Brigitte Shim and A. Howard Sutcliffe Appointed to Order of Canada

The Order of Canada, one of Canada’s highest civilian honours, was established in 1967, during Canada’s centennial year, to recognize a lifetime of outstanding achievement, dedication to community and service to the nation. Over the last 45 years, more than 5,000 people from all sectors of society have been invested into the Order.

 

Brigitte, along with her partner Howard Sutcliffe, were both awarded the honour for their contribution as architects, ‘designing sophisticated structures that represent the best in Canadian design to the world.’ Brigitte and Howard are principals of Shim-Sutcliffe Architects in Toronto, an architecture and design firm interested in the integration of furniture, architecture and landscape. Shim-Sutcliffe’s completed work includes the Integral House, Corkin Gallery, Weathering Steel House, Muskoka Boathouse, Moorelands Camp Dining Hall, Craven Road House, Laneway House, House on Hurricane Lake, and Garden Pavilion and Reflecting Pool. They are currently completing a new home for the Sisters of St. Joseph of Toronto in East York. Their architectural work has been awarded twelve Royal Architectural Institute of Canada Governor-General's Medals and Awards for Architecture, among many other citations.

 

Brigitte is a tenured Professor at the University of Toronto’s John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Design where she has been teaching since 1988, as an engaged faculty member leading numerous design and research studios. She has also been an invited visiting professor at Yale University, the Ecole Polytechnique Federal de Lausanne and Harvard University. She is also an active member of the international design community, participating in numerous international, national and local design juries, helping to bring attention to exemplary design in many communities.

 

Brigitte has been a member of Greenwood’s Board of Directors since 2009 and more recently a member of the Greenwood Building Committee. Her son Sam graduated from Greenwood in 2012; her son Simon is currently in grade 10.

 

Greenwood sincerely congratulates Brigitte and Howard on this extraordinary and well-deserved honour.