Personal Profile
Ar. Simon completed his training at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne & University of East London and further completed his MBA at the University of Manchester.
He has Design and Project management experience in Hong Kong, Beijing, Shanghai, Tianjian, London, Mongolia, South Africa, St. Petersburg, Middle East such as APM(HK), I-Square, Element Shopping Mall, APM(Shanghai), Shangri-la Hotel – Hefei, Shangri-la Hotel – Ulaanbaatar and HKU Wong Chuk Hang student hostel - MiC Project.
With a great passion for Architecture, Ar. Simon is not only making achievements in his job but also developing his career in Architectural writing. Ar. Simon has published more than 430 articles in his Architectural blog on various Asia websites. Simon has an Architectural column in Hong Kong, London, and Beijing Chinese newspapers. Simon has published 9 Architectural books so far and the “Arch- -Touch” series is the best-selling Architectural book in Hong Kong.
Ar. Simon is a Guest Lecturer of the Hong Kong Institute of Construction and Tutor for Informatic Educational (HK) Ltd for the Project Management Professional (PMP), PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP) preparation course, and the Hong Kong Institute of Construction for the Construction Management course. Ar. Simon is the first Hong Kong person to obtain the Qualification “PMI Authorized Training Partner Instructor”. He has trained more than 1000 Certified Project Managers since 2018.
Ar. Simon has made a significant contribution to Architecture; he was the Hong Kong Institute of Architect – Young Members Committee Co-Chair and Honourable Treasurer. He has hosted various Arch-tours for HKIA, HKAC, HKTDC, National Geographic, etc. He has organized various Exhibitions in Hong Kong and Oversea such as DesignInspire 2020 Inno Talk, HKIA exhibition at London Festival of Architecture, HKIA Exhibition at HKTDC, etc.
Moreover, He was invited to be the speaker for Joint Publishing, Sincere Bookstore, and elected to represent Hong Kong to participate in the ASIAN CONGRESS OF ARCHITECTS 18 and Design Talk in Tokyo.
Education:
University of Newcastle upon tyne, England (BArch)
University of East London (Dip. Arch)
University of Manchester (MBA)
Singapore BCA Academy diploma
Qualification:
UK register Architect - RIBA, (ARB,UK)
HK register Architect (HKIA), (ARB,HK)
BEAM Professional - HKGBC
LEED –AP - USGBC
CDM-C UK - Association of CDM coordinators
Project Management Professional (PMP)
PMI-Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)
Disciplined Agile Senior Scrum Master (DASSM)
Authorized Training Partner Instructor - PMP
Authorized Training Partner Instructor - PMI-CP
Authorized Training Partner Instructor - DASSM
Authorized Training Partner Instructor - CAPM
Certified Counter Terrorism Practitioner (CCTP)
Chartered Association of Building Engineers (MCABE)
NEC Accredited Project Manager
Hong Kong Institute of Construction - Guest Lecturer
Certified ESG Planner (CEP)
Expert Witness
Publishing:
Architectural columnist, UK Chinese time, 2009 - 2011
Architectural columnist, www.newsccn.com 2010 - 2011
Architectural travel guide book, Red publishing, 2007
《Arch-touch I 》, Joint publishing, 2013
《Arch-touch II》, Joint publishing, 2014
《Arch-touch III》, Joint publishing, 2016
《Arch-touch IV》, Joint publishing, 2018
《Arch-touch V》, Joint publishing, 2020
《Arch-touch VI》, Joint publishing, 2022
《Arch-touch VII》, Joint publishing, 2023
《Arch-touch VIII》, Joint publishing, 2024
《筆生建築》, Joint publishing, 2016
Architectural Columnist, Hong Kong Economic Journal
Hong Kong Skypost
Hong Kong Institute of Architects Services:
- HKIA Honourable Treasurer, 2019-2020
- ACA 18, Design Talk speaker, 2018
- ACA 18 - HKIA representative, 2018
- Young members committee Chairman, 2017-2019
- Guest Speaker for HKIA Public lecture, 2016
- Co-writer of HKIA publishing, 2015-2016
- Young members committee, 2014-2016
- Archive committee, 2014-2016
- Arch walk docent, 2016
Hong Kong Architecture Centre Services:
-Tour guide for Tokyo Tour, 2015
- Speaker for the《十築香港》, 2016
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