Ar. Ken Lim was born in Malacca. After his secondary education, he pursued his tertiary education in the prestigious University of Sydney, Australia and got his professional qualification in architecture in 1993. In between his professional degrees qualifications, he was interned in Architects Team 3 and Architects 1990 in Singapore during his practical year out. Upon his return to Sydney and during his final years of studies, he had also worked with his tutors in their Sydney offices during the summer breaks and on part time basis.

He returned to Malaysia in 1994 and had since worked with a few local large practices of that time. They are Veritas Architects, BEP Akitek Sdn Bhd and later Aedas Pte Ltd. During the unprecedented economic boom years of 1990s, he had the opportunity to involve in many of the prestigious projects in Malaysia. Some notable ones include Indahpura township development in Kulai with Veritas Architects, Palm Garden Resort in Dengkil Putrajaya, Damansara Perdana township development, Desa Park City township development and Templer Park Resorts developments with BEP Akitek Sdn Bhd and later the Kuala Lumpur Pavilion Project in Bukit Bintang with Aedas Pte Ltd.

His previous experiences are wide and varied and invariably more focus in high-end residential and large scale commercial developments.

After 7 years of practice and upon getting his registration as a Qualified Architect in Malaysia, he formed Mode Architects Sdn Bhd with friend and fellow architect Ar. Azmil Abdul Azmi in 2001 to pursue their architecture dream.

Ken is a registered and qualified architect in Malaysia. He is also a qualified architect in Sydney, Australia (RAIA) and hold corporate membership of RIBA, United Kingdom. He is also a qualified and practicing Interior Designer in Malaysia and hold corporate membership with IPDM Malaysia.

In his free time, he is actively involved in PAM publication committee for the publication of Majalah Akitek since 1998.

Currently he is the President of Sydney University Graduates Malaysia Alumni (SUGMA) and a member of Malaysian Australian Alumni Council (MAAC) and Malaysian Australian Business Council (MABC).