The Monocle Guide to Building Better Cities

In this joyful new book, Monocle unpacks what makes a great city, whether you’re looking for a new place to call home or need help fixing your own.

How can we create better cities – places that work for people of all ages and backgrounds? How can we ensure that cities provide the obvious essentials, such as great transport links and good places to work, as well as the softer elements that truly deliver a high quality of life, such as urban swimming pools and rooftop clubs? 

Since its launch in 2007, Monocle has been passionate about creating better places to live. Every year, the magazine publishes a Quality of Life Survey naming the top 25 cities to call home. Across its issues, Monocle has interviewed the best mayors, examined metropolises that prioritise pedestrians and met the people who create the best parks, both small and large.

Read on to discover how you too can have a High Line, create the most desirable housing or transform a polluted river into a summertime attraction.

With great images and intriguing reports, this book takes the urbanism debate away from City Hall, explaining what is needed in a way that will inspire us all.

Pages: 322

Details: 20 × 26.5 cm, full colour, linen hardcover, stitch bound

Editors: Gestalten

Authors: Monocle

ISBN: 978-3-89955-503-5

FSC™️ (Forest Stewardship Council™️) Certified.

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