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Amos Schocken and the Art of News at Israel's Haaretz
3+ week, 3+ day ago (449+ words) Amos Schocken, publisher of Israel’s influential newspaper Haaretz, remains true to his family’s liberal ethos, unafraid to report fairly on Palestinian issues. Its circulation has been boosted by a growing online readership. Among Amos’s top priorities is the thorough, in-depth…...
The Visionaries Behind Abu Dhabi’s Post-Oil Transformation
3+ week, 4+ day ago (219+ words) Abu Dhabi is built on oil but the city is morphing into a technology and culture superpower. Who are the visionaries on the ground turning dreams into bricks and mortar? It’s water towers in New York, strobe-lit banks in Hong…...
What can you expect from an all-women-designed building? Architecture that prioritises community
1+ week, 12+ hour ago (234+ words) Conversations with the community led to the creation of Toronto’s Reina condominium complex, complete with multi-generational units, ample stroller parking and child play areas visible from the communal gym. What would happen if the developers, architects, engineers and electricians building…...
How the reconstruction of Lisbon’s Baixa district became a model for modern urban planning
2+ week, 1+ day ago (536+ words) Lisbon’s Baixa neighbourhood, ravaged by natural disasters in the 18th century, is a design lesson in reconstruction that breathes harmony and order. Monocle touches down in Lisbon early next month for our annual Quality of Life Conference. For some, the design…...
Much like Los Angeles’s airport train, California needs to get back on track
2+ week, 6+ day ago (272+ words) Monocle Los Angeles spent the summer hosting World Cup matches without a promised piece of infrastructure for the occasion. Skylink, an airport train first scheduled to run in 2023, missed its debut after cost overruns of an estimated $500m (€428m). The people mover…...
A new chapter for Berlin’s Stabi, as a decade-long overhaul seeks to restore Scharoun’s civic landmark
3+ week, 3+ day ago (348+ words) We settle down in the spacious reading room of Berlin’s Stabi public library, as it undergoes a renovation that will finally deliver on its 1960s ideals. Because it grants people from all walks of life access to knowledge, a public library…...
Room to grow: Impressive educational architecture in Finland, Austria and beyond
3+ week, 3+ day ago (162+ words) monocle.com Built learning environments can be transformative, inspiring students to look after their surroundings while nurturing creativity. We talk to architects shaping outcomes for the better by eschewing screens and embracing natural light and greenery. “Schools have a culture…...
Can neuroscience help architects design buildings that make us feel better?
3+ week, 3+ day ago (476+ words) Buildings do more than just shelter us: they inform how we feel on a psychological and physical level. Researchers in the field of neuro-architecture are developing new ways of creating stress-free urban environments. Andres Janser, then curator at the Museum…...
Lisbon’s abandoned commercial spaces are offering creative solutions to the housing crisis
3+ week, 3+ day ago (171+ words) In a city centre that’s short on space, architect José Guimarães is betting that the answer isn’t to build more but to revamp what already exists. In the Lisbon neighbourhood of Campo de Ourique, you’ll find traditional knitting shops pressed…...
Munich’s Arabellahaus could become a model for saving Germany’s ageing housing blocks
4+ week, 1+ day ago (457+ words) Monocle When the owner of Munich’s Arabellahaus announced in 2018 that the building would have to come down, residents were furious. Completed in 1969, the enormous, skinny, rectangular structure long functioned as a miniature city, earning comparisons with Le Corbusier’s L’Unité d’Habitation…...