Sims Key

Sims earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Furman University in 2000, primarily in photography and design. He also studied architecture for 4 years at Clemson University, earning his Master of Architecture degree in 2006. Sims joined Equip Studio in 2011, after working for 5 years at ELS Architecture and Urban Design in Berkeley, California. At ELS, he was involved in several award-winning projects ranging from master-planned communities to natatoriums to mixed-use projects. At Equip Studio, Sims has been the project architect on numerous projects and project types. He excels at effectively and efficiently managing project teams, whether it be for a new project or renovation, a church project or a café, a single client or a building committee.

Sims has a passion for helping people come together and work well as a team. “I love when creativity and hard work are applied to problems with many constraints and great solutions are achieved. I enjoy contributing to communities, especially those that are in need and lack opportunity, bringing together resources and needs. Achieving a community of flourishing, whether it be an office culture, an impoverished neighborhood, a church, or my own family, excites and motivates me.”

The community that Sims inhabits is primarily with his wife (Kate) and 3 children (Ansley, Charlotte, and Curtis). He also spends a lot of time with his Grace & Peace Presbyterian Church family as they seek to love and serve the Poe Mill neighborhood. Living in and loving downtown Greenville, Sims is a member of Greenville’s CEOs for Cities cluster and a volunteer at the Frazee Center.