Paul Logothetis takes us to an iconic feature of Athens’ urban fabric – covered walkways offering much needed shade and a space for socialising.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Testing the pressure on our cities with the 2025 Workforce Preference Barometer
JLL’s Sue Asprey Price joins us to discuss the findings from the Workforce Preference Barometer 2025. Then Charlotte McDonald-Gibson reports on the challenges of training for combat in urban environments.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Tall Stories 486: The towering beauty of Switzerland’s Grande Dixence Dam
Jessica Bridger marvels at the tallest dam in Europe, which was constructed in the 1950s and supplies about 20 per cent of Switzerland’s stored energy.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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What relationship does South Korea have with public art? Plus: Dubai Design Week and Riba president Chris Williamson.
We speak to South Korean artist Jinjoon Lee about how his country interacts with public art, Inzamam Rashid visits an acclaimed installation from Dubai Design Week and we meet new Riba president Chris Williamson.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Tall Stories 485: Helsinki Upper Secondary School of Natural Sciences
Petri Burtsoff takes us to a first-of-its-kind wooden educational building in the Finnish capital.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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.