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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
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Projects 2011 2021
IRP3 Guiding Integrated and Urban Water Planning
Chesterfield, C., Rogers, B. C., Grodach, C. W., Malek Pour, S., Bertram, N., Murphy, C. L. S. & Tawfik, S.
1/07/18 → 30/06/20
Project: Research
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. J., Kerry, P., Yuan, Z., McLean, L., Dotto, C., Temov, N., Stack, M. & Urich, C. H.
1/10/17 → 31/03/21
Project: Research
Redcliffe Connect Design Research - Stage 2
Bertram, N., Khor, L. & London, G.
9/08/17 → 31/12/17
Project: Research
Redcliffe Connect-Architectural and planning research-Intensive development models and precinct base
1/02/16 → 1/06/16
Project: Other
Design and architecture practice research: contemporary PhD (DAP_r)
Blythe, R., Vaughan, L., Haylock, B., van Schalk, L., Attiwill, S., Ednie-Brown, P., Mitsogianni, V., O'Callaghan, J., Moline, K., Demirbilek, O., Luscombe, D., McNeil, P., Wallan, L., Bertram, N., Bird, M., Murray, S. F., Ramirez, D., Hurst, R., Kelly, V., Bette, U., Russell-Clarke, J., George, B., Knapp, C., Carter, A., Sarvimaki, M., Woodward, M., Anderson, L., Komac, U., Muminovic, M., Ware, S. A., Loo, S., Moloney, J., Gibson, I., Fullaondo, D., Wier, I., Lawson, G. & Osborne, L.
19/11/15 → 1/04/18
Project: Research
Research Output 2006 2019
Suburbia Reimagined: Ageing and Increasing Populations in the Low-Rise City
van Schaik, L. & Bertram, N., 2019, New York: Routledge. 201 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book › Research › peer-review
Australian cities and the governance of climate change
Newton, P., Bertram, N., Handmer, J. W., Tapper, N. J., Thornton, R. & Whetton, P., Jul 2018, Australia's Metropolitan Imperative: An Agenda for Governance Reform. Tomlinson, R. & Spiller, M. (eds.). Clayton South, Vic, Australia: CSIRO Publishing, p. 193-209 17 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (Book) › Research › peer-review
The Space of Ageing
Bertram, N. & Murphy, C., 2018, Architecture Australia, 107, 3, p. 46-50 5 p.Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Essay › Research
Water Urbanism in Australian Cities
Bertram, N., Murphy, C., Martin, D. & Moulis, A., 2018, Architecture and Urbanism, 576, p. 148-153 6 p.Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article › Research
Arden Macaulay in Transition: four adaptive design concepts for drainage and flood management
Bertram, N., Murphy, C., Pasman, R. & Sainsbury, O., 2017, Australia: Cooperative Research Centre for Water Sensitive Cities. 147 p.Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned Report › Research
Prizes
2011 Harold Desbrowe-Annear Award Residential Architecture
Nigel Bertram (Recipient), 2011
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
2011 IDEA - Institutional - Highly Commended
Nigel Bertram (Recipient), 2011
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
2012 ACT Architecture Awards: Award for Residential Architecture
Nigel Bertram (Recipient), Marika Neustupny (Recipient), Lucinda McLean (Recipient), Catherine Townsend (Recipient), Laura Mary Harper (Recipient) & Ralf Rehak (Recipient), 2012
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
2012 Award for Residential Architecture - Houses
Nigel Bertram (Recipient), 2012
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
2012 Planning Excellence - Victoria Awards: Best Planning Ideas Small Project - Commendation
Nigel Bertram (Recipient), Lucinda McLean (Recipient), Marika Neustupny (Recipient), Kirsten Bauer (Recipient) & Erwin Taal (Recipient), 2012
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Activities 2015 2018
- 6 Public lecture/debate/seminar
RMIT University Technology Lecture Series: Garden Building: RMIT New Academic Street
Nigel Bertram (Contributor), Lucinda McLean (Contributor)Activity: Community Talks, Presentations, Exhibitions and Events › Public lecture/debate/seminar
Modes of Practice
Nigel Bertram (Contributor)Activity: Community Talks, Presentations, Exhibitions and Events › Public lecture/debate/seminar
Living with Water: Design for Uncertain Times
Yongjian Yu (Contributor), Lykke Leonardsen (Contributor), Kristina Hill (Contributor), Adrian McGregor (Contributor), Nigel Bertram (Contributor), Toby Kent (Contributor)Activity: Community Talks, Presentations, Exhibitions and Events › Public lecture/debate/seminar
ACSEV Seminar: Innovative Timber Structures & Design
Alastair Woodard (Contributor), Boris Iskra (Contributor), Mark Patterson (Contributor), Nick Hewson (Contributor), Rob Nestic (Contributor), Nathan Benbow (Contributor), Paolo Lavisci (Contributor), Nigel Bertram (Contributor)Activity: Community Talks, Presentations, Exhibitions and Events › Public lecture/debate/seminar
Dap_r Symposium: Structural Problems
Nigel Bertram (Contributor)Activity: Community Talks, Presentations, Exhibitions and Events › Public lecture/debate/seminar
Press / Media
ARCHITECTURE AU: '2018 National Architecture Awards: National Award for Urban Design'
Nigel Bertram, Marika Neustupny & Lucinda McLean
1/11/18
1 item of media coverage
Press/Media: Article/Feature
ARCHITECTURE AUST: 'New Academic Street'
Nigel Bertram, Marika Neustupny & Lucinda McLean
1/09/18
1 item of media coverage
Press/Media: Review
THE AUSTRALIAN: 'RMIT, Monash winners in Victorian Architecture Awards'
Nigel Bertram, Marika Neustupny & Lucinda McLean
11/07/18
1 item of media coverage
Press/Media: Article/Feature
GREEN MAGAZINE: '2018 Victorian Architecture Awards winners announced'
Nigel Bertram, Marika Neustupny & Lucinda McLean
30/06/18
1 item of media coverage
Press/Media: Article/Feature
DOMAIN: 'RMIT’s New Academic Street takes out top prizes at 2018 Victorian Australian Institute of Architecture Awards'
Nigel Bertram, Marika Neustupny & Lucinda McLean
29/06/18
1 item of media coverage
Press/Media: Article/Feature