Journalism
Writing is a tool that can translate complexity into simplicity to ease understanding . I enjoy translating specialized knowledge into broadly understandable content. Major international outlets and specialist publications are different audiences but equally important to my work. Radio, op-eds, books and features let me tell the stories I think are important over a variety of formats. I’m an urbanist first, but architecture, landscape and urban design are part of a complex web of forces including design, politics, business, tech, sustainable tourism, and more – and I write about it all.
Articles, Essays & Op-Eds
Opinion: Tall order, the Shanghai Tower and high-rise urbanism | Monocle Minute on Design | February 2025
A Modern Way to Ski | Monocle Magazine | December/January 2024/2025
The Highest Regard | Fifty Ideas for Building Better Cities | The Monocle Companion | June 2024
Dreiseitl in Singapore | National water policy and landscape infrastructure | Landscape Architecture Magazine | June 2024
Gund Hall: Harvard Graduate School of Design | Places that Inspire | Monocle Magazine | February 2024
Up, up and away | Opinion: Urban density | Monocle Minute | November 2023
Deep Impact | Essay on urban swimming and the power of urban planning/design | Swim & Sun, a Monocle Guide | August 2023
Fund global, act local | Brussels Urban Summit conclusions | Monocle Minute | June 2023
Range Rover | Sarah Cowles and Ruderal in the Caucasus; development in Georgia | Landscape Architecture Magazine | April 2023
Play it Cool | Al Fay Park Abu Dhabi and the UAE desert development | Landscape Architecture Magazine | January 2023
Taking to the Waters, Baden | Thermal and river bathing-based urbanism in Baden, Switzerland | Monocle Magazine | July/August 2022
Texas Coldwave: How cascading risks took out an entire power grid | Infrastructure and resilience | UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction | June 2022
Line by Line | Landworks Studio, Michael Blier and global practice | Landscape Architecture Magazine | May 2022
Shifting Gears | FIAT’s 500e electric car and urban change in Turin | Monocle Magazine | April 2022
Things Go By: Schüssinsel Park, Biel | Landscape Architecture Magazine | August 2021
Here Not There Urbanism | Pandemic Urbanism | MONU Magazine | October 2020
Head for the Hill: Ski Resort Design | Landscape Architecture Magazine | January 2020
World Economic Forum | Monocle Winter Weekly, Edition 4 | January 2020
Monocle Magazine | Bank on It: Basel’s Urban Riverfront | July/August 2019
Stadler Rail | Business Section | Monocle Summer Weekly, Edition 4 | 2019
Monocle Magazine | Quality of Life Survey: Research and writing for Munich | July/August 2019
Impact Investing: Stephan Ensmann/Nomina | Monocle Forecast | December/January 2018
Swiss Snow and Avalanche Institute, News/Affairs Section | Monocle Winter Weekly, Edition 4 | December 2018
Museum Susch, Culture Section | Monocle Winter Weekly, Edition 4 | December 2018
Resort Report: Klosters, Switzerland | Monocle Winter Weekly, Edition 2 | December 2018
Core Skis, Business Section | Monocle Winter Weekly, Edition 2 | December 2018
Heierling, Business Section | Monocle Winter Weekly, Edition 1 | December 2018
Bamberg and Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Bavaria A-Z | Monocle Magazine Bavaria Special Edition newspaper | September 2018
Democratic Void | Landscape Architecture Magazine | August 2018
New Talent 2018: Karamuk*Kuo Architekten | Metropolis Magazine | July 2018
Zurich Trams | Monocle Magazine | June 2018
Ripple Effect: MAX IV and Science City | Landscape Architecture Magazine | February 2018
Rise of the Machines: AEBI Switzerland | Monocle Winter Newspaper Issue 2 | December 2017
Arresting a Slide: Sleds in Davos | Monocle Winter Newspaper Issue 1 | December 2017
Secret Spaces | Camenzind Magazine #19 | Winter 2018
The Escapist 2017 | Monocle Restaurant Awards
Cities: Berlin | Metropolis Magazine | July/August 2017
Urbanists in the High Arctic | Landscape Architecture Magazine | January 2017
Monocle Travel Top 50 | Monocle Magazine | December/January 2017
The New Urban Agenda Explainer | United Nations Habitat III Secretariat | October/November 2016
One Stop Coop: Kalkbreite in Zurich | Metropolis Magazine | November 2016
Monocle Magazine | November 2016 | Hospitality Hardware
The Escapist 2016 | Monocle Restaurant Awards (Chasellas, Le Pavillon, Sternen Grill, Kronenhalle), Manifesta 11 in Zurich.
