The Urbanist

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Development priorities in Canadian cities and a decade of co-operation in Cascadia Jan 15, 2026

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We’re joined by former City of Toronto chief planner Gregg Lintern to discuss priorities for Canadian cities. Plus: we visit Cascadia to see what has come from the mega-region’s decade-long formal partnership.

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Tall Stories 491: Australian War Memorial, Canberra Jan 12, 2026

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Andrew Mueller takes us to the Australian War Memorial to find out the nature of and reasons for its recent refit.

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What energy should we take into 2026 in order to face climate change head on? Jan 08, 2026

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We meet Dr Gary Yohe, a Nobel Peace prize recipient for his work on the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Then: we discover the stories behind Britain’s cooling towers, a brutalist structure that once dominated our skylines.

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Tall Stories 490: How renovations stripped Bangkok’s Robot Building of its personality Jan 05, 2026

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Tomás Pinheiro explains how an act of urban erasure in the Thai capital stole the charm from one of the city’s iconic structures.

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The best of ‘Tall Stories’ in 2025 Jan 01, 2026

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Monocle’s editor in chief, Andrew Tuck, rounds up his favourite episodes of ‘Tall Stories’ from 2025.

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The best of 2025 Dec 25, 2025

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Monocle’s editor-in-chief Andrew Tuck recalls some of his favourite interviews and reports from the year on ‘The Urbanist’.

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How healthcare-facility design can improve the lives of all city dwellers Dec 18, 2025

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We assess how the design of healthcare facilities can improve not just the experience of treatment but also the neighbourhoods in which these centres stand.

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Tall Stories 489: Touro Synagogue, Newport, Rhode Island Dec 15, 2025

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Gregory Scruggs tells us the tale of the oldest existing synagogue in the United States.

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‘Architecture is Climate’ Dec 11, 2025

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We speak to Jeremy Till and Tatjana Schneider – two of the authors behind ‘Architecture is Climate’ – a new book rethinking the industry and its foundations in an age of ecological crisis.

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Tall Stories 488: The bunker in Schönbornpark, Vienna Dec 08, 2025

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Alexei Korolyov visits an air-raid bunker that has laid empty for decades but is now being brought back to life through art.

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