Cathy Simon

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 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 nations 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

• 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

• 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

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

References

1. "ULAN Full Record Display (Getty Research)". www.getty.edu. Retrieved 2016-10-22.
2. "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. "CED Exhibition: SMWM exhibit at the Environmental Design Archives Wednesday, 06/04/14 – 10/01/14 280 Wurster Hall". 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. (subscription required (help)).
7. "Prominent Women-Owned Architecture Firm Joins Forces with Perkins+Will | Business Wire". www.businesswire.com. 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. Retrieved 2016-10-23.
12. 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.