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UrbanWorks Celebrates 25 Years in Architecture

By Milestones @pt-br

Starting with a staff of three in 1993, UrbanWorks enters its 25th year invigorated for the future. We have designed thousands of units of housing, millions of square feet of buildings of every type, planned communities, and brought our socially and environmentally responsible designs to clients in both the public and private sectors. Our designs have won dozens of awards. We are proud of the more than 80 staff members and interns who have been part of the UrbanWorks team over our 25 year history. To  celebrate this milestone, we have a new logo designed by Liska & Associates, creatively designed 25 year Anniversary swag, and a new home in Chicago’s loop at 125 S Clark Street, Suite 2070. Thank you for being a part of our quarter century in Architecture, Interiors and Planning. And now, if you’ll excuse us, we have some buildings to design.

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UrbanWorks Receives a 2017 AIA Chicago Design Excellence Award

By Awards @pt-br

UrbanWorks’ A Safe Haven: Affordable Veterans Housing received a 2017 AIA Chicago Design Excellence Award, Citation of Merit. The Design Excellence Awards is an “annual awards program which honors the best work by Chicago architecture firms found worldwide.” In 2017, Awards were given in four categories; the Distinguished Building Award, for which A Safe Haven: Affordable Veterans Housing received a Citation of Merit; the Interior Architecture Award; the Divine Detail Award; and the Ten-Year Award. Congrats to all the other winners!

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Patricia Saldaña Natke Participates in “Lost Chicago” Panel

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

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

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UrbanWorks Supports Territory NFP

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UrbanWorks is a proud Project Team Host of Territory NFP’s first fundraiser, held on February 22, 2018. Territory NFP uses design as a platform for civic engagement for Chicago youth. Their programs allow young people to participate in “…urban design, public art and community planning in the neighborhoods where they live and learn.” Read more (Photo L-R: Helen Slade, Territory Exec Director; Tej Varpe, Ann Panopio, Robert Natke, Maria Pellot, Pat Natke; Mike Newman, Territory Board Chair)

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Patricia Saldaña Natke Honored by the FAIA

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Round of applause! Patricia Saldaña Natke is elevated to FAIA, The American Institute of Architects’ highest membership honor for exceptional work and contributions to architecture and society. This year, ten AIA Chicago members were awarded the honor, which spans five categories. Pat, recognized in Category One – Design, now joins the top three percent of AIA’s membership who have achieved this recognition. Pat will be inducted at the FAIA Investiture Ceremony during the 2018 AIA Conference in New York City on June 22, 2018. Congratulations Pat! Read more

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UrbanWorks’ La Casa in National Building Museum Exhibit

By Exhibits @pt-br

UrbanWorks’ La Casa Student Housing design is featured in Making Room: Housing for a Changing America, hosted at the National Building Museum from November 18, 2017 – September 16, 2018. The exhibition highlights new housing models, which reflect America’s shift away from nuclear households and includes “alternatives at all levels of the market, from micro-units, tiny houses, and accessory apartments to cohousing, co-living, and beyond.” The exhibit explores cutting-edge typologies through case studies. La Casa is an innovative model in student housing run by The Resurrection Project in Chicago. Read more

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UrbanWorks’ ICE CADE Competition Entry Awarded an ALA Award of Merit

By Awards @pt-br

UrbanWorks was honored to receive an Award of Merit from the Association of Licensed Architects Design Awards Program for our ICE CADE: Center for Architecture, Design + Education concept, a concept for the Chicago Architecture Foundation’s new welcome center, headquarters for the Council on Tall Buildings, high school, and youth programs. This ALA Awards competition celebrates designs and designers from all around the country in eight categories. The ICE CADE was submitted in the Unbuilt Category. Read more

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UrbanWorks’ Buckingham Fountain Restoration in Chicago Architecture Biennial Tour

By Projects @pt-br, Tours @pt-br

On September 23, UrbanWorks was featured in the 2017 Chicago Architecture Biennial Chicago Women in Architecture Walking Tour, which highlighted sites in downtown Chicago designed by female architects. UrbanWorks’ restoration of Buckingham Fountain was among the six sites featured on the walking tour. The Chicago Architecture Biennial (CAB) is the largest architecture and design exhibition in North America. Read more

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Lead Artist Lauren Pacheco and UrbanWorks Win the 2017 Downtown Gary Public Art Competition

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UrbanWorks collaborated with Lead Artist Lauren Pacheco to win First Place in the 2017 Downtown Gary Public Art Competition with the team’s Destination Gary: Art Park submission. The competition “has a commitment to work with both emerging and established artists to produce high quality, innovative, and creative art projects and exhibitions in public spaces in Gary, Indiana.” Destination Gary reimagines over two acres of vacant land into an art park, filled with a series of creative installations for the public.

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