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Dec 18
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UrbanWorks Featured in “New Chicago Architecture” Exhibit

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Two UrbanWorks projects, La Casa Student Housing and Galewood Elementary School, were featured in the exhibition “New Chicago Architecture” curated by the Chicago Athenaeum. The week-long exhibition was attended by several thousands of people in Chicago, before traveling to Milan and Athens. This survey of New Chicago Architecture, featuring over 100 architecture practices – local, national, and international, offers new insight to the contemporary direction of Chicago Architecture today, highlighting the ambitions, challenges, and possibilities which are fueling the architecture profession. An accompanying book, “New Chicago Architecture” will be published in February 2016. The Chicago Athenaeum is an International Museum of Architecture and Design dedicated to the Art of Design. The exhibition took place from November 12-17, 2015 and was located at 332 S. Michigan, Chicago, Illinois.

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Dec 15
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Current Exhibition of Productora/Urbanworks University of Chicago Green Line Art Center Design Team Submission Until Jan 8

By 2015 Chicago Architecture Biennial, Exhibits

As part of the 2015 Chicago Architecture Biennial, the Arts Incubator in Washington Park is holding an exhibition titled Forms of Imagination, exploring “the way Arts + Public Life creates ambitious public design and architecture projects that foster creative communities in Chicago’s mid-South Side.” Among works by other notable firms, Productura/UrbanWorks’ vision for the Green Line Art Center is on display. Productora from Mexico City and local firm UrbanWorks have teamed in an invited design competition for a new arts center to support the ambitions of artists and creative entrepreneurs. Led by artist and faculty member Theaster Gates and his team at Arts + Public Life, the new arts center will demonstrate the commitment to design excellence and creative reuse of existing vacant buildings. Read more

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Oct 09
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UrbanWorks is Shortlisted in ChiDesign Competition

By 2015 Chicago Architecture Biennial, Architecture Foundation, Awards, Exhibits

The UrbanWorks concept ICE CADE is shortlisted in the Chicago Architecture Foundation (CAF) design competition ChiDesign – an international ideas competition. The concept includes the new headquarters, visitor center and exhibition spaces of the CAF; a new headquarters for the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH); a design and allied arts high school; and flexible learning spaces for out-of-school-time youth programs. The ICE CADE building is an homage to an ice sculpture rising from an urban street. All ChiDesign entries are on display at the CAF Atrium Gallery. Read More

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Sep 29
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UrbanWorks Staff Featured at Chicago Women in Architecture (CWA) Exhibit

By 2015 Chicago Architecture Biennial, Exhibits, Staff Happenings

Patricia Saldaña Natke, Maria Pellot and Ameera Ashraf-O’Neil are being featured at the CWA a.DOT “Architects. Doing Our Thing” exhibit, as part of the 2015 Chicago Architectural Biennial. The a.DOT exhibit highlights the work of women in Chicago’s architecture, their personal inspirations, as well as their work’s influence on the future of architecture itself. The exhibit will be held October 1-4, 2015 at the SAIC Sullivan Galleries, 33 N State Street, Floor 12, Chicago IL. Read more

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Feb 24
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Florida International University’s ‘Leaders of Design’

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Maria Pellot, Associate Principal at UrbanWorks, was highlighted as part of Florida International University’s ‘Leaders of Design’ Alumni Exhibition + Panel Discussion for their School of Architecture. The exhibition, running from February 5th – March 19th, 2015, features the work of 28 alumni working in the fields of Architecture, Interior Architecture, Landscape Architecture, and Environmental and Urban Design. Maria’s work on the Veterans Memorial School, Galewood School, La Casa Student Housing, Living Green Building and Epicenter: Work|Live|Heal projects were on display as part of the exhibit. The opening night panel discussion was moderated by Professor Jason Chandler, Chair of the FIU Department of Architecture. It included a panel of ten alumni, discussing their education at FIU and how it prepared them for careers at design firms in the United States and abroad. Read more

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Jun 27
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CAF/CWA 40 Year Anniversary Exhibit

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Maria Pellot, UrbanWorks’ Associate Principal, Ameera Ashraf-O’Neil, UrbanWorks’ Senior Project Manager, and Patricia Saldana Natke, UrbanWorks’ Design Principal, are featured in the Chicago Architecture Foundation’s Women Building Change-Celebrating 40 Years of Chicago Women in Architecture Exhibit. UrbanWorks’ Veterans Memorial School Campus, Catholic Charities All Saints Senior Residences, and the Galewood Charter School are on display. The exhibit is both a historical retrospective and a modern reflection on the process of design. Open to the public until December 2014. Read more

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