Brigitte Shim

Brigitte Shim has been a professor, since 1988, at the John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design at the University of Toronto. She was born in Kingston, Jamaica, and trained at the University of Waterloo with degrees in environmental studies and architecture. She has served as the 2010 Eero Saarinen Visiting Professor at Yale University, 2008 Davenport Visiting Professor at Yale University, 2006 University of Buffalo Martell Visiting Critic, 2005 Eero Saarinen Visiting Chair at Yale University, 2002 Visiting Professor at the Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, 2001 Ray and Charles Eames Lecturer at the University of Michigan, 2001 Bishop Visiting Chair and Visiting Bicentennial Professor of Canadian Studies at Yale University, and an invited visiting professor at Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design in 1993 and 1996.

Brigitte Shim is also a principal in Shim-Sutcliffe Architects, formed in 1994 and reflects her passion for the integration of architecture, landscape and furniture. Shim-Sutcliffe have been honoured with eleven Governor General’s Medals and Awards for Architecture from the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada for public and private projects such as the Corkin Gallery, Ravine Guest House, Craven Road Studio, Ledbury Park, Laneway House, Moorelands Camp Dining Hall, Weathering Steel House, Muskoka Boathouse, along with design recognition from the American Institute of Architects and the Canadian and American Wood Council’s awards programme. Buildings, landscapes and furniture designed by Shim-Sutcliffe have represented Canadian design in international exhibitions and their built work has been published widely in the Americas, Europe and Asia. 

Brigitte Shim is currently serving on the Waterfront Toronto and the University of Toronto Design Review Committees, the Build Toronto board of directors and has served on the National Capital Commission’s Architectural Advisory Board. She is an Honorary Fellow of the American Institute of Architects, a fellow of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada and the Royal Canadian Academy. She was a member of the 2007 Master Jury for the Aga Khan Award for Architecture.