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Robert Natke to Moderate Panel Discussion at Chicago Student Housing Conference

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

Robert Natke, UrbanWorks Principal, is the moderator of a panel discussion at the Student Housing: State of the Market Conference Thursday, June 25 2015 Gleacher Center University of Chicago, 450 N. Cityfront Plaza Drive. The three-hour program will discuss latest trends in Student Housing design and construction. Additional topics include: financing and investing, location and innovation, and the student housing market today and in the future. The program begins at 7:00am with the panel discussion beginning at 8:30am. Read more

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Robert Natke Joins AIA CAE Higher Education Subcommittee

By Professional Development @pt-br, Staff Happenings @pt-br

UrbanWorks’ Vice President, Robert Natke, recently joined the Higher Education Subcommittee for AIA’s Committee on Architecture for Education (CAE). Rob brings over ten years of experience in directing design, construction and planning departments at several Chicago area major private universities to this AIA National Committee. The mission of this group is multifold; to develop a knowledge sharing network of individuals making a significant contribution to the design and planning of higher education projects; to create programming to foster collaboration between members; to develop webinars exploring issues on current trends; and to generate presentations and programming for annual AIA meetings.

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Mujeres Destacadas

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

Patricia Saldaña Natke, President and Design Principal at UrbanWorks, recently received a 2015 Mujeres Destacadas Award. This award program is meant to highlight Hispanic women who make a significant contribution to their community. The recipients of this annual award come from multiple disciplines, and this year Patricia is joined by five other Mujeres Destacadas from various fields. Read more

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Maria Pellot Passes Planning Certification Exam

By Professional Development @pt-br, Staff Happenings @pt-br

Maria Pellot of UrbanWorks has achieved a career milestone by passing her planning certification exam. She joins an elite membership of approximately 15,000 professional planners worldwide that hold AICP certification. The exam and certification is managed by the American Institute of Certified Planners, the professional institute of the American Planning Association. AICP certified planners stand out within the planning profession for meeting rigorous standards and maintaining their expertise through continuing education and serving community interests. Passing the AICP exam is the final step in earning the status of a certified planner. To take the exam, individuals must fulfill a series of requirements including education and job experience. “Achieving AICP certification is not easy and requires a high level of personal and professional commitment,” said Felicia Braunstein, director of Professional Development for the American Planning Association. “The certification demonstrates an individual’s credibility and knowledge, and serves as a standard for the planning profession.” Certified planners bring extra value to their employers and community, demonstrating a higher level of leadership, education and professionalism. As a certified planner, individuals are required to operate in a professional manner and uphold a code of ethics. APA and its professional institute, the American Institute of Certified Planners, are dedicated to advancing the art, science and profession of good planning — physical, economic, and social — so as to create communities that offer better choices for where and how people work and live. The American Institute of Certified Planners provides recognized leadership nationwide in the certification of professional planners, ethics, professional development, planning education, and the standards of planning practice. For more information, visit www.planning.org.

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CAF/CWA 40 Year Anniversary Exhibit

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

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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Newcity 50 Designers

By Publications @pt-br, Staff Happenings @pt-br
Patricia Saldaña Natke is selected as one of the 2014 Design 50 by NEWCITY. “Design is no longer an afterthought. At this cultural moment, design has come to embody both the capacity for creative vision and the means of realizing it. Newcity’s 2014 Design 50 entries celebrate this cultural shift. For the second annual issue, we’ve sought out Chicago’s most respected-and most promising-designers from across industries. They are visionaries and doers. They are Chicago’s top creatives.” by Newcity’s F. Philip Barash. Read More
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Crain’s Chicago Emerging Designers

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

Patricia Saldaña Natke, UrbanWorks’ Design Principal, is featured as one of Five Emerging Design Talents who are reshaping Chicago’s Architecture. “What the emerging talents of the city’s architecture industry share is a singular ability to reshape the built environments where they practice their trade. Sometimes the changes they create bolt into the public view dramatically…. In other instances, the shifts in the built environment they create are more subtle, such as a plan for the former Cabrini-Green area” by Crains Chicago Business’ Micah Maidenberg Read more

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