Brightman or Sonder Architects workflow books
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I have the Michael Brightman workflow for architects book, which is good, but I do find it counter intuitive to why I've started down a SUpro route for my architectural practice. I am thinking of now purchasing the Nick Sonder book to see what he says as his videos suggest to me that while organised, his methods appear more design intuitive.
Do the books compliment each other or is it a case of you follow one or the other? Brightman's does seem to be 'this is the way you do it' with the whole ARCH / CONC / SITE layer organisation.
Just thought I'd ask, look like 2 very good books, so intrigued who might follow what, read or tried.
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SOme good tips in both, quite different approaches
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Well, I bought Sonder's book and had the Brightman one.
Got to say, from a personal preference Sonder does work to a more design freedom approach. Brighton's is great, don't get me wrong, but the processes laid down I just felt difficult to maintain in those first creative stages where you are bursting with ideas and just want to get something done quickly. I think Nick Sonder has that at the core of his approach, that ultimately the more freedom you have, the better you'll design, which is why he avoids plugins that add complexity or lots of layers – he is striving to keep the workflow simple so that you design better.
Glad I got both, I feel I am well on my way with my SU journey, even though I am making plenty of mistakes, I am starting to be able to produce some nice work already.
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