UrbanWorks celebrates 20 Years of Architecture, Interiors, and Planning amongst 85 colleagues and clients at The Screening Room at the Public Hotel, 1301 N. State Parkway, Chicago, Illinois 60610. The celebration highlighted UrbanWorks’ positive impact in Chicago and other cities across the United States. UrbanWorks’ projects span across 40 Chicago neighborhoods, including the design of affordable housing for 5,000 families, over 65 school renovations, additions, and new construction, and completion of 4,475,003 sq feet of architecture – larger than the footprint of Rhode Island. The firm has won over 25 major design awards, and is proud of its talented staff from 10 states and 11 countries.
SWISSPEARL will be featuring the La Casa Dormitories in their spring magazine Read more
Patricia Saldaña Natke selected as a Design Resource Team Member for the AHDLI – Chicago two day charette. Enterprise Community Partners convened its 4th Annual AHDLI to explore the role of design through the lens of seven development projects and intensive dialogue between developers and architects. Patricia was a panelist for the opening keynote, The Multiplier Effect, by Robert Ivy, the Executive VP and CEO of the American Institute of Architects. Patricia presented a design case study of the LaCasa Student Housing in Chicago’s Pilsen neighborhood. Read more
Urbanworks is part of the “Take Me to the River: Building Chicago’s New Waterfront” Exhibit at the Chicago Architecture Foundation Lecture Hall, June 2013-December 2013. Design ideas on view for the Chicago Riverbank and envisioned Parkland… Read More
UrbanWorks receives a 2013 Chicago Building Congress Merit Award for Construction under $15 Million, for La Casa Student Dormitory
Patricia Saldaña Natke was a speaker at the American Planning Association National Conference, giving a Mobile Tour of Latino Communities in Chicago on April 16, 2013
UrbanWorks receives the Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Award for Architectural Excellence in Community Design, First Place, for La Casa Student Dormitory Read More
Patricia Saldaña Natke gave a lecture at IIT, “The Didactic Evolution: Educational Buildings” on Friday, February 8, 2013, Crown Hall, Lecture Room 14, 6:30 PM sponsored by IIT AQ Read More
La Casa Dormitories wins a 2012 ALA Design Award Read More