Jimmy Lim
Jimmy Lim Cheok Sang (), born 1944, Penang, Straits Settlement (now part of Malaysia), is an ethnic-Chinese Malaysian architect. Early life and career. Lim was born in Penang in 1944. He has stated that he was interested in architecture from an early age due to the renovation activities of his grandfather, and due to a visit to the Kek Lok Si temple. In 1959 he left Penang for studies in Sydney, Australia, where he attended boarding school. In 1964 he began studying at the school of architecture of the University of New South Wales. Lim remained in Australia  for 13 years before returning to Malaysia in 1972 to work as an architect for the Project Architects firm. His first project in Malaysia was a semi-conductor plant in Subang for Motorola. In 1978 Lim began his own architecture firm, CSL associates, which is now called "Jimmy Lim Design". His design for the Salinger House won a Aga Khan Award for Architecture during the 1996–1998 cycle of that prize. Other prominent designs of his include the Schnyder house (AKA Precima House) which was designed for Swiss businessman Rolf W. Schnyder, the Menara Prudential office tower in Kuala Lumpur, Resorts  World Awana in Genting Highlands, and the TY Chiew house. In 2012 he received the SIA-Getz Architecture Prize for Emergent Architecture in Asia for sustainability. Lim was president of the Malaysian Institute of Architects, ("Pertubuhan Akitek Malaysia", or PAM), and received their gold medal for lifetime services to the architecture profession. Lim is an advocate of natural design and the use of wood in construction. Lim also advocates prioritising interior over exterior design. Personal life. Lim is married to the Malaysian eductator and cancer-awareness advocate Mui Siew Koon who followed him to Australia. His daughter Lim Wei Ling  is a prominent gallery owner and runs the Malaysian heritage NGO, "Badan Warisan", that he co-founded.