Sims Design Group Associates LLC, often simplified as SDG Associates, is an American

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, headquartered in

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, Michigan, U.S.. It is the city of Detroit’s oldest Black-owned architecture firm.

History

It was founded in 1964 in

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by architect

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, under the name Howard Sims & Associates. In 1968 the office was moved to Detroit. In 1969, the firm incorporated and Sims was given the role of president. Architect Harold Varner joined the firm in 1973. By 1976, the firm name was changed to Sims–Varner to reflect a new Varner partnership, and Varner as the executive vice president. It now operates as SDG Associates. As of 2019, Wesley Sims (son of Howard Sims) is the

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and

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of SDG Associates.

List of work by SDG Associates

References

External links

Official website
{{Authority control Architecture firms based in Michigan Companies based in Detroit Black-owned companies of the United States American companies established in 1964

History

List of work by SDG Associates

See also

References

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