City of Bits: Space, Place, and the Infobahn (The MIT Press)

City of Bits: Space, Place, and the Infobahn (The MIT Press)

by William J. J. Mitchell (Author)

Synopsis

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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Format: Paperback
Pages: 232
Edition: Revised ed.
Publisher: MIT Press
Published: 03 Sep 1996

ISBN 10: 0262631768
ISBN 13: 9780262631761

Media Reviews
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
Author Bio
William J. Mitchell was the Alexander W. Dreyfoos, Jr., Professor of Architecture and Media Arts and Sciences and directed the Smart Cities research group at MIT's Media Lab.