The 5 Best Monocle 24: The Urbanist Podcast Episodes
1) Tall Stories 275: Sitting-Out Areas, Hong Kong
James Chambers visits a traditional Hong Kong pocket park to observe the daily comings and goings at these essential public spaces. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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A short vignette about the little respites in HK that's become a standard in its urban planning.
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.2) Tall Stories 199: Japan’s kōbans
We investigate kōbans, Japan’s friendlier answer to the neighbourhood police station.
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.3) Cities in quarantine
We discuss the impact that quarantines can have on cities and what lessons city planners can learn when an outbreak causes borders to close.
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.4) Kindness
Can a city be kind? And how do citizens, activists and civic organisations show they care about building friendly places?
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.5) Building Better Cities: Barcelona
We continue to explore the pages of ‘The Monocle Guide to Building Better Cities’. This week we’re off to the Catalonian capital to hear how the city has changed through the years and what lessons it ...Show More
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.6) Old and new: How to build a neighborhood and reinvent a historic one
We discover two projects aiming to deliver a human-centric masterplan: Ion Riva in Turkey and Diriyah in Saudi Arabia. Plus: how the Fleet Street Quarter is reinventing the historic London district.Se...Show More
7) Tall Stories 507: Maracaibo’s Iglesia Cristo de Aranza
Gustavo Ocando Alex takes us to a church in Venezuela’s second city of Maracaibo that helps tell the story of the country’s history.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
8) Collaboration and experimentation at the Bloomberg CityLab summit in Madrid
Carlota Rebelo reports from the Bloomberg CityLab summit in Madrid, bringing us conversations with the most insightful speakers who have descended on the Spanish capital.See omnystudio.com/listener fo...Show More
9) Tall Stories 506: The renaissance of Suzhou Creek’s Left Bank
Tomás Pinheiro heads to Shanghai’s Suzhou Creek to see how the area went from a forgotten district to a sought-after commercial and residential location.See omnystudio.com/listener for pr...Show More
10) A bridge designer’s guide to connecting communities
Bridge designer Ezra Groskin from Moxon Architects talks about how his craft connects our cities. Then: Kate Brown describes the quiet revolutions garnered from tiny gardens in our urban environments....Show More