro takes us to a space in Rio de Janeiro that brings together all the best offerings from Brazil’s northeastern region and is celebrating its 80th anniversary this year.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

09-29
09:53

The secrets to urban crowd control, compassionate design and the World Tramdriver Championship

We find out how cities move crowds safely and efficiently, investigate how design can affect health and wellbeing, and stop by the World Tramdriver Championship in Vienna.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

09-25
33:20

Tall Stories 477: Biidaasige Park – how Toronto combines green space and flood protection

Mandy Sinclair takes us to Toronto to explore the largest new park opening in a generation, which helps to prevent flooding and provide green space for residents and visitors.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

09-22
08:01

What we learned at the World Design Congress

As the World Design Congress ponders a response to climate change, we meet one of the world’s best architects and an indigenous design expert. Plus: we visit Seattle’s new Waterfront Park.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

09-18
32:37

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