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Alumni & Industry (32)

Women in Construction Week with headshots of Darlene Septelka and Lingzi Wu Women in Construction Management: Charting a Path Forward UW's Darlene Septelka and Lingzi Wu highlight the complications of more women in construction industries, including pay disparities by gender, occupational differences, impact of university pipelines, and more. Check out their perspectives in this article. | Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce Read More
Tess Wakasugi-Don Empowering Women in Construction with Tess Wakasugi-Don Learn about the Puget Sound Business Journal's '40 under 40' recipient and first female principal of GLY Construction Tess Wakasugi-Don in an interview hosted by Jeff McCann and Lisa Benjamin as part of Runstad's Real Leaders in Real Estate series. Read More
Interior of Gould Hall CBE launches new mentorship program The College of Built Environments has launched its first-ever, college-wide mentorship program. The program will help students grow in their chosen field through one-on-one guidance, advice, and insight from a mentor. Read More
Exterior of Gould Hall Benjamin F. McAdoo’s lasting legacy as an architect and activist Associate Professor Tyler Sprague and senior architecture student Sierra Miles discuss the Benjamin McAdoo Research Collective, which seeks to share and cultivate appreciation for the work of Benjamin F. McAdoo, the first registered Black architect in Washington. | Seattle Times Read More
Marty Brennan Alumni Spotlight: Marty Brennan We talked with ZGF Sustainability Lead and UW alumni Marty Brennan to discuss his pathway into architecture and the innovative work emerging from the Applied Research Consortium. Read More
Woman with long dark hair dressed in black, leaning against a wall made of horizontal planks Mariam Kamara Could Profoundly Change Design Pedagogy Everywhere Mariam Kamara, UW Department of Architecture alumna and Niger-based architect, discusses her revolutionary approaches to architecture pedagogy and design. | Metropolis Read More
In Memoriam: Gene Zema It is with great sadness that we mourn the loss of one of Gould Hall’s contemporary architects, a distinguished alumnus of our College, visionary PNW architect, and long-standing member of the CBE community, Gene Zema. Read More
Honor Awards, celebrating the projects and people of our design community 2021 AIA Seattle Honor Awards On Monday, November 8, AIA Seattle hosted the 71st annual Honor Awards for Washington Architecture to celebrate excellence in design. The Honor Awards is a nationally recognized program that provides an important opportunity for the design community to share and celebrate its achievements, both among practitioners and with the community-at-large. Read More
12 Talents Shaping the Design World Minjae Kim, furniture designer and Department of Architecture alum, was named as one of the 12 talents shaping the design world. Read More