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Designing Beyond the Virtual City

Simmons Buntin | Tue, Mar 18th, 2008 | Category: Commentary | Tags: simmons buntin, architecture, website, facebook, urban design compendium, urban design, christopher alexander, city design, town planning, good city form, website design, kevin lynch, resources, pattern languge | 0

This website design process got me thinking about the city design process, and what they’ve got in common. Does the virtual translate to the concrete? No matter how technology changes, the process used to design websites is fundamentally the same. Is that also true for cities?

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