UrbanWorks Ltd. joined the Grace Farms Design for Freedom call for action dedicated to eradicating forced labor in building material supply chains.
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UrbanWorks was a proud sponsor of the SOLD OUT Women in the Built World Symposium, held on February 7 in Chicago’s Merchandise Mart.
UrbanWorks Principal Pat Natke recently co-chaired the AIA Chicago Equity Roundtable, which held its second open meeting on October 10th, 2019.
UrbanWorks’ President, Patricia Saldaña Natke, will be participating on a panel at the Girls 4 Science spring fundraiser on April 30th to “Spring Forward STEM for Chicago Girls.” The diverse panel features “prominent Chicago female leaders in STEM hosted by Ilene Gordon, former CEO of Ingredion, with Suzzette Jaskowiak, Divisional Vice President of Pharmacy, Healthcare and Customer Engagement Technology at Walgreens; Patricia Natke, President and Design Principal of UrbanWorks; and Kari Steele, Commissioner of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Chicago.” Tickets for the event are $75, and include dinner. Read more
UrbanWorks’ President, Patricia Saldaña Natke, will be participating in a panel at the 2019 AIA Conference on Architecture in Las Vegas on June 8th at 1:30 p.m. The panel, titled “Community Engagement, Diversity & Inclusion in International Practice” will also include Alison Laas of Payette and Charles Campion of JTP. Read more
UrbanWorks’ President, Patricia Saldaña Natke, was a panelists at the sold out Women in the Built World Symposium on February 1st, 2019. Along with panelists Dhooli Raj of Collins Engineers, Michele Murphy of Shawmut and moderator Elaine Shapiro of Thornton Tomasetti, Pat shared ideas on how to improve the field of architecture through Mentoring and Advocating. Read more
On May 24th, UrbanWorks’ Principal, Patricia Saldaña Natke, participated in a panel discussion hosted by the Art Institute of Chicago, titled “‘Lost Chicago’: The Past, Present and Future of Historic Preservation.” The panel, which also included author and historian David Garrard Lowe, author and former AIC curator John Zukowsky, and SAIC professor Terry Tatum, focused on the genesis of Historic Preservation in Chicago and what its future may hold. Lowe also discussed his book “Lost Chicago”, and the library exhibit “Memior of a City” (April 10-June 15, 2018), which includes photos from his personal collection. Read more
UrbanWorks’ Maria Pellot, Ann Panopio, and Patricia Saldaña Natke participated in CMAP’s Big Ideas Forum: Designing the Future- Gen X and Millennials in 2050. By 2050, metropolitan Chicago’s senior population is expected to double. CMAP, Enterprise Community Partners, and Lifetime Communities Collaborative held a panel discussion on technology, design, and development. Panelists included Shelley Stern Gach from Microsoft and Matthew Phillips from Senior Lifestyle. UrbanWorks’ Associate Principal, Maria Pellot, and Project Manager, Ann Panopio, were Design Facilitators for the afternoon interactive Design Charrettes where real-life projects explored design solutions and provided technical assistance. Read more
Patricia Saldaña Natke, UrbanWorks’ Principal, will participate in an AIA panel discussion titled “Opportunities, Obstacles and Economics” at the Build America Summit, held in New York City on November 30, 2016. The summit, hosted by the American Institute of Architects on November 29th and 30th, will serve as “a critical conversation to renew and rebuild America’s social infrastructure—the public buildings and spaces that are the heart of our communities” and will conclude with “recommendations to the incoming Presidential administration and elected officials across the country.” Other panelists include Kermit Baker, Chief Economist of the AIA and Christopher Leinberger, Chair for Real Estate and Urban Analysis at George Washington University. Moderated by Alan Greenberger, Drexel University Distinguished Professor, Department of Architecture & Interiors, Distinguished Visiting Fellow of the Lindy Institute for Urban Innovation. Read more
Robert Natke, UrbanWorks’ Principal, will present “It’s Not Business As Usual: Academic Places Go Through Compression and Change Providing Design Challenges and Successes” at NeoCon East on November 9, 2016. NeoCon East is the “premier design expo and conference for interiors on the East Coast” and will include 25+ CEU seminars and 200+ exhibitors over two days, November 9th and 10th, in Philadelphia, PA. Rob will be joined by Dr. Lennie Scott-Webber, owner & principal at INSYNC Education Research + Design, in a discussion moderated by Dr. Holly Cline, professor and department of design chair at Radford University. Read more