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"Winston Churchill once said that we make our buildings and our buildings make us. With refreshing wit and lucid writing, Mitchell succeeds in updating that aphorism for the computer age." John W. Verity Business Week
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Entertaining, concise, and relentlessly probing, City of Bits is a comprehensive introduction to a new type of city, an increasingly important system of virtual spaces interconnected by the information superhighway. William Mitchell makes extensive use of practical examples and illustrations in a technically well-grounded yet accessible examination of architecture and urbanism in the context of the digital telecommunications revolution, the ongoing miniaturization of electronics, the commodification of bits, and the growing domination of software over materialized form.
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As the fin-de-K countdown cranked into the nineties, I became increasingly curious about the technicians I saw poking about in manholes. Read the first page
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover
As the fin-de-K countdown cranked into the nineties, I became increasingly curious about the technicians I saw poking about in manholes. Read the first page
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6 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I'm going to be brief, because this is all this book deserves. If you are truly interesed in the virtual, then please don't get your hopes up. This is "theory light", mostly covering the obvious ramifications of technology on architecture. For a worthwhile read on this subject, go to Paul Virilio, Manuel DeLanda, or Incorporations(ZONE6).
4 of 7 people found the following review helpful
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Full of wonderful verbal cotton candy, this book seems to promise some insights into the role of technology in architecture. Instead we get shallow commentary scribbled down at various airports and other points around the world. If you are interested in learning more about how information technology will shape architecture and urban spaces I recommend you start somewhere else.
1 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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It helps us to extend our imagination. And to have an idea regarding to the future city. It's fun.
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