Monocle Magazine | July/August 2016 | Quality of Life Survey: Research and writing for Düsseldorf, Hamburg, Zurich and Munich
Monocle Magazine | July/August 2016 | Coops Rising: Zurich
Metropolis Magazine | April 2016 | Profile: Hella Jongerius
ICON Magazine | January 2016 | Kronenhalle Bar
The Forecast 2016 | Monocle Magazine | Built to Last
Metropolis Magazine | December 2015 | Profile: Sebastian Herkner
Monocle Magazine | November 2015 | Bavaria Survey (associate editor)
Disegno Magazine | No. 9, Autumn 2015 | Berlin Hub
Monocle Magazine | September 2015 | NXP Semiconductor
The Escapist 2015 | Monocle Magazine | Monocle Restaurant Awards (Chasellas, Le Pavillon, Sternen Grill) & Schindelhauer Bikes
Landscape Architecture Magazine | August 2015 | Recent Faculty Appointments at Harvard
Monocle Magazine | July/August 2015 | Quality of Life Survey: Research and writing for Munich, Zurich and Hamburg
Metropolis Magazine | May 2015 | Don't Call it a Commune: Cohousing in Berlin
Landscape Architecture Magazine | June 2015 | Zurich Badi
Monocle Magazine | March 2015 | Atlantic Saltworks, Olives & Grace
Beyond Magazine | Janurary 2015 | The Ten: Leipzig
Monocle Alpino | Winter 2015 | Bobo's Mountain Sugar
Monocle Magazine | November 2014 | Design Directory: Neighborhoods in Boston and Berlin
The Journal of the London Society | Fall Winter 2014 | Book Report: Book review of Radical Cities
Scape Magazine | Autumn 2014 | Interview with Dhiru Thadani
Monocle Magazine | July/August 2014 | Quality of Life Survey: Research and writing for Hamburg
MONU Magazine | Spring 2014 | Geographical Urbanism: Geo Urbanism - Underneath it All
Landscape Architecture Magazine | March 2014 | Neue Nature: Park am Gleisdreieck in Berlin (cover article)
Architectural Review | April 2014 | Review: In the Temple of the Self
Monocle Magazine | December-January 2013 | My Last Meal: Playmobil's Horst Brandstätter
Landscape Architecture Magazine | November 2013 | At the Edge of the World: Maasvlakte 2 in Rotterdam
Landscape Architecture Magazine | July 2013 | Life on the Wedge: Superkilen in Copenhagen
FRAME Magazine | 2013 | Design Process Story | Konstantin Grcic: Parrish Chair
Anthos Magazine | Participation | Superkilen (auf Deutsch)
Camenzind | Ghostbusters | The Space Shuttle Challenger
Volume Magazine | Fall 2012 | Interiors: Control, Lifestyle and the Supermarket
Scape Magazine | 2012 | My Favorite Fairytale Paradise: Zurich and the Seeuferweg
MONU Magazine | Spring 2012 | Non-Urbanism: The Expanded Field of the Built Environment
Topos Magazine | Culturescapes | Culture Riot: Superkilen in Copenhagen
Journal of Landscape Architecture (JOLA) | IFLA Zurich: Who said what to whom?
October 2011.
Topos Magazine | Crisis Landscapes | Crisis Close to Home
Editing & Books
European Round Table for Industry 40th Anniversary Publication (July 2023)
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction | Reducing Risk and Building Resilience of SMEs to Disasters (2020)
Schindler Global Award 2019 (Schindler Group, May 2019)
United Nations Report of the Secretary General: Progress on the implementation of the New Urban Agenda | 73rd General Assembly of the United Nations, Economic and Social Council | 2018
Monocle Guide to Building Better Cities (Gestalten, August 2018)
Textbook (Kees Christiaanse) | (NAI Books June 2018)
Schindler Global Award 2017 (Schindler Group, April 2017)
Monocle Travel Guide: Berlin | Retail, architecture, essay on Berlin's urban form (Gestalten, March 2017)
How to Make a Nation: A Monocle Guide | Public Space in Berlin (Gestalten, April 2016)
Metropolis Nonformal | Jessica Bridger, Christian Werthmann (authors)
(Applied Research and Design Publishers, May 2016)
Monocle Guide to Cosy Homes | Neighborhood Profiles Boston, Berlin (Gestalten, September 2015)
Global Schindler Award 2015 (Schindler Group, April 2015)
Landscape Architecture Europe IV: On the Move (Blauwdruk, May 2015)
Manifest: Journal of American Architecture & Urbanism | Issue 2: Kingdoms of God (April 2015)
Scape Magazine | Autumn 2014
uncube magazine |Editor: Issues 1-14 (2012-2013), Contributing Editor 2013-2016 (end of publication)
Research in Architecture | Johannes Cramer, Jessica Bridger, Jörg Stollmann, Eds. | TU Berlin Verlag 2013
Scape Magazine | 2012
Topos Magazine | Culturescapes | 2012
Topos Magazine | Making Space | 2012
Topos Magazine | Crisis Landscapes | 2011
Reinventing Construction | Ruby Press 2011
Radio & Video
The Urbanist | Urbanism at the WEF in Davos | January 2025
The Briefing | WEF in Davos | January 2025
The Globalist | Global Urbanism Roundup | December 2024
