Title: City of bits : space, place, and the infobahn /
Authors: Mitchell, William J. 1944-
Publisher: MIT Press,
Year: 1995
Subjects: Computer networks; Information technology; Virtual reality
Abstract: An 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.
Contents: Pulling Glass -- Electronic Agoras -- Cyborg Citizens -- Recombinant Architecture -- Soft Cities -- Bit Biz -- Getting to the Good Bits -- Notes -- Surf Sites -- Acknowledgements -- Index