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^{[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

• 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]