The Urbanist

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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.

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Málaga has transformed – but does its second act come at a cost?

We speak to Málaga’s officials, architects, artists and restaurateurs to assess its urban transformation. Plus: we speak to the CEO of Arup to hear about how the firm is helping cities to thrive. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

32 min
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Tall Stories 497: Maracaibo's modest Metro system

Gustavo Ocando Alex tells the story of the Maracaibo Metro, which has garnered a particularly diminutive nickname thanks to its limited coverage – the result of a lack of funding and alleged corruption. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

4 min
19/02

North America’s fastest-growing city: How Toronto is taking shape

Training our lens on Toronto, we look at Pinnacle Skytower, one of its newest skyscrapers; explore Indigenous Hub, a new mixed-use development; and learn about Frank Darling, an architectural icon of the city. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

29 min
16/02

Tall Stories 496: Villa Beer – a modernist monument in Vienna

Alexei Korolyov visits a key work of Viennese modernism by Austrian design icon Josef Frank, which has been reopened after a five-year restoration. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

7 min
12/02

How Santo Domingo’s old town is attractive for both residents and visitors

We visit the capital of the Dominican Republic to see how its historic centre is balancing residential and tourist appeal. We also stop by Sydney’s newly reopened fish market and hear from the co-CEO of Waymo. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

32 min
9/02

Tall Stories 495: Practising preservation at The Assembly House in Buffalo

Dennis Maher, artist and the founder and director of The Assembly House, describes how his project is helping to preserve more than just structures in the city of Buffalo. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

7 min
5/02

Cities on the agenda at the World Governments Summit in Dubai

We report from the World Governments Summit, where we speak to Khalfan Belhoul of Dubai Future Foundation; German minister for digital transformation Karsten Wildberger; and Muhannad Tayem from Deloitte Middle East. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

30 min
2/02

Tall Stories 494: Metropolitan Ervin Szabó Library, Budapest

Geetanjali Krishna takes us to Budapest's largest public collection of books to study how its popularity with locals is growing, thanks to recent Hungarian literary success. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

6 min

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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.