Urban Planning Movies

In the city of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, an effective government policy of controlling land investment prevents speculation, keeps land prices down,...

Make No Little Plans: Daniel Burnham and the American City reveals the fascinating life and complex legacy of architect and city planner Daniel...

Jugaad is a Hindi word that can be translated as "innovative or effective solution that bends the rules". It refers to the extreme capacity developed...

Targeted for several failed redevelopment plans dating back to the days of Robert Moses, Willets Point, a gritty area in New York City known as the...

This feature documentary zooms in on the city of Sapporo, on the Island of Hokkaïdo in southern Japan. In contrast to the unplanned sprawl of...

An authored film by Margaret Drabble about the rise of the suburbs and the failure of city planning.

A satirical and surreal mockery of top-down, positivist urban planning exemplified in the character of "Professor C", the film was made by the...

A documentary essay film about coincidences, shattered lives and posthumous fame. A found footage family film about love and passion, friendship and...

And urban planner's journey to making the impossible possible.

A short documentary about urban planning and the harmonisation of old and new building elements in Jerusalem of the 1970's, led by the architect...

Meet Charley, your jovial cartoon guide to Britain’s changing towns and cities.

The city of Edmonton is under pressure to deal with the problems related to housing, development, and traffic.

Caged. Invisible. Shamed. Trapped. These words mark the tenants, clerks and even the owners of Chicago's last remaining Singe Room Occupancy (SRO)...

A 1996 Dutch documentary film about the Western European architects who were invited by the Soviet Union to construct “Socialist cities”...

Documentary commissioned by the City of Vancouver focusing on areas in Vancouver considered to be an urban blight