Tall Stories 520: Vienna’s art nouveau Tennis club SV Schwarz-Blau
Alexei Korolyov takes us to one of Vienna's most architecturally stunning tennis clubs.
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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 130 episodesDesigning 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...
Tall Stories 516: Beirut’s Sporting Beach Club
Noor Amylia Hilda visits a gallant collection of concrete platforms and saltwater pools on Beirut's coast that has outlasted the Lebanese Ci...
Designing for the future: how the technology sector impacts urban design
We find out how to make the buildings of the future serve the cities of today, with urban-friendly data centre design and reimagined technol...
Tall Stories 515: Escaping the urban jungle on Mumbai’s Malabar Hill Forest Trail
Rahul Kadri, the principal of IMK Architects, takes us to a jungle escape in the heart of bustling Mumbai.
How greenery improves our quality of life
To mark the release of Monocle's Quality of Life Survey 2026, we look at how a focus on greenery could be a ticket to success. Plus: How Can...
Tall Stories 514: The strange world of Zürich’s Bruno Weber Park
Laura Kramer explores an oasis inhabited by mythical creatures, a fairy-tale tower and giant mosaic-covered beasts on the outskirts of Z&uum...
The World Cup effect on our cities
From adapting stadiums in the US to the evolution of Mexico City, we explore what hosting a mega-event such as the World Cup can mean for a...
Tall Stories 513: Finding paradise in the real Shangri-La
Tom Webb takes us to the Chinese city named after the fictional 1933 literary paradise of Shangri-La to sort fact from fiction.
The pillars of architectural practice with a Scandinavian sensibility
Tomas Stokke joins us from Haptic, an architectural firm bringing Scandinavian style to global projects. We also meet Dicle Guntas from Fore...
Tall Stories 512: The strange transformation of Nara Juvenile Prison
Gendel Gento takes us to the last surviving example of Japan's "Five Great Prisons" built during the Meiji era, which has recently undergone...
How can the real estate sector help Europe stay ahead of the competition?
Carlota Rebelo reports from the Urban Land Institute's 2026 Europe Conference in Berlin, where we hear the most interesting voices in the re...
Tall Stories 511: 50 years of London’s Undercroft Skate Space
Sophie Monaghan-Coombs learns about Undercroft Skate Space, a venue that has been central to the London skateboarding scene over the past ha...
How Sweden’s ‘fika’ mentality can improve city planning
We learn how one strategist is exporting Swedish fika values to help put city planners on the same page. We also hear about Hungary's push t...