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

From Manchester championing the decentralisation of design expertise to Toronto’s technique for getting more out of transit-oriented developments, we explore two planning concepts named after their home cities.

From Manchester championing the decentralisation of design expertise to Toronto&rsquo;s technique for getting more out of transit-oriented developments, we explore two planning concepts named after their home cities.

Toponymic planning: Manchesterism and the Toronto Model 

Tomos Lewis takes us to a seemingly out-of-place public art installation currently floating on Lake Ontario.

Tomos Lewis takes us to a seemingly out-of-place public art installation currently floating on Lake Ontario.

Tall Stories 525: Toronto’s eye-catching ‘Global Convenience’

We convene a roundtable discussion with Gosha Haley, Ludo Campbell-Reid and Gyles Bendall on the future of Auckland, as the metropolis prepares for a new era of mobility with the City Rail Link.

 

We convene a roundtable discussion with Gosha Haley, Ludo Campbell-Reid and Gyles Bendall on the future of Auckland, as the metropolis prepares for a new era of mobility with the City Rail Link.
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Worker housing in Saudi Arabia, public art in Abu Dhabi and Corner Corner

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