Brigitte Shim

Brigitte Shim, FRAIC, OC, RCA, Hon. FAIA, OAA (born December 8, 1958 in Kingston, Jamaica) is a Canadian architect and a founding partner of Shim-Sutcliffe Architects, a Toronto-based practice established in 1994. Shim and Howard Sutcliffe have been working collaboratively since they met at the University of Waterloo.[1] She is an invested officer of The Order of Canada "for her contributions as an architect, designing structures that enrich the public realm".[2] Her projects include Toronto Laneway House (Toronto, 1993); Integral House (Toronto, 2009), which won an AIA Honor Award in 2012;[3] Weathering Steel House (Toronto, 2001); House on the Ravine Edge (Toronto, 2011);[4] Muskoka Boathouse (Lake Muskoka, 1999);[5] and Garden Pavilion and Reflecting Pool (Don Mills, 1992). Brigitte Shim has won the Governor General's Medal in Architecture thirteen times (four times independently, and nine times as Shim-Sutcliffe Architects).[6]

She is a tenured professor at the University of Toronto's John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, she lectures widely, and she was the Eero Saarinen Visiting Professor at Yale University.[7]

References

  1. ↑ Leslie, Jen. "Shim-Sutcliffe Architects". Retrieved 8 March 2015.
  2. ↑ "Governor General Announces 70 New Appointments to the Order of Canada". The Governor General of Canada. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
  3. ↑ Mays, Vernon (May 2012). "The Integral House Toronto / Shim-Sutcliffe Architects". Architect. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
  4. ↑ Raskin, Laura (June 2013). "House on Ravine Edge Shim-Sutcliffe Architects". Architectural Record. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
  5. ↑ "Muskoka Boathouse". Canadian Architect. May 2004.
  6. ↑ Canada Council of the Arts. "Cumulative List of Winners". Retrieved 15 October 2015.
  7. ↑ "faculty page". Yale school of architecture. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
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