Patricia Saldaña Natke
{{Short description|American architect}}
{{Infobox architect
| name = Patricia Saldaña Natke
| image = Patricia Saldaña Natke.jpg
| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1964}}
| birth_place = Chicago, Illinois, U.S
| nationality = Mexican American
| alma_mater = University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (B.Arch., 1986)
| practice = [http://www.urbanworksarchitecture.com 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.{{Cite web|url=https://cwarch.org/2018/03/08/congratulations-to-the-13-aia-chicago-members-to-receive-the-2017-faia-distinction-2/|title=Congratulations to Patricia Saldaña Natke for Receiving the 2018 FAIA Distinction – Chicago Women in Architecture|website=cwarch.org|language=en-US|access-date=2018-05-11}} 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. {{citation needed|date=October 2015}}
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 {{Cite web|url=https://www.aiachicago.org/about/board-of-directors/|title=Board of Directors {{!}} About {{!}} American Institute of Architects|website=www.aiachicago.org|language=en|access-date=2018-06-01}} 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.{{cite news|title=CONVERSACIONES: PATRICIA SALDANA NATKE|url=https://iitaq.wordpress.com/2013/02/03/conversaciones-patricia-saldana-natke/|accessdate=8 March 2015|publisher=IIT-AQ|date=3 February 2013}}
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.{{Cite web|url=http://www.urbanworksarchitecture.com/about/people/patricia/|title=PATRICIA – UrbanWorks}}
Saldaña Natke was listed in the “2014: 50 Chicago Designers” by Newcity,{{cite news|last1=Barash|first1=Philip|last2=Hainline|first2=Ariel|last3=Hieggelke|first3=Brian|last4=Kulon|first4=Paul|last5=Rosini|first5=Brook|last6=Seidell|first6=Maria|title=Design 50: Who Shapes Chicago 2014|url=http://design.newcity.com/2014/03/20/design-50-who-shapes-chicago-2014/|accessdate=8 March 2015|publisher=Newcity Design|date=20 March 2014}} one of the five "Chicago's Emerging Grand Designers" by Crain’s Chicago Business,{{cite news|last1=Maidenberg|first1=Micah|title=An architect finds Chicago's soul in its neighborhoods|url=http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20140301/ISSUE02/140229756/an-architect-finds-chicagos-soul-in-its-neighborhoods|accessdate=8 March 2015|publisher=Crain's Chicago Business|date=16 March 2014}} and was elevated to Fellow of the American Institute of Architects in 2018.{{Cite web|url=https://www.aia.org/press-releases/180491-aia-elevates-152-members-and-two-internatio|title=AIA elevates 152 members and two international architects to the College of Fellows|website=www.aia.org|access-date=2018-06-01}}
Awards and honors
- Fellow of the American Institute of Architects, 2018
- AIA Chicago Distinguished Building Award, Citation of Merit, [http://www.asafehaven.org/ A Safe Haven]: Affordable Veterans Housing, 2017{{Cite news
|url=http://www.asafehaven.org/aia-award-for-melrose-park-veteran-village/
|title=AIA Award for Melrose Park Veteran Village - A Safe Haven Foundation
|date=2017-10-13
|work=A Safe Haven Foundation
|access-date=1 June 2018}}
- ALA Merit Award, ICE CADE: Center for Architecture, Design + Education, 2017{{Cite web|url=http://www.alatoday.org/blog_home.asp?Display=11|title=ALA Announces Winners in 2017 Design Award Competition|website=www.alatoday.org|language=en|access-date=2018-06-01}}
- AIA Illinois Mies Van Der Rohe Award, Associate Architect, Cermak Green Line Station, 2016{{Cite web|url=http://www.aiail.org/2016-Honor-Awards/|title=AIAIL - 2016 Honor Awards|website=www.aiail.org|access-date=2018-06-01}}
- American Architecture Award, Galewood Elementary School, 2016{{Cite news|url=https://www.archdaily.com/796136/2016-american-architecture-award-winners-announced|title=2016 American Architecture Award Winners Announced|date=2016-09-29|work=ArchDaily|access-date=2018-06-01|language=en-US}}
- AIA Chicago Distinguished Building Award, Associate Architect, Cermak Green Line Station, 2015{{Cite web|url=https://www.aiachicago.org/dea_archive/2015/cta-cermak-mccormick-place-station/|title=Design Excellence Awards {{!}} American Institute of Architects|website=www.aiachicago.org|language=en|access-date=2018-06-01}}
- IES Illumination Award of Merit, Galewood Elementary School (with Primera Engineers, Lighting), 2015{{Cite news|url=http://primeraeng.com/posts/illumination-awards/|title=Primera Project Recognized with 2015 Illuminating Engineering Society Merit Award|work=Primera|access-date=2018-06-01|language=en-US}}
