{{About|documentary film|the physical growth of urban areas|Urbanization|the online publication in Canada|Daily Hive}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2026}} {{Use American English|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox film | name = Urbanized | image = Urbanized-film-poster.jpg | alt = <!-- see WP:ALT --> | caption = | director = Gary Hustwit | producer = Gary Hustwit<br />Lucy Raven | writer = | screenplay = | story = | starring = | music = Kristian Dunn | cinematography = Luke Geissbühler | editing = Shelby Siegel<br />Michael Culyba | studio = Swiss Dots | distributor = | released = {{Film date|2011|10|26|}} | runtime = 85 minutes | country = United States | language = English | budget = | gross = }} '''''Urbanized''''' is a documentary film directed by Gary Hustwit and released on 26 October 2011.<ref name=IMDB>{{cite web|title=Urbanized (2011)|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1701976/|website=IMDb|access-date=2020-04-28}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Design Trilogy Box Set|url=http://www.hustwit.com/the-design-trilogy-box-set/|website=Hustwit.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170420143315/http://www.hustwit.com/the-design-trilogy-box-set/|archive-date=20 April 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=NYTreview>{{cite news | last1=Scott|first1=A.O.| date=2011-10-27| work=The New York Times| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/28/movies/gary-hustwits-urbanized-review.html | title= The Design of Cities, Intelligent or Otherwise | access-date=2020-04-28}}</ref><ref name=RogerEbert>{{cite web|title=Cities for Human Occupation|url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/urbanized-2011|website=RogerEbert.com|date=2011-11-02|access-date=2020-04-28}}</ref><ref name=TimeOut>{{cite web|title=Urbanized|url=https://www.timeout.com/london/film/urbanized|website=TimeOut|access-date=2020-04-28}}</ref> The documentary discusses how cities are designed, and it features interviews with urban planners and architects, such as Oscar Niemeyer and Jan Gehl.<ref name=IMDB /><ref name=NYTreview /><ref>{{cite news | last1=Mazmanian|first1=Adam| date=2011-10-05| work=Architect: The Journal of the American Institute of Architects| url=https://www.architectmagazine.com/design/urbanized_o | title= Urbanized | access-date=2020-04-28}}</ref>
==Marketing== To promote the documentary, Hustwit commissioned a set of four limited edition posters based on four themes related to urban design.<ref>{{cite news | last1=LaBarre|first1=Suzanne| date=2011-02-02| work=Fast Company| url=https://www.fastcompany.com/1663152/gary-hustwit-prints-posters-to-raise-cash-for-next-film-urbanized | title= Gary Hustwit Prints Posters to Raise Cash for Next Film, "Urbanized" | access-date=2020-04-28}}</ref>
==Reception== The film was well received by critics.<ref name="rottom">{{cite news|title = Urbanized|work=Rotten Tomatoes|publisher=Fandango Media|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/urbanized_2011|access-date=April 28, 2020}}</ref> Roger Ebert gave the film three out of four stars, calling it "an undertaking on an impressive scale" while suggesting that the documentary could have used more interviews of ordinary people.<ref name=RogerEbert /> Writing for ''The New York Times'', A.O. Scott compared the film to "a really good class taught by a team of enthusiastic professors," although he noted "a distinct bias in favor of [Jane Jacobs]-influenced new urbanism and against other approaches to city planning."<ref name=NYTreview /> ''TimeOut'', meanwhile, called ''Urbanized'' "gorgeously photographed" while praising the film's interviews and Hustwit's ability "to make even the most banal of cityscapes appear appealingly utopian."<ref name=TimeOut />
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==External links== * {{Official website|https://www.hustwit.com/urbanized}} * {{IMDb title|id=1701976}}
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