quality of life
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Saint-Gilles
With its beautiful, spacious art nouveau houses and cosmopolitan feel, Saint-Gilles is proving a draw for those looking for fresh pastures.
Puerto Varas
Patagonia combines the best of natural beauty and local culture. In Puerto Varas, ambitious restoration projects are putting the town’s roots centre stage.
Observation
For our editor-in-chief Tyler Brûlé, a carefree springtime to-do list quickly turns into a recipe for how to fix some of society’s bigger challenges.
Malasaña (north)
With Madrid promoting financial and social change, the relaxed Bourbon style of the Malasaña neighbourhood is the ideal place to start your ‘Madriz’ property portfolio.
Go with the flow
There’s nothing that irritates architects more than the word ‘cosy’. We believe they should rethink their view, as most of us are looking for intimacy, good lighting and sensible scale.
Cobble it up
Along with clean hospitals and punctual buses, our cities should have a cosy feel to them. Let’s hear it for warm street lighting, pristine parks and cobbled back alleys.
Theatre of life
In Munich, a unique building provides subsidised rent for retired actors, artists and journalists. The Werner Friedmann Foundation, which made its money in the circus, runs the enviable scheme.
Les Batignolles
Once the stamping ground of Impressionist painters, this 17th arrondissement neighbourhood is attracting a new wave of residents fleeing the overpriced centre and seeking some old-fashioned charm.
Perfect old age community
We've designed the perfect town for mature living. Our first development is in Hawaii, with government-subsidised housing, reinvested profits and a moderate cost of living. Future sites include Italy, Japan and New Zealand.
Observation
Staying in good health is about looking after what you have as well as thinking ahead. Speaking of which, join us soon at the new Monocle Café for an autumn pick-me-up.
