Sim Boon Yang – Founding Partner (MSIA, RIBA) & Director

Architect and co-founder, Sim Boon Yang studied at the University of Oregon and completed his Bachelor of Architecture in 1987 at the University of Liverpool on an exchange scholarship. He worked in London for 5 years at Michael Hopkins & Partners; Boon was a winner twice in the Architect’s Journal/Otis Award Architectural Competition, UK and had his works (shortlisted for the Bovis Prize 1990) exhibited at the Royal Academy of Arts, In 1992, Boon returned to Singapore to join Alfred Wong Partnership as Project Director.

Since the founding of eco.id in 1996, he has adopted a modern and progressive approach to design. This process applies to works on private residences, resorts as well as high rise developments and seeks to achieve distinctive architectural identities. Boon designed the Singapore Pavilion at the Venice Biennale in 2006;  in recent years his projects, The Sarojin, a luxury resort won the 2006 Conde Nast USA award for "Best 100 Resort and Spa" while the Naumi Hotel, Singapore claimed the Condé Nast Traveller (UK), 2009 Hot List and Singapore’s highest design accolade, the 2008 President’s Design Award.

Boon is a corporate member of the Singapore Institute of Architects ( SIA ) and a chartered member of the Royal Institute of British Architect ( RIBA )