Monday, September 14, 2009

Digital Places: Building Our City of Bits


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Editorial Reviews

Review
"Horan argues that the future belongs to urban areas that have the cultural and technical infrastructure of digital places... -- William R. Morrish,Professor,University of Minnesota

"Offers realistic suggestions to developers, architects, and planners who are grappling with the challenge of incorporating technology into development" -- Peter S. Rummell, Chairman/CEO, The St. Joe Company

"This book offers important new insights to technologists as well as to architects of space and place." -- John Seely Brown, Chief Scientist of Xerox 

Product Description
Discover how digital technology is affecting the bricks and mortar of the places where we live and work. The author, a well-known expert on the applications of digital technology, analyzes its impact on the physical design of housing, stores, offices, libraries, and schools. He also examines the effect on regions and cities, including the hard and soft infrastructures essential to attracting high-wage technology companies. Throughout the book, examples illustrate how digital technology has affected the design of a wide variety of project types and how digital places can be created. Ideal for architects, developers, planners, and technologists who want to be on the cutting edge of design. 

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