Daniel Lim did his architectural education at Kent State University in the United States of America, graduated in 1992 with a Bachelor of Architecture degree. While in the USA, he worked for 4 years in an architecture firm called HFP/Ambuske Architects, which specializes in health care facilities planning and
design.

Upon returning to Malaysia and Singapore, he worked for a year at Chao Tse Ann & Partners in Singapore and later joined RSP Architects Planners & Engineers (Pte) Ltd where he got promoted to a Senior Architect within 2 years and worked on many projects such as Shangri-La Regency Apartment Projects in Yangon, Myanmar, the Abbott Nutritional Factory, the refurbishment and addition to Terminal 2 Changi Airport and the Draycott 8 Condominium in Singapore.

In Nov 2006, he was promoted to head the RSP office in Vietnam which has grown from a staff of 3 when he first arrived, to an office of 35 with offices in Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi.