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"Technological considerations are of great importance to architecture and cities in the informational society."
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"In my opinion, further consideration of those views will help us find a way out of the current impasse, and reveal to us the kinds of buildings and cities required by the informational society."
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"Technological considerations are of great importance to architecture and cities in the informational society."
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