Maria Pellot, Associate Principal / Design Director at UrbanWorks, was named one of “10 Contemporary Female U.S. Architects Who are Making a Difference” by Commercial Cafe! Maria is being celebrated as an architect and planner for leaving her mark on the urban landscape of America, among other notable colleagues Elizabeth Diller, Merrill Elam, Sheila Kennedy, Monica Ponce de Leon, and Laurinda Hope Spear. Congratulations Maria! Read more
On November 12th, UrbanWorks’ President, Patricia Saldaña Natke, gave a guest lecture at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC). Her lecture, titled “Architecture: Provoking Social Change,” shed light on Pat’s early years in Chicago’s Back of the Yards neighborhood, which informed her career as a designer, and led Pat to focus both on design, and how design solutions can become societal solutions. Read more
UrbanWorks is excited to participate in the upcoming 2018 Greenbuild International Conference and Expo in Chicago. Two of our LEED certified buildings are part of Greenbuild tours being held on November 16th and 17th. Galewood Elementary School (LEED Silver) will be toured as part of “Innovation in K-12 Education,” and Veterans Memorial Campus (LEED Gold) will be featured as part of “Charter Schools Raising the Bar”. Come and learn about the sustainable design features used in both of these buildings by participating in the tours. Below are links to register. We hope to see you there! Galewood Tour Link Veterans Memorial Tour Link
