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Patricia Saldaña Natke is a Visiting Juror for Clemson University’s School of Architecture

By Panels @pt-br, Staff Happenings @pt-br

Patricia Saldaña Natke was a Visiting Juror for Clemson University’s School of Architecture 4th Year Synthesis Studios in Clemson, South Carolina on April 20, 2016. Student proposals explored the architecture of the institution of the Public Library: A 15,000 square foot branch library for Six Mile, South Carolina. Other jurors included Catherine Smith of Catherine Smith Architect, Jo Gilmour-Pike of Joeb Moore Architects, David Moore of McMillan Pazdan Smith Architecture, and Paul Mankins of Substance Architecture. The students and jurors were joined by Professor Timothy Brown, Director of Undergraduate Programs and Professor Katherine Lee Schwennsen, Director of the School of Architecture.

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Patricia Saldaña Natke, Maria Pellot and Ameera Ashraf-O’Neil Participated in On the Table 2016

By Lectures/Presentations @pt-br, Panels @pt-br, Staff Happenings @pt-br

Patricia Saldaña Natke, Maria Pellot and Ameera Ashraf-O’Neil joined Chicago-area residents in On the Table discussions in May 2016. Patricia participated in the conversation, “The State of Civic Engagement in Chicago” led by New Civics Chicago; Maria Pellot participated in “Envisioning Equitable Communities” led by Enterprise Community Partners, Inc.; and Ameera participated in “Creative Solutions to House and Feed all Chicagoans” led by the Society of Architectural Historians. On the Table is sponsored by Chicago Community Trust and is an annual forum designed to elevate civic conversation, foster new relationships and create a unifying experience across the Chicago-area. Thousands of residents participated in small-group conversations intended to inspire new ways to work together to make communities stronger, safer and more dynamic.

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mar 29
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Patricia Saldaña Natke of Urbanworks Speaks at TEDxUChicago

By Lectures/Presentations @pt-br, Staff Happenings @pt-br

Patricia Saldaña Natke presents “Architecture & Design: Renewing the Social Agenda” at TEDx at the University of Chicago’s Logan Center on April 30, 2016. This year’s conference theme, On the Margins, focuses on the grey area between established knowledge and new theory. Where is innovation right now? How is existing knowledge being pushed to its limits? Patricia will present UrbanWorks’ bold Pilsen Masterplan including groundbreaking transformative LaCasa student housing. Created in the spirit of TED’s mission, “ideas worth spreading,” the TEDx program is designed to give communities, organizations and individuals the opportunity to stimulate dialogue. Patricia joins ten other renowned speakers from a variety of backgrounds to present at this all-day conference. Read More

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mar 14
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Presidential Candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton Visits La Casa

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Presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton visited the UrbanWorks-designed La Casa Student Housing in Chicago’s Pilsen neighborhood to discuss Immigration Reform today, Monday, March 14, 2016. She was joined by U.S. Rep. Luis Gutierrez and Dolores Huerta, the famous founder of the farm workers movement. La Casa Student Housing is an innovative model in student housing that surrounds students with many of the benefits and resources of on-campus living and the added advantage of an on-site Resource Center. Read More

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Trianon Lofts Featured in DNA Info Chicago

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UrbanWorks is the architect of the 24 unit Trianon Lofts for The Preservation of Affordable Housing. With an anticipating occupancy of late spring of 2017, the project includes 7,000 feet of retail on the ground floor and an articulated rainscreen-clad façade inspired by the traditional masonry buildings typical of the area. The result is a frankly efficient building whose mass and materials harmonize with its surroundings while its details offer a brightly contemporary look for its occupants. Read more

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jan 20
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UrbanWorks Receives Two AIA Chicago Design Excellence Awards as Associate Architects

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UrbanWorks served as Associate Architects on the Ross Barney Architects team for the CTA Cermak-McCormick Place Station which received two 2015 AIA Chicago Design Excellence Awards. The project received the Distinguished Building Award for its overall design solution as well as the Divine Detail Award for its innovative “Traintube” of perforated aluminum shingles and a polycarbonate skylight. The team for this project also included sub consultants TY Lin International, Singh and Associates, and LTK Engineering, as well as contractor FH Paschen. The client was the Chicago Department of Transportation. Read more

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Ann Panopio Joins UrbanWorks

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UrbanWorks is pleased to welcome Ann Panopio, AIA as Project Manager.  Ann brings over eighteen years of expertise in design, development and management. Ann’s portfolio includes multifamily housing, mixed-use, disaster relief, and health care, with an emphasis on fostering urban resiliency in underserved communities. Prior to joining UrbanWorks, Ann worked for various not-for-profit community design centers, most recently as the Associate Director of an organization focused on improving impoverished communities through design excellence and community engagement. Read more

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nov 06
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UrbanWorks wins a 2015 ALA Merit Award

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UrbanWorks received a 2015 ALA Merit Award in the Unbuilt category for the our work on the Old Cook County Hospital Adaptive Reuse project. All award winners are featured in the winter issue of Licensed Architect magazine. This is our firms sixth ALA Award including Gold Medal Design Awards for Textile Center and Galewood Elementary School, and Merit Awards for La Casa Student Housing, Park Boulevard Mixed-Income Housing, and Veterans Memorial Campus at Archer Heights. See our Buzz post from October 7, 2014 for more project details. Read more

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Life Changers International Church Grand Opening

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The UrbanWorks designed Life Changers International Church’s city campus officially opened on November 22, 2015. Set in Chicago’s Pilsen neighborhood, this is Life Changers’ first urban spiritual center. The church chose this location to serve a need for contemplative and communal spaces in a dense urban environment and to secure its place as one of the most unique multicultural churches in America. The project is an adaptive reuse of an originally windowless, two story 63,000 square foot cold storage facility into an 870 person auditorium/worship center, with pre-function space, classrooms, and meeting spaces.

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UrbanWorks Featured in “New Chicago Architecture” Exhibit

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Two UrbanWorks projects, La Casa Student Housing and Galewood Elementary School, were featured in the exhibition “New Chicago Architecture” curated by the Chicago Athenaeum. The week-long exhibition was attended by several thousands of people in Chicago, before traveling to Milan and Athens. This survey of New Chicago Architecture, featuring over 100 architecture practices – local, national, and international, offers new insight to the contemporary direction of Chicago Architecture today, highlighting the ambitions, challenges, and possibilities which are fueling the architecture profession. An accompanying book, “New Chicago Architecture” will be published in February 2016. The Chicago Athenaeum is an International Museum of Architecture and Design dedicated to the Art of Design. The exhibition took place from November 12-17, 2015 and was located at 332 S. Michigan, Chicago, Illinois.

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