June 2012
For a small city, Zürich’s 50 museums, theatres and concert halls are a subtle hint that there’s more than beautiful architecture, clean living and stunning scenery in Monocle’s favourite city of 2012. A strict corporate…
June 2011
Buenos Aires, Casablanca, Kagoshima, Rome and Seoul are never going to make the top 25 of our Liveable Cities index but despite their various impediments – from creaking services to epic traffic problems – they are all…
August 2012
Marseille is a city embracing the future while keeping its celebrated multicultural personality intact. To discover the beating heart of Marseille, Monocle Films visits three hoteliers whose establishments reflect the…
July 2007
Professor Jacqueline McGlade became executive director of the European Environment Agency in Copenhagen in 2003. She is on leave from her post as Professor in Environmental Informatics in the Department of Mathematics at…
October 2011
As part of a series on neighbourhoods in transition, Monocle visits Candelaria in Bogotá. The oldest part of Colombia's capital is unique in that it's home to a mix of social classes and more and more people are moving here…
June 2010
As Munich jumps back up the scale to our No 1 spot, we look at what makes it Monocle's most liveable city. We explore the urban environment and talk to its visionary thinkers to uncover how and why this city has usurped…
April 2013
Japanese design icon Kenya Hara’s House Vision exhibition gathered some of the nation’s most creative thinkers in Tokyo to explore new possibilities for urban living.
March 2013
Under the leadership of a progressive mayor, Kaohsiung in the south of Taiwan is no longer the neglected sibling of the capital Taipei. With its harbour being redeveloped and refreshed infrastructure within the city, Mon…
June 2010
Danish architect Jan Gehl is improving quality of life in cities across the globe, taking the focus away from the car and putting it back on people, with pedestrianised streets and improved cycling infrastructure. Calling…
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