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  • 08/07/23Mayor Lily Mei and community leaders from Fremont joined SIM Architects to celebrate the Grand Opening of the new San Francisco Bay University. 2023
  • 07/20/23Frank Lloyd Wright – Greek Orthodox Church Renovation by SIM Architects’ Grand Opening Celebration. 2023
  • 05/13/23Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren, San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan and numerous dignitaries a1ended the OLLV Grand Opening Celebration. 2023
  • 05/12/23ABC-TV featured a special news segment on the newly completed OLLV Church structure. 2023
  • 05/09/23San Jose Mercury News published article highlighting the completion of the OLLV Phase One project. 2023
  • 05/07/23Timelapse Video, OLLV Building Design and Construction Process. 2023
  • 10/02/21Rethinking the Future (RTF) selected SIM Architects as one of top 75 architects. 2021
  • 08/15/21San Francisco Architectural Foundation interviewed Eugene Sim for their podcast, entitled “Starting an Architecture Firm”. 2021
  • 03/11/20City of South San Francisco selected SIM Architects for the renovations to the Westborough Fire Station. 2020
  • 09/30/19SIM Architects selected to design a new 250-room Hilton Hotel in Fremont. 2021
  • 03/27/18Northwestern Polytechnic University campus master plan completed by SIM Architects. 2018
  • 03/05/18SIM Architects completed the SUM College campus master plans at Folsom and El Dorado Hills. 2018
  • 07/22/17Main Library feasibility study completed for the City of South San Francisco. 2017
  • 11/29/16SIM Architects attended the groundbreaking ceremony at Our Lady of La Vang Church in San Jose. 2016.
  • 09/16/16SIM Architects hosted a Community Outreach meeting for the Our Lady of La Vang Church in San Jose. 2016.
  • 08/29/16SIM Architects was published in AIA SF’s 12th edition of the Small Firms, Great Projects magazine. 2016.
  • 02/25/16SIM Architects was invited to the State of the District lunch at Cupertino USD to connect with community and district stakeholders. 2016.
  • 06/01/15SIM Architects was selected to do a feasibility study of the Holy Trinity Orthodox Church, previously designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. 2015.
  • 04/27/15Eugene Sim served as a guest reviewer for the second year architecture design studio at Temple University. 2015.
  • 03/18/15SIM Architects presented a lecture entitled, Recent Work of SIM Architects, at Rensselaer in Troy, New York. 2015.
  • 03/19/15SIM Architects was invited to lecture on 21st Century Design at leading architecture schools on the East Coast. 2015.
  • 06/02/14SIM Architects was commissioned to design the new OLLV Capital Projects after competing with other world class firms. 2014.
  • 05/22/1316 years of outstanding service on the SSFUSD Personnel Commission, San Mateo Times and SSF Patch. 2013.
  • 02/23/12SIM Architects received a Commendation from SSFUSD for outstanding contribution to the Bond Program. 2012.
  • 11/15/11Eugene Sim was the guest speaker for the SF Human Rights Commission Annual Conference, San Francisco. 2011.
  • 07/20/09Paradise Valley Boys and Girls Club Re-opened, Boys and Girls Club of America, The Peninsula Daily Journal. 2009.
  • 06/25/09Invited Speaker/Panelist, Bay Area Church Conference, San Ramon, California. 2009.
  • 06/22/09SIM Architects work with the Boys and Girls Club of Northern San Mateo County, San Mateo Times. 2009.
  • 05/22/09Berith, Cities by Design, Panache Publications, 2009.
  • 05/22/09Oceanview, Cities by Design, Panache Publications, 2009.
  • 05/01/09SIM Architects Recent Projects Exhibit, AIA National Convention, San Francisco. 2009.
  • 04/09/09Oceanview, Small Firms Great Projects Exhibition/ Publication 2008, AIA San Francisco, 2009.
  • 03/07/09Eugene Sim was honored with a Proclamation for Outstanding Service, Mayor and City Council, South San Francisco. 2009.
  • 02/15/09Eugene Sim was honored with a Proclamation for Outstanding Service, Planning Commission, South San Francisco. 2009.
  • 09/07/08Surprise, its San Lorenzo!  A Museum-like addition adds glamour.., James Nestor, SF Gate Magazine, San Francisco. 2008.
  • 04/10/08Barker Residence, Small Firms Great Projects Exhibition/ Publication 2007, AIA San Francisco. 2008.
  • 10/11/07Eugene Sim served as the chairperson in the annual NFTE awards program at the University of San Francisco. 2007.
  • 04/20/07SIM Architects was the guest speaker at the prestigious Berkeley School, Berkeley, California. 2007.
  • 04/11/07Seoul Institute of the Arts Master Plan, Small Firms Great Projects Exhibition/ Publication 2006, AIA San Francisco. 2007.
  • 04/09/07Eugene Sim presented a lecture on the “Work of SIM Architects” at the Diablo Valley College Spring Lecture Series. 2007.
  • 02/01/07Building Faith…and Spreading the Word, Kristy Elder, Metal Architecture, February 2007.
  • 10/12/06Eugene Sim participated as a panelist for the annual NFTE awards program at the University of San Francisco. 2006.
  • 02/15/06New Animal Hospital or existing eucalyptus trees, The Tribune, Arroyo Grande, California.  2006.
  • 09/11/04Eugene Sim was interviewed on the local KEMS Television Program, Local Community Leaders, San Jose. 2004.
  • 08/25/03Eugene Sim spoke at the Seoul Institute of the Arts College Special Lecture Series, Ansan, South Korea. 2003.
  • 06/22/03Invited Panelist/ Guest Speaker, Mayor’s Conference on Small Business, San Francisco, California. 2003.
  • 06/13/03Koreatown Master Plan coming to fruition: Oakland’s got Seoul, San Francisco Chronicle. 2003.
  • 03/07/03Eugene Sim moderated “How to Develop and Enforce City-wide Design Guidelines” at the Cities/Counties Planners Institute Conference, Monterey. 2003.
  • 04/11/01SIM Architects and their recent work, Korea Times, San Francisco. 2001.
  • 05/03/99SIM Architects won a competition to design and master plan the new Davis Street Community Center in San Leandro, California. 1999.
  • 11/01/98Selected as a Board Member to the AIA San Mateo Chapter.  1998 – 1999.
  • 06/01/98Elected as a Board Member to the SF Housing Development Corporation, San Francisco.  1998 -1999.
  • 03/07/97New vision for the community, Korea Times, San Francisco. 1997.
  • 10/15/96Elected as the Vice President/Board Member to the Dignity Housing Development Corporation, Oakland.  1996 – 1998.
  • 04/10/94Appointed as an Advisory Committee Member to EBALDC (East Bay Asian Local Development Corporation), Oakland.  1994.
  • 10/12/89Guest Lecturer, Woodbury University, Woodland Hills, California. 1989.
  • 10/13/88Eugene Sim was a member of the winning design team under Alan Chimacoff for the new ASU Architecture Building. 1988.
  • 03/22/87Guest Design Critic, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, New Jersey. 1987.
  • 02/12/87Guest Design Critic, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York. 1987
  • 03/22/86First Prize Winner, Carnegie Medical Office Design Competition, Princeton, New Jersey. 1986.
  • 05/07/85New York Society of Architects Medal Recipient, Rensselaer, Troy, New York. 1985.
  • 05/01/85Harriet R. Peck Thesis Prize Recipient, Rensselaer, Troy, New York. 1985.
  • 04/28/84Norman Waxman Memorial Award, Rensselaer, Troy, New York. 1984.