Tall Stories 526: Mother Nature on display at Apple Park
Ivan Carvalho takes us for a tour inside a tech-focused campus where greenery is also given its fair share of attention.
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Monocle 24: The Urbanist
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 apartme...
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20 of 142 episodesToponymic planning: Manchesterism and the Toronto Model
From Manchester championing the decentralisation of design expertise to Toronto's technique for getting more out of transit-oriented develop...
Tall Stories 525: Toronto’s eye-catching ‘Global Convenience’
Tomos Lewis takes us to a seemingly out-of-place public art installation currently floating on Lake Ontario.
How the City Rail Link can rewrite Auckland’s future
We convene a roundtable discussion with Gosha Haley, Ludo Campbell-Reid and Gyles Bendall on the future of Auckland, as the metropolis prepa...
Tall Stories 524: The silver-screen allure of Park Hyatt Tokyo’s New York Bar
Gendel Gento explores a recently refurbished hotel bar in Tokyo, which is a must-visit for cinephiles.
How New York plans to reimagine its famous Fifth Avenue and its bus system
We speak with Madelyn Wils, who is heading up an overhaul of Fifth Avenue, and New York transportation commissioner Mike Flynn about rethink...
Tall Stories 523: The multipurpose magic of Hong Hong’s HSBC Building
Tomas Pinheiro takes us to a Hong Kong tower built for banking that now plays many different roles for the city's residents.
How an all-women team reimagined condo design in Toronto
We speak to Heather Rolleston from BDP Quadrangle about the firm's recent condo development in Toronto, which was brought about by an all-wo...
Tall Stories 522: Why is Turku Castle so important to the Finnish?
Petri Burtsoff takes us to Finland's oldest building, which has become a symbol for Finns and is one of the most visited sights in the count...
How to build a city? Focus on quality of life
Journalist and author Gabriella Bennett discusses her recent book 'How To Build A City: Journeys into the Urban Future'. Plus: we take a dip...
Tall Stories 521: The murky future of Vancouver’s Kitsilano Pool
Gregory Scruggs takes us to Vancouver's Kitsilano Pool, a saltwater bathing spot whose future is uncertain due to its desperate need for ref...
Finding a home for The Beatles’ Abbey Road crossing and London’s Museum of Youth Culture
We look at the new home for London's Museum of Youth Culture, a Chicago collective who embeds cultural venues into neighbourhoods and traffi...
Tall Stories 520: Vienna’s art nouveau Tennisclub SV Schwarz-Blau
Alexei Korolyov takes us to one of Vienna's most architecturally stunning tennis clubs.
Designing a modern library that is relevant to people and place
We review a new library project in Oregon, learn about a system helping Swedish city-dwellers share and find out how to build sticky neighbo...
Tall Stories 519: Exploring Caracas’ panoramic Humboldt Hotel
Gustavo Ocando Alex tells us the story of Hotel Humboldt, which sits on the northern hills of Caracas.
Thomas Heatherwick on generosity in urban design and how to sustain a project’s momentum
We assess two long-running London projects: Thomas Heatherwick joins us to talk about Olympia; while Nick Watson outlines the decades of pro...
Tall Stories 517: The past and present grow together at Chengdu’s West Village
Tomás Pinheiro takes us to West Village in Chengdu to see how local vernacular and modern-day needs go hand in hand in this megaproje...
How London’s South Bank has supported culture for 75 years
The CEO of South Bank Employers' Group discusses how the area's institutions work together to help each other flourish. We also speak to the...
Tall Stories 517: How La Bulla is making itself heard in Veracruz
Verity de Cala takes us to La Bulla in Mexico's coastal city of Veracruz to see how this park redevelopment project is impacting the local c...
How to support the ecosystems that make up our cities
We consider the relationship between our cities and nature as we explore the sponge city concept and learn how our buildings can be kinder t...