The Urbanist | Tall Stories: Deer Valley/the vaster wilds | December 2024
The Globalist | Global Urbanism Roundup | October 2024
The Urbanist | US Elections Special | October 2024
The Globalist | Global Urbanism Roundup | September 2024
The Globalist | Global Urbanism Roundup | July 2024
The Globalist | Parking Development in Zurich | July 2024
The Urbanist | Monocle Radio | Tall Stories: Shangri-La Hotel Singapore | February 2024
The Briefing | Monocle Radio | World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos: Wrap Up/Urbanism | January 2024
The Urbanist | Monocle Radio | Christmas Markets | December 2023
The Briefing | Monocle Radio | Early Season Ski Report | December 2023
The Urbanist | Monocle Radio | Destigmatizing Density: Report from Singapore and the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) Conference | November 2023
The Urbanist | Monocle Radio | Tall Stories: Zürich Airport | October 2023
The Urbanist | Monocle Radio | Full episode about the Badenfahrt urban festival in Switzerland | August 2023
The Briefing | Monocle Radio | Habitat for Humanity 5th Forum on Housing Latin America and the Caribbean | August 2023
The Urbanist | Monocle Radio | Tall Stories: Le Provençal Pool, Hyères France | July 2023
The Globalist | Monocle Radio | Brussels Urban Summit Recap | June 2023
The Urbanist | Monocle Radio | Tall Stories: Georgian Military Highway | April 2023
The Briefing | Monocle Radio | Commentary on Berlin’s Housing Crisis | April 2023
The Urbanist | M24 Radio | Best of 2022: Vitra Fire Station
The Urbanist | M24 Radio | Tall Stories: Boston’s John Hancock Tower | November 2022
The Urbanist | M24 Radio | Zaha Hadid’s Vitra Fire Station | April 2022
The Urbanist | M24 Radio | Tall Stories: Gotthard Base Tunnel, Switzerland | March 2022
The Briefing | M24 Radio | Interview with Western Union CEO Hikmet Ersek at the World Economic Forum (WEF) 2020
The Briefing | M24 Radio | Newspaper Review | Regular, September 2018 - February 2020
The Menu | M24 Radio | Food Neighbourhoods: Zürich Bellevue | December 2019
The Urbanist | M24 Radio | Best of 2017 on the Urbanist: Ugly Urbanism Monologue
The Urbanist | M24 Radio | Berlin City Monologue
The Urbanist | M24 Radio | Ugly Urbanism Monologue
The Monocle Daily | M24 Radio | German National Security On-Air Commentary 4 January, 2017
The Monocle Daily | M24 Radio | Berlin Attacks On-Air Commentary 19&20 December, 2016
The Globalist | M24 Radio | Berlin Attacks On-Air Commentary 20 December
The Monocle Daily | M24 Radio | US Election Monologue
The Menu | M24 Radio | BRLO Beer, reporting from Berlin
The Briefing | M24 Radio | Monologue on Munich Q of L, reporting from Munich
The Urbanist | M24 Radio | Legacy and Urban Design: Kees Christiaanse, reporting from Zurich
The Urbanist | M24 Radio | Tech City Boston: Jasha Franklin-Hodge, reporting from Boston
The Entrepreneurs | M24 Radio | Fintech: Marc Bernegger, reporting from Zurich
The Urbanist | M24 Radio | Monologue: Three Minutes Early, reporting from Zurich
The Urbanist | M24 Radio | Special Report: Real Estate 2015/Lamudi, reporting from Berlin
The Urbanist | M24 Radio | Utopia: Gropiusstadt, reporting from Berlin
The Urbanist | M24 Radio | How'd That Get There: Nonformal Urbanization, reporting from Hannover
The Urbanist | M24 Radio | Streetlife: Special Trams, reporting from Zurich
The Urbanist | M24 Radio | Streetlife: World Cup Communal Viewing, reporting from Berlin
The Menu | M24 Radio | Original Unverpackt, reporting from Berlin
The Urbanist | M24 Radio | Rimini Protokol, reporting from Berlin
The Urbanist | M24 Radio | Special Report from the Venice Architecture Biennale, reporting from Venice
The Urbanist | M24 Radio | Monologue: Rem's Biennale
The Urbanist | M24 Radio | Security: CCTV Notes from SE Asia, reporting from Hong Kong
The Urbanist | M24 Radio | Weather: Veteran Weatherman Dick Albert
The Urbanist | M24 Radio | DIY City: Baugruppen, reporting from Berlin
The Urbanist | M24 Radio | DIY City: Make_Shift City, reporting from Berlin
The Menu | M24 Radio | Mei Mei Street Kitchen, reporting from Boston
The Urbanist | M24 Radio | Demolition: Failed Architecture, reporting from Amsterdam
The Menu | M24 Radio | Lobstah!, reporting from Maine
The Urbanist | M24 Radio | Privacy: Windows in Holland, reporting from Rotterdam/Berlin
The Urbanist | M24 Radio | Sharing: Public Sofas, reporting from Berlin
The Urbanist | M24 Radio | Science and Cities: Urban Ecology, reporting from Berlin
The Urbanist | M24 Radio | City Myths: The Urban-Rural Divide, reporting from Zurich
