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.