urban living
Latest
Key to the city
The world’s urban centres are flourishing once more despite pandemic-related predictions of their demise. Editor in chief Andrew Tuck celebrates our cities’ resilience, vision and innovation, as evidenced in Monocle’s Quality of Life survey.
Comment
In São Paulo’s apartment complexes, we speak to doormen whose jobs are under threat.
Talk of the town
In the first part of our grand draft to upgrade urban living, we outline the sights, sounds, spaces and street life that should be the starting points for every city neighbourhood.
Hot town, summer in the city
As borders reopen, Tyler Brûlé is on the move again and continuing to celebrate urban life.
Size matters
But bigger isn’t always better. In Japan, youngsters keen on life in central Tokyo are content in tiny apartments. Our correspondent squeezes in.
Cities
Finding quality of life in Japan, Bogotá gets a metro and a suburb of Vancouver finally has a city centre.
How to be a good citizen
Authorities set the tone but it’s residents that define the places they live in. So what can we do to improve the urban realm?
Talon show
London-based Wild Life Drawing classes swap human models for exotic animals, from wolves to seven-week-old owlets, helping urbanites reconnect with nature through art.
Editor’s letter
Our editor in chief discusses his options for the golden years, exploring unique living arrangements and how these thoughts have informed his new mansion mission in Thailand.
Breathe in, breathe out
Taiwan's Yilan county has long been Taipei's rural escape. Since a mountain tunnel slashed commute times in 2006, this Pacific-coast city of rice paddies and surf breaks has become a genuine alternative to capital-city…
