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Urbanized (2011)

Urbanized poster
Directed by
Gary Hustwit
Genre
documentary film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 25m
Rated
NR
Rating
7.3 of 10 from 84 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This documentary looks at how cities are shaped and planned. It shows conversations with architects and urban designers around the world.

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What happens

Urbanized is a documentary film directed by Gary Hustwit and released on 26 October 2011. It is considered the third of a three-part series on design known as the Design Trilogy; the first being Helvetica, about the typeface, and the second being Objectified, about industrial design. The documentary discusses how cities are designed, and it features interviews with urban planners and architects, such as Oscar Niemeyer and Jan Gehl. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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