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Patricia Saldaña Natke

FAIA, ALA, NCARB
Founding Partner

Patricia Saldaña Natke is Founding Partner of UrbanWorks and as President oversees design excellence for every project. Her extraordinary record of public service imbues the firm with a strong civic ethic.

A graduate of the University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign, Pat has served as Adjunct Associate Professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago, a Facilitator at Archeworks, and as a Masters in Architecture Thesis Advisor at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She is currently an Adjunct Professor at the IIT College of Architecture and Teaching Assistant Professor at UIUC School of Architecture.

Prior to founding UrbanWorks, she worked in design positions for several award-winning Chicago architectural firms.

Among her professional accomplishments, Pat chaired the National AIA Diversity Committee for the American Institute of Architects. Pat was recently listed in in the “2014: 50 Chicago Designers” by New City, one of the five Emerging Designers by Crain’s Chicago in 2014, and in Crain’s 2020 and 2021 Notable Women in Construction. In 2018 Pat was elevated to the AIA’s College of Fellows in the Design Category. In 2022 she received the Arquitectos Society of Hispanic Architects Legacy Award.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:

  • American Institute of Architects, Chicago Member
  • First Womens Bank Holding Company, Board Member
  • Chicago Women in Architecture, Member and Past President
  • Chicago Women in Architecture Foundation, Board Member
  • Arquitectos, Member
  • UIUC School of Architecture Alumni Advisory Board Member
  • Hispanic American Construction Industry Association, Member
  • Partners of Americas, Illinois-Sao Paulo Chapter, Member and Past President
  • The Economic Club of Chicago, Member
  • The Chicago Network, Member
  • Concordia Place Advisory Council, Member