What are Cape Town’s secrets to liveability, how do you act like a local in Barcelona and why is the UAE the best place to bring people together?

What are Cape Town&rsquo;s secrets to liveability, how do you act like a local in Barcelona and why is the UAE the best place to bring people together?

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. Nominee in the Smartest Podcast category of the 2019 British Podcast awards. 

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. Nominee in the Smartest Podcast category of the 2019 British Podcast awards.

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Cape Town’s liveability secrets – highlights from Monocle’s Quality of Life Conference

Tomas Pinheiro takes us to Tiong Bahru Estate to see how Singapore is able to succeed at the 15 minute city model within just one urban development.

Tomas Pinheiro takes us to Tiong Bahru Estate to see how Singapore is able to succeed at the 15 minute city model within just one urban development.

Tall Stories 499: Masterful mixed-use at Singapore’s Tiong Bahru Estate

We visit Oslo to see the New Government Quarter, which has transformed the site of the city’s 2011 terrorist attacks into an open, civic space. Then: we explore the new Louise Tower on Brussels’s iconic Avenue Louise.

We visit Oslo to see the New Government Quarter, which has transformed the site of the city&rsquo;s 2011 terrorist attacks into an open, civic space. Then: we explore the new Louise Tower on Brussels&rsquo;s iconic Avenue Louise.

Balancing security and aesthetic appeal in Oslo’s New Government Quarter

Paul Logothetis takes us to a hotel in Manhattan that has been transforming since its construction in the 1960s.

Paul Logothetis takes us to a hotel in Manhattan that has been transforming since its construction in the 1960s.

Cape Town’s liveability secrets – highlights from Monocle’s Quality of Life Conference

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