We recap the successes of the Public Art Abu Dhabi Biennial. Plus: worker housing in Saudi Arabia and a new urban-farming development in London’s Canada Water district.

 

We recap the successes of the Public Art Abu Dhabi Biennial. Plus: worker housing in Saudi Arabia and a new urban-farming development in London&rsquo;s Canada Water district.
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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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Worker housing in Saudi Arabia, public art in Abu Dhabi and Corner Corner

We report from the world’s leading real estate event, Mipim. Here we meet mayors from Turku to Genoa and Lisbon to Rome who are putting their city’s best foot forward to drive investment.

 

We report from the world&rsquo;s leading real estate event, Mipim. Here we meet mayors from Turku to Genoa and Lisbon to Rome who are putting their city&rsquo;s best foot forward to drive investment.
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Meet the mayors at Mipim, the world’s leading real-estate event

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.

Worker housing in Saudi Arabia, public art in Abu Dhabi and Corner Corner

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