Brigitte Shim
General Information
Occupation: Architect
Date of Birth: January 01, 1958
Birth City: Kingston
Birth Country: Jamaica
Resident City: Toronto
Resident Country: Canada
Sources: http://www.raic.org/raic/college_of_fellows/2005fellows.pdf
Specialties
No specialties on record
Jobs
Employer: Shim-Sutcliffe Architects
Title: Principal
City: Toronto
State: Ontario
Country: Canada
Notes: with husband and partner Howard Sutcliffe
Employer: University of Toronto
City: Toronto
Country: Canada
Start Date: January 01, 1988
Employer: Harvard University
Title: Visiting Professor
Country: United States
Start Date: January 01, 1993
Notes: 1993 and 1996
Employer: Yale University
Title: Henry Bishop Visiting Chair in Architecture and the Visiting Bicentennial Professor in Canadian Studies
Country: United Kingdom
Start Date: January 01, 2001
Employer: Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne
Title: Visiting Professor
Country: Switzerland
Start Date: January 01, 2002
Collaborators
Name: Howard Sutcliffe
Project: various
Organization: Shim-Sutcliffe Architects Inc.
City: Toronto
Country: Canada
Url: http://www.shim-sutcliffe.com/info.pdf
Notes: husband and design partner
Apprenticeships
Institution: Baird/Sampson Architects
City: Toronto
Country: Canada
Start Date: January 01, 1983
Awards
Name: American Institute of Architects Education Honors Program
Name: Wood Design Award
Name: Governor General Medal 2002
Date Received: January 01, 2002
Notes: for the design of Moorelands Camp Dining Hall
Name: American Institute of Architects /Brick in Architecture Award
Notes: for Pavilion Addition and Garden
Name: Fellow of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC)
Date Received: January 01, 2006
Exhibitions
No exhibitions on record
Notable Projects
Title: House on Horse Lake
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Title: Laneway House
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Title: Craven Road House
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Title: Ledbury Park
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Education
Institution: University of Waterloo
Degree: B.S. Architecture
End Date: January 01, 1983
Licensing
No licenses on record
Professional Affiliations
Organization: National Capital Commission's Architectural Advisory Board
Role: member
Publications By
Title: 1998 Awards of Excellence: The Usual Suspects
Co-author: Peter Busby and Howard Mansell Davies
Publication: Canadian Architect
Volume: 43
Issue: 12
Page: 18-45
Notes: December 1998
Title: Le Musee des Murs, Vieux-Quebec
Publication: Section a
Volume: 3
Issue: 3
Page: 15-19
Notes: August 1985
Publications About
Title: Brigitte Shim
Author: George Kapelos
Publication: Competitions
Volume: 11
Issue: 2
Page: 44-49
Notes: Summer 2001
Title: Shim - Sutcliffe: Constructing the Domestic
Author: Kelly Crossman
Publication: Architecture and Ideas
Issue: 1
Page: 52-66
Notes: Fall-Winter 1996
Title: Small but grand
Author: David Lasker
Publication: Canadian Interiors
Volume: 38
Issue: 6
Page: 30-35
Date Published: January 01, 2001
Notes: Nov-Dec 2001. Four projects by Shim-Sutcliffe.
Title: Shim-Sutcliffe
Author: Gaetano Pesce
Publication: Praxis : journal of writing + building
Volume: 1
Issue: 1
Page: 26-49
Date Published: January 01, 2000
Notes: Weathering Steel (3 projects: Steel-Clad House, Ledbury Park, Landscape Memorial); Introduction by G. Pesce; Time Constructions by M. Milojevic.