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November 2015

La Casa Featured as Part of Driehaus Profile

By Awards, Publications

UrbanWorks’ La Casa Student Housing project was featured as part of a Chicago Architect Magazine profile on the work and legacy of Richard H. Driehaus, the recipient of the 2015 AIA Chicago Lifetime Achievement Award. Driehaus, a philanthropist known for his work in historic preservation as well as promoting quality design for underserved communities, has shown his support for “projects that make ‘a significant contribution to the social, visual and cultural life of their neighborhoods through quality of design’” through competitions and awards such as the Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Award for Architectural Excellence in Community Design. This award is given annually to three projects located in the Chicago-area, and UrbanWorks has received a First Place Award for our work on Veterans Memorial Campus at Archer Heights in 2011, and most recently for La Casa Student Housing in 2013. Read more

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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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Patricia Saldaña Natke is Panelist for First USA Screening of Oscar Niemeyer Documentary Film

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UrbanWorks Principal, Patricia Saldaña Natke, participated as a panelist for the Partners of the Americas discussion of the film: “Oscar Niemeyer-The Flight is Long (A Lute e Longa)” – a documentary of master Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer’s history and inspiration for his work. Patricia joined a Brazil representative of the film’s production company, Edward Keegan, Contributing Editor of Architect Magazine, and Brad Lynch of Brininstool + Lynch. The MOSTRA VI: Brazilian Film Series discussion was held on November 2, 2015 at the Illinois Institute of Technology MTCC Auditorium at 3201 S. State Street, Chicago, Illinois. Read more

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