University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (B.Arch., 1986)
Buildings
La Casa Student Housing, Galewood Elementary Charter School, Gary Green Link masterplan.
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Patricia Saldaña Natke (born 1964 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American architect, founding partner and president of UrbanWorks, Ltd., a Chicago-based architecture, interiors, and urban planning firm.
Saldaña Natke is founding partner of UrbanWorks and as president she oversees design excellence and the firm’s vision. Her commitment to public service imbues the firm with a strong civic ethic. 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 award-winning Chicago architectural firms. Among her professional accomplishments, 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 CNT (Center for Neighborhood Technology) and is a member of the Economic Club of Chicago, Arquitectos – the Society of Hispanic Architects, HACIA (Hispanic American Construction Industry Association), American Institute of Architects, and the Concordia Place Advisory Council.
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 is currently a part-time Professor at the Illinois Institute of Technology’s School of Architecture.
Saldaña Natke was listed in the “2014: 50 Chicago Designers” by Newcity and one of the five Emerging Designers by Crain’s Chicago Business.
Projects
Cabrini Green Development Zone Plan
Old Cook County Hospital Adaptive Reuse
A Safe Haven Veterans Village
La Casa Student Housing
Big Bold Visionary Gary Green: Gary, Indiana, Master Plan
Galewood Elementary School LEED for Schools – Silver Certification
Pilsen Master Plan
Veterans Memorial Charter School Campus – LEED for New Construction – Gold Certification
“Design on the Edge: Chicago Architects Reimagine Neighborhoods” - Pilsen Textile Incubator and Multi-Modal Transport, September 2011 - March 2012 at the Chicago Architecture Foundation
Women Building Change: Celebrating 40 Years of Chicago Women in Architecture, Chicago Architecture Foundation Lecture Hall (Chicago), June 12-December 2014.
Take Me to the River: Building Chicago’s New Waterfront, Chicago Architecture Foundation Lecture Hall (Chicago), June–December 2013.
Awards and honors
AIA Chicago Distinguished Building Award, Associate Architect, Cermak Green Line Station, 2015'
AIA Chicago Divine Detail Award, Associate Architect, Cermak Green Line Station Train Tube, 2015
Chicago Architecture Foundation ChiDesign Competition, Shortlist, Ice Cade, 2015
ALA Merit Award, Old Cook County Hospital Adaptive Reuse, 2015
IES Illumination Award of Merit, Galewood Elementary School (with Primera Engineers, Lighting), 2015
ALA Gold Medal Design Award, Textile Center, 2014
ALA Gold Medal Design Award, Galewood Elementary School, 2013
Chicago Building Congress Merit Award for Construction Under $15 Million, La Casa Student Housing, 2013
Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Award for Architectural Excellence in Community Design, First Place, La Casa Student Housing, 2013
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
AIA Chicago Regional & Urban Design Award, Citation of Merit, Big. Bold. Visionary. Groundplanes for Gary, 2011
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
