Patricia Saldaña Natke Explained

Patricia Saldaña Natke
Birth Place:Chicago, Illinois, U.S
Nationality:Mexican American
Alma Mater:University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (B.Arch., 1986)
Practice:UrbanWorks, Ltd.
Significant Buildings:La Casa Student Housing, Galewood Elementary Charter School, Gary Green Link masterplan.

Patricia Saldaña Natke (born 1964 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American architect, the founding partner and president of UrbanWorks, Ltd., a Chicago-based architecture, interiors, and urban planning firm.

Biography

Saldaña Natke is a founding partner of UrbanWorks, an architecture, planning, and interior design firm in Chicago.[1] She has completed over 5,000 units of housing, six mixed-income developments, office and university projects, and over 65 public school renovations, additions, and new construction.

Prior to founding UrbanWorks, Saldaña Natke worked in design positions for several Chicago architectural firms. She chaired the National AIA Diversity Committee for the American Institute of Architects and was a past president of Chicago Women in Architecture and the Illinois São Paulo, Brazil Partners of the Americas Chapter. She is currently on the board of the American Institute of Architects Chicago Chapter [2] and is a member of the Economic Club of Chicago, Arquitectos – the Society of Hispanic Architects, HACIA (Hispanic American Construction Industry Association), and the Concordia Place Advisory Council.[3]

A graduate of the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Saldaña Natke has served as adjunct professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago, a facilitator at Archeworks, and a part-time Professor at the Illinois Institute of Technology’s School of Architecture, and a lecturer at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.[4]

Saldaña Natke was listed in the “2014: 50 Chicago Designers” by Newcity,[5] one of the five "Chicago's Emerging Grand Designers" by Crain’s Chicago Business,[6] and was elevated to Fellow of the American Institute of Architects in 2018.[7]

Awards and honors

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Congratulations to Patricia Saldaña Natke for Receiving the 2018 FAIA Distinction – Chicago Women in Architecture. cwarch.org. en-US. 2018-05-11.
  2. Web site: Board of Directors About American Institute of Architects. www.aiachicago.org. en. 2018-06-01.
  3. News: CONVERSACIONES: PATRICIA SALDANA NATKE. 8 March 2015. IIT-AQ. 3 February 2013.
  4. Web site: PATRICIA – UrbanWorks.
  5. News: Barash. Philip. Hainline. Ariel. Hieggelke. Brian. Kulon. Paul. Rosini. Brook. Seidell. Maria. Design 50: Who Shapes Chicago 2014. 8 March 2015. Newcity Design. 20 March 2014.
  6. News: Maidenberg. Micah. An architect finds Chicago's soul in its neighborhoods. 8 March 2015. Crain's Chicago Business. 16 March 2014.
  7. Web site: AIA elevates 152 members and two international architects to the College of Fellows. www.aia.org. 2018-06-01.
  8. News: AIA Award for Melrose Park Veteran Village - A Safe Haven Foundation. 2017-10-13. A Safe Haven Foundation. 1 June 2018.
  9. Web site: ALA Announces Winners in 2017 Design Award Competition. www.alatoday.org. en. 2018-06-01.
  10. Web site: AIAIL - 2016 Honor Awards. www.aiail.org. 2018-06-01.
  11. News: 2016 American Architecture Award Winners Announced. 2016-09-29. ArchDaily. 2018-06-01. en-US.
  12. Web site: Design Excellence Awards American Institute of Architects. www.aiachicago.org. en. 2018-06-01.
  13. News: Primera Project Recognized with 2015 Illuminating Engineering Society Merit Award. Primera. 2018-06-01. en-US.
  14. Web site: Galewood Elementary School UrbanWorks. World-Architects. de. 2018-06-01.
  15. Web site: La Casa Student Housing UrbanWorks. World-Architects. en. 2018-06-01.
  16. Web site: The Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Award for Architectural Excellence in Community Design, First Place — The Chicago Neighborhood Development Awards. www.lisc-cnda.org. en-us. 2018-06-01.
  17. Web site: Project VETERANS MEMORIAL CAMPUS AT ARCHER HEIGHTS, UNO CHARTER SCHOOLS. www.dbhms.com. en. 2018-06-01.
  18. Web site: AIA Chicago's 2011 Design Excellence Awards - Archpaper.com. archpaper.com. 3 November 2011. en-US. 2018-06-01.
  19. Web site: Cityscapes: CAF announces 'Patron of the Year' winners. featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com. 2018-06-01.
  20. News: Automobile Container. UrbanWorks. 2018-06-01. en-US.
  21. News: Chicago 2016 Bid for the 2016 Olympic Games. UrbanWorks. 2018-06-01. en-US.

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