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The Urbanist

The Urbanist

By: Monocle
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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.

2026 Monocle Art Career Success Economics Leadership Management & Leadership Social Sciences Travel Writing & Commentary
Episodes
  • Tall Stories 501: How does Taipei 101 stay standing? It’s what’s inside that counts

    Tall Stories 501: How does Taipei 101 stay standing? It’s what’s inside that counts
    Mar 23 2026

    Clarissa Wei climbs Taiwan’s best-known tower to investigate the clever engineering that keeps it in the sky.

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    7 mins
  • Tall Stories 250: UN headquarters, New York

    Tall Stories 250: UN headquarters, New York
    Mar 29 2021
    Christopher Cermak charts his journey from model UN to reporting on the real thing and explains what the organisation’s New York HQ means to the city. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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    6 mins
  • More from the world’s leading real estate event – Mipim

    More from the world’s leading real estate event – Mipim
    Mar 19 2026

    We reflect on Mipim conversations with the executive director of UN Habitat, as well as representatives from the New York City Housing Authority, Miami-Dade Beacon Council and ING Media.

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    30 mins
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