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Cathy Simon

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Cathy Simon is an American architect.[1] She is known for her adaptive reuse and urban design projects, many of which are in the Bay area.[2] She is currently[as of?] a design principal at Perkins and Will.[3] She was one of five founding partners of the influential female-owned firm SMWM (Simon Martin-Vegue Winkelstein Moris), based in San Francisco.[4][5] She and Martin-Vengue have spent more than 18 years "building one of the nation's largest women-owned firms."[6] She has worked on major projects including the conversion of the San Francisco Ferry building, the San Francisco Main Library, the renovation of PG&E's San Francisco headquarters, and the San Francisco Conservatory of Music.[7]

Significant projects

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  • Conservations and restoration of the San Francisco Ferry Building (SMWM)
  • San Francisco Conservatory of Music (SMWM)
  • San Francisco Main Library (SMWM and Pei Cobb Freed & Partners)[8]
  • Hearst Memorial Gym at University of California Berkeley (SMWM)
  • Oceanside Water Pollution Control Plant (SMWM)[9]
  • The Metreon, an entertainment and shopping complex in San Francisco at Yerba Buena Gardens (SMWM and Handel Architects)[10]
  • Master plans for Stanford, Harvard, Brown, and NYU (SMWM)[5][11]
  • Heinz and Lilo Bertelsmann Campus Center, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York (SMWM)[12]
  • Franklin W. Olin Humanities Building, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York (SMWM and Wank Adams Slavin)[13]
  • Marin Academy Performing Art Center and Field House, San Rafael, California (SMWM)[12]
  • 140 New Montgomery (Perkins + Will)[14]
  • Primate Discovery Center, San Francisco Zoo (Marquis Associates)[15]

Awards

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  • American Institute of Steel Construction Award of Excellence of the Primate Discovery Center, 1985[16]
  • Excellence in Design Award / Restoration & Rehabilitation for the San Francisco Ferry Building, American Institute of Architect's San Francisco Design Awards, 2004[17]
  • EDRA/Places Award for Design for the San Francisco Ferry Building, 2007[18]

Education

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Simon is a graduate of Wellesley College and Harvard University's Graduate School of Design.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "ULAN Full Record Display (Getty Research)". www.getty.edu. Retrieved 2016-10-22.
  2. ^ a b "Cathy Simon - Rudy Bruner Award". Rudy Bruner Award. Retrieved 2016-10-22.
  3. ^ "How Everyone Can Promote Equity in Architecture". Architect. 2014-10-29. Retrieved 2016-10-22.
  4. ^ Pressman, Andy (2006-01-01). Curing the Fountainheadache: How Architects & Their Clients Communicate. Sterling Publishing Company, Inc. ISBN 9781402726040.
  5. ^ a b "CED Exhibition: SMWM exhibit at the Environmental Design Archives Wednesday, 06/04/14 – 10/01/14 280 Wurster Hall". Archived from the original on 2017-08-22. Retrieved 2016-10-22.
  6. ^ "Cathy Simon and Phyllis Martin-Vengue the Pioneers". Contract. 45 (3): 72. March 2003. Retrieved 7 November 2016 – via EBSCOhost.
  7. ^ "Prominent Women-Owned Architecture Firm Joins Forces with Perkins+Will | Business Wire". www.businesswire.com (Press release). Retrieved 2016-10-22.
  8. ^ Muschamp, Herbert (May 12, 1996). "ARCHITECTURE VIEW: Room for Imagination in a Temple of Reason". The New York Times – via LexisNexis Academic.
  9. ^ "Ecological control: Oceanside Water Pollution Control Plant, San Francisco, California Simon Martin-Vegue Winkelstein Moris, architect". Architecture. 83 (8). ISSN 0746-0554.
  10. ^ "Lost in space: has Sony miscalculated by adding urban malls to its product line?". Metropolis. 19 (3). 1999. ISSN 0279-4977.
  11. ^ "N.Y.U. picks team to devise long-range growth plan". thevillager.com. Archived from the original on 2013-09-01. Retrieved 2016-10-23.
  12. ^ a b Yee, Roger (2002-01-01). Educational Environments. Visual Reference Publications. ISBN 9781584710615.
  13. ^ GOLDBERGER, PAUL (February 28, 1988). "ARCHITECTURE VIEW: Fitting In on Campus at Princeton and Bard". The New York Times – via Lexis Nexis Academic.
  14. ^ Madrigal, Alexis C. "A 26-Story History of San Francisco". The Atlantic. Retrieved 2016-10-24.
  15. ^ "Monkeys ecstatic over their move to new quarters". SFGate. Retrieved 2016-10-24.
  16. ^ "Bay Area Projects Among Winners". Los Angeles Times. 1985-10-20. ISSN 0458-3035. Retrieved 2016-10-24.
  17. ^ "AIA AWARDS / The Best of the Bay / 2004's American Institute of Architects' San Francisco Design Awards". SFGate. Retrieved 2016-10-23.
  18. ^ "The Ferry Building, San Francisco, CA: SMWM, Baldauf Catton Eckartsberg, Page & Turnbull". Places. 19 (3): 6–11. ISSN 0731-0455.
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