{"podcast":{"title":"Design Speaks Weekly","slug":"design-speaks-weekly-7434039","podcast_index_feed_id":7434039,"rss_url":"https://feed.podbean.com/designspeaksweekly/feed.xml","website_url":"https://designspeaksweekly.podbean.com","image_url":"https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/21022891/hero-graphic_2048x2048.jpg","author":"Architecture Media","episode_count":50,"summary":"Design Speaks Weekly brings you the biggest stories in Australian architecture and design. Produced by Architecture Media, each episode explores a key theme shaping the built environment, paired with the latest industry news and analysis. As an extension of the Design Speaks event series, this podcast opens up vital conversations to a wider audience, wherever you are.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-22T18:18:38.036702+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/design-speaks-weekly-7434039"},"episode":{"title":"Every design project is a research project | Nigel Bertram","slug":"every-design-project-is-a-research-project-nigel-bertram","published_at":"2026-05-04T18:30:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/design-speaks-weekly-7434039/every-design-project-is-a-research-project-nigel-bertram","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/design-speaks-weekly-7434039","url":"https://designspeaksweekly.podbean.com/e/every-design-project-is-a-research-project-nigel-bertram/","audio_url":"https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/9543kn8f7ij86d8z/EP34_NB.mp3","summary":"Nigel Bertram believes all design projects are research projects. As director of Melbourne-based practice NMBW Architecture Studio and practice professor of architecture at Monash University, he has established a practice model that maximises the relationship between practice and academia, allowing research to inform and guide his studio’s projects. In this episode, Nigel reflects on the opportunities for innovation through research-led design and speaks to the value of post-occupancy evaluations. Further reading: St Albans Housing by NMBW Architecture Studio and MADA https://architectureau.com/articles/st-albans-housing/ Revisited: St Albans Housing https://architectureau.com/articles/revisited-st-albans-housing/ Sanders Place by NMBW Architecture Studio, Openwork and Finding Infinity https://architectureau.com/articles/sanders-place-by-nmbw-architecture-studio-openwork-and-finding-infinity/ University of Melbourne Student Precinct Project by Lyons et al https://architectureau.com/articles/university-of-melbourne-student-precinct-project/","meta_description":"Nigel Bertram believes all design projects are research projects. As director of Melbourne-based practice NMBW Architecture Studio and practice professor…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1368,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/design-speaks-weekly-7434039/episodes/every-design-project-is-a-research-project-nigel-bertram/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/design-speaks-weekly-7434039/every-design-project-is-a-research-project-nigel-bertram.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}