Cathy Simon Explained

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 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

• 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)^[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)
• 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.

Notes and References

1. Web site: ULAN Full Record Display (Getty Research). www.getty.edu. 2016-10-22.
2. News: Cathy Simon - Rudy Bruner Award. Rudy Bruner Award. en-US. 2016-10-22.
3. News: How Everyone Can Promote Equity in Architecture. 2014-10-29. Architect. 2016-10-22.
4. Book: Pressman, Andy. Curing the Fountainheadache: How Architects & Their Clients Communicate. 2006-01-01. Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.. 9781402726040. en.
5. News: CED Exhibition: SMWM exhibit at the Environmental Design Archives Wednesday, 06/04/14 – 10/01/14 280 Wurster Hall. 2016-10-22. 2017-08-22. https://web.archive.org/web/20170822223020/https://ced.berkeley.edu/events-media/events/smwm-exhibit-at-the-environmental-design-archives. dead.
6. March 2003. Cathy Simon and Phyllis Martin-Vengue the Pioneers. Contract. 45. 3. 72. 7 November 2016. EBSCOhost.
7. Prominent Women-Owned Architecture Firm Joins Forces with Perkins+Will Business Wire. www.businesswire.com. 2016-10-22.
8. News: ARCHITECTURE VIEW: Room for Imagination in a Temple of Reason. Muschamp. Herbert. May 12, 1996. The New York Times. LexisNexis Academic.
9. Ecological control: Oceanside Water Pollution Control Plant, San Francisco, California Simon Martin-Vegue Winkelstein Moris, architect. Architecture. 83. 8. 0746-0554.
10. 1999. Lost in space: has Sony miscalculated by adding urban malls to its product line?. Metropolis. 19. 3. 0279-4977.
11. Web site: N.Y.U. picks team to devise long-range growth plan. thevillager.com. 2016-10-23. https://web.archive.org/web/20130901220008/http://thevillager.com/villager_212/nyupicksteam.html. 2013-09-01. dead.
12. Book: Yee, Roger. Educational Environments. 2002-01-01. Visual Reference Publications. 9781584710615. en.
13. News: ARCHITECTURE VIEW: Fitting In on Campus at Princeton and Bard. GOLDBERGER. PAUL. February 28, 1988. The New York Times. Lexis Nexis Academic.
14. News: A 26-Story History of San Francisco. Madrigal. Alexis C.. The Atlantic. en-US. 2016-10-24.
15. News: Monkeys ecstatic over their move to new quarters. SFGate. 2016-10-24.
16. News: Bay Area Projects Among Winners. 1985-10-20. Los Angeles Times. en-US. 0458-3035. 2016-10-24.
17. News: AIA AWARDS / The Best of the Bay / 2004's American Institute of Architects' San Francisco Design Awards. SFGate. 2016-10-23.
18. The Ferry Building, San Francisco, CA: SMWM, Baldauf Catton Eckartsberg, Page & Turnbull. Places. 19. 3. 6–11. 0731-0455.