Monocle’s Carlota Rebelo reports from Turin, which is playing host to a crowd of urbanists, designers and city-enthusiasts for this year’s edition of Utopian Hours. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Monocle 24: The Urbanist

Utopian Hours 2021

Monocle’s Sophie Monaghan-Coombs investigates what’s behind the blue plaques that dot buildings across London. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Tall Stories 279: London’s blue plaques

Monocle 24 marks 10 years of broadcasting this week and to celebrate we are looking back at the last 10 years of urbanism, speaking to a few old friends and discussing what the next decade has in store. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

‘The Urbanist’: 10 years

We head to Tel Aviv to pay a visit to one of the city’s most famous public spaces. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Tall Stories 278: Zina Dizengoff Square, Tel Aviv

We look well beyond our London HQ to explore some urbanism stories from the farthest reaches of the globe. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Far-flung stories

We visit a new art gallery, which is built in a derelict sugar refinery and forms part of a riverside revival going on in Slovenia’s capital. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Tall Stories 277: Cukrarna, Ljubljana

We highlight some key urbanism takeaways from this year’s edition of the Monocle Quality of Life Conference in the Greek capital. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Monocle Quality of Life Conference in Athens

We speak to the team behind the renewal of Ken Soble Tower in Hamilton, Ontario, to see how it exemplifies the way both a building and its residents can benefit by ageing in place. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Tall Stories 276: Ken Soble Tower, Hamilton

We bring you a bundle of reports from the past few days, including the London Design Festival, Expo Prado in Montevideo, New York hosting world leaders and the Al Fay Park in Abu Dhabi. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Placemaking, biodiversity and diplomacy

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.

Tall Stories 275: Sitting-Out Areas, Hong Kong

Just how important is the Olympic legacy for the built environment? We assess how Tokyo 2020 has affected the city itself, look ahead to Paris 2024 and examine Rio 2016 too. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Olympic legacies

We visit an English-language bookshop based in Copenhagen that’s changing the lives of citizens in the Danish capital. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Books & Company, Copenhagen

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.

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Monocle 24: The Urbanist

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