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Personal profile
Biography
Nigel Bertram is a Director of NMBW Architecture Studio, Melbourne and Practice Professor of Architecture in the Faculty of Art Design and Architecture at Monash University. Nigel established NMBW Architecture Studio in Melbourne with Marika Neustupny and Lucinda McLean in 1997. Their architectural work continuing since that time has been widely published and awarded across categories including urban design, single and multiple residential design, small public works, adaptive re-use of existing buildings and peripheral urban design strategies. NMBW's work is known for its careful reading of existing conditions, at both an urban scale and the scale of individual inhabitation.
In 2010 Nigel completed his PhD through architectural project at RMIT University, where he taught for 11 years and was co-director of the Urban Architecture Laboratory research unit, within the School of Architecture and Design. From 2007-2010 Bertram was a member of the Sullivans Cove Design Panel, which advised the Tasmanian Government on urban design, planning and architectural matters within the highly sensitive Sullivans Cove precinct of central Hobart. In 2012 he was appointed as a member of the Design Review Panel established by the Office of the Victorian Government Architect. Nigel's current research with the Monash Architecture Studio is focused around new strategic development and contemporary living environments for Australia's transforming cities.
The book Furniture, Structure, Infrastructure: making and using the urban environment, by Nigel Bertram and NMBW was published by Ashgate Publishing (UK) in 2013 -http://www.ashgate.com/isbn/9781409449270
Network
Projects
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Accessible and Adaptive Housing Project
Gusheh, M., Murphy, C., Bertram, N., Stead, N. & Murray, S.
Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) (Australia)
29/06/20 → 31/08/21
Project: Research
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Water sensitive outcomes for infill developments
Kenway, S. J., Bradley, M., London, G., Bertram, N., Newton, P., Renouf, M., Lam, K. L., Beardmore, K., Zaman, S., Corby, N., Ryan, G., Tapper, N., Kerry, P., Yuan, Z., McLean, L., Dotto, C., Temov, N., Stack, M. & Urich, C.
1/10/17 → 31/03/21
Project: Research
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Research output
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An interdisciplinary and catchment approach to enhancing urban flood resilience: a Melbourne case
Rogers, B. C., Bertram, N., Gersonius, B., Gunn, A., Lowe, R., Murphy, C., Pasman, R., Radhakrishnan, M., Urich, C., Wong, T. H. F. & Arnbjerg-Nielsen, K., 3 Apr 2020, In : Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences. 378, 2168, 25 p., 20190201.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Why would we spend time drawing with people doing their washing in a Chinese village?
Bertram, N. & Neustupny, M., 2020, Ecologies Design: Transforming Architecture, Landscape and Urbanism. Zari, M. P., Connolly, P. & Southcombe, M. (eds.). Oxon, UK: Routledge, p. 121-129 9 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (Book) › Research › peer-review
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A Geomorphological and Hybrid Approach
Bertram, N., 2019, In Time With Water: Design Studies of 3 Australian Cities. Bertram, N. & Murphy, C. (eds.). Crawley, WA, Australia: UWA Publishing, p. 42-77 36 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (Book) › Research › peer-review
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Expanded Design Research
Bertram, N., Murray, S. & Ramirez-Lovering, D., 2019, In Time With Water: Design Studies of 3 Australian Cities. Bertram, N. & Murphy, C. (eds.). Crawley, WA, Australia: UWA Publishing, p. 14-27 14 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (Book) › Research › peer-review
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Human Detail
Bertram, N. & Neustupny, M., 2019, 11 p. Melbourne, Vic, Australia : Uro.Research output: Other contribution › Other › peer-review
Prizes
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2011 Harold Desbrowe-Annear Award Residential Architecture
Bertram, Nigel (Recipient), 2011
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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2011 IDEA - Institutional - Highly Commended
Bertram, Nigel (Recipient), 2011
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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2012 ACT Architecture Awards: Award for Residential Architecture
Bertram, Nigel (Recipient), Marika Neustupny (Recipient), Lucinda McLean (Recipient), Catherine Townsend (Recipient), Harper, Laura (Recipient) & Ralf Rehak (Recipient), 2012
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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2012 Award for Residential Architecture - Houses
Bertram, Nigel (Recipient), 2012
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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2012 Planning Excellence - Victoria Awards: Best Planning Ideas Small Project - Commendation
Bertram, Nigel (Recipient), Lucinda McLean (Recipient), Marika Neustupny (Recipient), Kirsten Bauer (Recipient) & Erwin Taal (Recipient), 2012
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Activities
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Connecting Boon Wurrung ways of knowing with the infrastructural and ecological layers of the underground
Laura Harper (Organiser), Catherine Murphy (Organiser), Nigel Bertram (Invited speaker), Marilu Melo-Zurita (Invited speaker) & Brian Martin (Invited speaker)
26 Jun 2020Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Contribution to workshop, seminar, course
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Melbourne Design Week 2020 - Keynote lecture: NMBW Observation matters
Timothy Moore (Host), Nigel Bertram (Contributor), Marika Neustupny (Contributor), Bindi McLean (Contributor), Philip Goad (Contributor) & Pia Ednie-Brown (Contributor)
16 Dec 2020Activity: Community Talks, Presentations, Exhibitions and Events › Public lecture/debate/seminar
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Department of Architecture Research Seminar 3: Regeneration of Place
Laura Harper (Invited speaker), Nigel Bertram (Invited speaker), Brian Martin (Invited speaker) & Catherine Murphy (Organiser)
13 Oct 2020Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Contribution to workshop, seminar, course
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Campus: Building Modern Australian Universities. Practitioner Symposium 2018
Nigel Bertram (Invited speaker)
23 Nov 2019Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Contribution to workshop, seminar, course
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Deep City: Future Scenarios for Bendigo and Golden Square
Nigel Bertram (Contributor) & Catherine Murphy (Contributor)
15 Mar 2019 → 23 Mar 2019Activity: Community Talks, Presentations, Exhibitions and Events › Performance/exhibition
Press / Media
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THE FIFTH ESTATE: 'Our suburbs are sleepwalking into stormwater disaster with missing middle'
5/12/19
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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HOUSES: 'North Melbourne House by NMBW Architecture Studio'
Nigel Bertram, Marika Neustupny & Lucinda McLean
1/12/19
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Review
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ARCHITECTURE AU: '2019 Victorian Architecture Awards'
Nigel Bertram, Marika Neustupny & Lucinda McLean
28/06/19
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Other
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DOMAIN: 'Victorian AIA award winners 2019: Modest and utilitarian design wins out'
Nigel Bertram, Marika Neustupny & Lucinda McLean
28/06/19
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Article/Feature
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INTENTIONAL NEIGHBOURING: 'Interview: Nigel Bertram'
14/03/19
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Other