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Chad and Emily Robertson's Furniture Designs Featured in Seattle Magazine’s January 2012 Issue

Seattle Magazine’s January 2012 issue featured a story on Department of Architecture alumni Chad (MArch '07) and Emily (BArch '05) Robertson, owners of the collaborative design and furniture studio Chadhaus. Located in Ballard, their five-year old business produces modern furniture using locally acquired salvaged wood and recycled steel. Click to read the full article.

Construction Management Alumnus Grant Madril Helps Harness Wind Power in Oklahoma

Construction Management alumnus Grant Madril (BS '11) wrote in from western Oklahoma to share details about his work with Mortenson Construction providing quality control for the construction of a series of 78-meter tall wind turbines on the Dempsey Ridge Wind Farm in Roger Mills County. Read Grant's dispatch...

Recent Architecture Graduate Titus Uomoto Keeps Creatively Minded

Titus Uomoto (MArch '11) imagines his career as bringing joy to communities through designing functional and aesthetically pleasing public buildings. As he pursues that dream, he found a more immediate way to bring joy to his community through design. His love of design and his entrepreneurial spirit have led him and his brothers to start a clothing company in the basement of their house. F-Rock Clothing Company was founded in 2005 by Titus and 2 other members of a Seattle based break-dancing crew by the name of Fraggle Rock. Since its inception, F-Rock has grown to a full-fledged clothing line and print shop.  The company, true to its roots in the hip-hop culture, supports hip-hop communities around the country by continuing to personally stay involved in b-boying and other break dancing events.

The clothing is characterized by designs that are heavily influenced by the urban culture. Artists and designers come from a variety of different backgrounds, from graffiti artists to UW Architecture students, everyone brings a different style to the clothing line.  

Titus has been working with F-Rock full time since graduating with his MA in Architecture in December 2011, while he searches for the right fit in the architecture world. He knows that most of the skills he is honing while running his clothing business - working directly with customers, managing projects and employees, and being detail oriented will be valuable assets in his architecture career.

Jock Sewall, AIA Publishes New Book on Mediterranean Architecture

Jock Sewall, AIA (MArch ’75) has a new book out titled, Mediterranean Architecture: A Sourcebook of Architectural Elements (Schiffer Publishing, 2011). Jock generously donated a copy of his book to the CBE library. In a message to Dean Friedman, Jock shared, “Professor Grant Hildebrand and Betty Wagner were two of my (major) guiding lights at the College when I was there '71-'75 and instilled both the love for books and Architectural History which made this book come together.”

Blake Williams, AIA Teaches Future Architects at UMASS-Amherst

Blake Williams, AIA (BArch ’87) teaches graduate architecture at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst in addition to workingg for Dietz & Company Architects and running his own studio: www.bw-ar.com. Blake's entry in the "Greatest Grid" design competition, “Crack and Drift," is on display as part of the ecological or grid design speculations section of the first floor historic exhibit. His competition entry will be on display at the Museum of the City of New York through April.

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