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.
https://monocle.com/radio/shows/the-urbanist
Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 15 days 17 hours 59 minutes
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Floriade – growing green cities
We report from the international horticultural show that takes place in the Netherlands every 10 years. Once it wraps up, the 60-hectare site will be adapted to become a fully functioning new part of the city of Almere. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Tall Stories 307: La Carbonería, Barcelona
David Stevens heads to the Catalan capital of Barcelona to visit a historic building that offers a fresh perspective on one of its long-hidden façades. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
ULI Europe Conference: the future of cities
We’re in Brussels reporting from the Urban Land Institute’s Europe Conference and Young Leaders Forum to explore the emerging trends for cities and what comes next. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Tall Stories 306: Fort Jesus, Mombasa
Samson Mbogo visits Kenya’s Fort Jesus, a Unesco heritage site that is both a major tourist attraction and a symbol of a much darker history. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Global snapshots and city stories
We flick through a few city snapshots and discuss some stories that we have been following from around the globe. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Tall Stories 305: Sesc Pompéia, São Paulo
Monocle’s Ivan Carvalho looks at a remarkable piece of architecture designed by Lina Bo Bardi, whose efforts to preserve an oil-drum factory in the middle of Brazil’s biggest city resulted in a refined design that meets the needs of the community. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Housing design
We look at the different ways in which cities are bringing innovative designs to their new housing stock to ensure that growing urban populations have a place that they can be proud to call home. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Tall Stories 304: The Red Fort, New Delhi
Geetanjali Krishna looks at the Red Fort in Delhi – and the claim to its ownership by a woman purporting to be the oldest surviving descendant of India’s last Mughal emperor. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Lessons from history
What lessons can cities learn from the past? We discuss Leonardo da Vinci’s plans for the ideal city, sketched after a pandemic; revisit the pneumatic tube system; and re-examine the humble drinking fountain. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Tall Stories 303: Jerusalem International YMCA
Emily Wither visits one of the world’s most stunning YMCA buildings to explore how the space has helped to bring together a divided city. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.