• North America’s fastest-growing city: How Toronto is taking shape
    Feb 19 2026

    Training our lens on Toronto, we look at Pinnacle Skytower, one of its newest skyscrapers; explore Indigenous Hub, a new mixed-use development; and learn about Frank Darling, an architectural icon of the city.

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    29 mins
  • Tall Stories 250: UN headquarters, New York
    Mar 29 2021
    Christopher Cermak charts his journey from model UN to reporting on the real thing and explains what the organisation’s New York HQ means to the city. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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    6 mins
  • Tall Stories 496: Villa Beer – a modernist monument in Vienna
    Feb 16 2026

    Alexei Korolyov visits a key work of Viennese modernism by Austrian design icon Josef Frank, which has been reopened after a five-year restoration.

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    7 mins
  • How Santo Domingo’s old town is attractive for both residents and visitors
    Feb 12 2026

    We visit the capital of the Dominican Republic to see how its historic centre is balancing residential and tourist appeal. We also stop by Sydney’s newly reopened fish market and hear from the co-CEO of Waymo.

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    32 mins
  • Tall Stories 495: Practising preservation at The Assembly House in Buffalo
    Feb 9 2026

    Dennis Maher, artist and the founder and director of The Assembly House, describes how his project is helping to preserve more than just structures in the city of Buffalo.

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    7 mins
  • Cities on the agenda at the World Governments Summit in Dubai
    Feb 5 2026

    We report from the World Governments Summit, where we speak to Khalfan Belhoul of Dubai Future Foundation; German minister for digital transformation Karsten Wildberger; and Muhannad Tayem from Deloitte Middle East.

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    30 mins
  • Tall Stories 494: Metropolitan Ervin Szabó Library, Budapest
    Feb 2 2026

    Geetanjali Krishna takes us to Budapest's largest public collection of books to study how its popularity with locals is growing, thanks to recent Hungarian literary success.

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    6 mins
  • Melbourne’s Metro Tunnel and Mexican architect Tatiana Bilbao’s view on housing
    Jan 29 2026

    We explore the Melbourne Metro Tunnel, which has recently opened in the Victorian capital. Plus: Mexican architect Tatiana Bilbao joins Monocle’s Ed Stocker to discuss how she challenges norms to champion social housing.

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    29 mins