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.