
Reality Bytes is a collection of essays by Bart Lootsma written in the years from 1998 to 2009 " Byte" is a unit of digital information used in information technology & most commonly consists of eight bits Reality Bytes is also the title of an essay by Bart Lootsma in which he investigates the relationship between society & architects & town planners Bart Lootsma Professor of Architecture as well as architectural historian critic & curator is one of the most multi-faceted figures amongst contemporary architectural theorists He has produced numerous publications including " Superdutch" an appraisal of contemporary architecture in the Netherlands published in 2000 In Reality Bytes he has now for the first time compiled hitherto (mostly) unpublished texts on architectural theory on Second Modernism on populism & architecture on landscape architecture & on the changing role of architects in society