- ALA Gold Medal Design Award, Galewood Elementary School, 2013{{Cite web|url=https://www.world-architects.com/de/urbanworks-chicago/project/galewood-elementary-school|title=Galewood Elementary School UrbanWorks|website=World-Architects|language=de|access-date=2018-06-01}}
- Chicago Building Congress Merit Award for Construction Under $15 Million, La Casa Student Housing, 2013{{Cite web|url=https://www.world-architects.com/en/urbanworks-chicago/project/la-casa-student-housing|title=La Casa Student Housing UrbanWorks|website=World-Architects|language=en|access-date=2018-06-01}}
- Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Award for Architectural Excellence in Community Design, First Place, La Casa Student Housing, 2013{{Cite web|url=http://www.lisc-cnda.org/Past-winners/19th-CNDA-Winners-2013-/The-Richard-H-Driehaus-Foundation-Award-for-Architectural-Excellence-in-Community-Design-First-Place.html|title=The Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Award for Architectural Excellence in Community Design, First Place — The Chicago Neighborhood Development Awards|website=www.lisc-cnda.org|language=en-us|access-date=2018-06-01}}
- ALA Merit Award, La Casa Student Housing, 2012
- AIA Chicago Small Project Honor Award, Automobile Container, 2011
- AIA Chicago Distinguished Building Award, Citation of Merit, Veterans Memorial Campus at Archer Heights, 2011{{Cite web|url=http://www.dbhms.com/work/all-work/project/v/veterans-memorial-campus|title=Project VETERANS MEMORIAL CAMPUS AT ARCHER HEIGHTS, UNO CHARTER SCHOOLS|website=www.dbhms.com|language=en|access-date=2018-06-01}}
- AIA Chicago Regional & Urban Design Award, Citation of Merit, Big. Bold. Visionary. Groundplanes for Gary, 2011{{Cite web|url=https://archpaper.com/2011/11/aia-chicagos-2011-design-excellence-awards/|title=AIA Chicago's 2011 Design Excellence Awards - Archpaper.com|website=archpaper.com|date=3 November 2011|language=en-US|access-date=2018-06-01}}
- ALA Merit Award, Park Boulevard Mixed-Income Housing, 2011
- ALA Merit Award, Veterans Memorial Campus at Archer Heights, 2011
- Chicago Architecture Foundation, Patron of the Year Nomination, Buckingham Fountain Phase II, 2011{{Cite web|url=http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/theskyline/2011/11/caf-announces-patron-of-the-year-winners-for-2011-.html|title=Cityscapes: CAF announces 'Patron of the Year' winners|website=featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com|access-date=2018-06-01}}
- Design Evanston Planning Award, Evanston Lakefront Masterplan, 2010
- Design Evanston Residential Award, Automobile Container, 2010{{Cite news|url=http://www.urbanworksarchitecture.com/portfolio/automobile-container/|title=Automobile Container|work=UrbanWorks|access-date=2018-06-01|language=en-US}}
- Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Award for Architectural Excellence in Community Design, First Place, Veterans Memorial Campus at Archer Heights, 2010
- AIA Chicago Urban Design Award for Excellence in Architecture, Honor Award, Chicago 2016 Olympic Master Plan, 2009{{Cite news|url=http://www.urbanworksarchitecture.com/portfolio/chicago-2016-bid-for-the-2016-olympic-games/|title=Chicago 2016 Bid for the 2016 Olympic Games|work=UrbanWorks|access-date=2018-06-01|language=en-US}}
- Mayor Daley’s Landscape Award, First Place, Veterans Memorial Campus at Archer Heights, 2009
References
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External links
- The Chicago Architecture Foundation (October 7, 2014)."[https://web.archive.org/web/20150324163646/http://dialogues.architecture.org/charrette-presentation]”.
- The Chicago Architecture Foundation (April 17, 2013). “[https://web.archive.org/web/20130420072924/http://www.architecture.org/LunchTalksOnline/Pilsen UrbanWorks’ Masterplan for Pilsen]”. Lunch Talks @CAF Online. Retrieved March 6, 2015.
- The Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Award (February 13, 2013). “[http://www.lisc-cnda.org/Past-winners/19th-CNDA-Winners-2013-/The-Richard-H-Driehaus-Foundation-Award-for-Architectural-Excellence-in-Community-Design-First-Place.html The Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Award for Architectural Excellence in Community Design, First Place]”. Chicago Neighborhood Development Awards. Retrieved March 6, 2015.*
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Category:American women architects
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Category:21st-century American architects