Tall Stories 480: Johannesburg City Library

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

Tall Stories 479: Dubai’s totemic Toyota Building

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

IPUT special: meet chief executive Niall Gaffney

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

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

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

What we learned at the World Design Congress

Tall Stories 476: Dulles International Airport’s Mobile Lounges, Washington

Cape Town’s liveability secrets – highlights from Monocle’s Quality of Life Conference

Tall Stories 475: Bethlem Royal Hospital and Bethlem Museum of the Mind, London

Want to find utopia? Try Columbia, Maryland

Tall Stories 474: Fuggerei, Augsburg – Germany’s 88-cent rent

Crowdfunding community projects, personalised airport terminals and a Swiss folk festival

Tall Stories 473: The Hope for Peace Monument, Beirut

How good design affects a city beyond the aesthetic – from coastal resilience to safer transit

Tall Stories 472: Al-Nawfara Coffee Shop, Damascus

How can the arts and culture sectors boost a city’s economy?

Tall Stories 471: Aalto Siilo – the ugliest building in Oulu