RAIC Gold Medal Winner: Brigitte Shim and A. Howard Sutcliffe
RAIC Gold Medal Winner: Brigitte Shim and A. Howard Sutcliffe By their relentless pursuit of excellence, Brigitte Shim and Howard Sutcliffe have produced a significant body of exceptional design works covering architecture, landscape, interior, furniture and hardware.
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Brigitte Shim and A. Howard Sutcliffe. Photo by Cida de Aragon
Architects Brigitte Shim and A. Howard Sutcliffe, the founding partners of Shim-Sutcliffe Architects, are designers of some of the finest architecture in Canada. Universally respected by architects, academics and students as well as the general public, their work opens people’s eyes to the beauty of architecture and landscape; to materiality and craft; and to light and spirituality. And at the same time, their work serves as a counterpoint to much of what is happening in both the world and in architecture today. In an increasingly frenetic and digital world that promotes instant grati
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The Home Front: Excellence by design Architects Brigitte Shim and Howard Sutcliffe, of Toronto-based firm Shim-Sutcliffe, have been awarded the 2021 Royal Architecture Institute of Canada (RAIC) Gold Medal.
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Publishing date: Apr 23, 2021 • 2 hours ago • 3 minute read • Point William property that took two decades to complete. Designed by Toronto s Shim-Sutcliffe Architects. Photo by Scott Norsworthy /PNG
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Architects Brigitte Shim and Howard Sutcliffe, of Toronto-based firm Shim-Sutcliffe, tend to shy away from the spotlight. But at this point, it’s pretty unavoidable. The pair were just awarded the 2021 Royal Architecture Institute of Canada (RAIC) Gold Medal, and earlier this year, released a book The Architecture of Point
The Globe and Mail Published April 13, 2021
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During Toronto’s last great construction boom which lasted from, say, 1955 to 1980 something magical began on a random day in 1959. A few dump trucks loaded with, perhaps, pieces of a Victorian-era, carved sandstone building (demolished to make way for a new, glassy one) were dumped into the lake at the foot of Leslie St. in the city’s light-industrial east end.
Eventually, with the construction of the Bloor-Danforth Subway, dozens more glassy skyscrapers, and the general movement of earth required to build a modern city, the Toronto Harbour Commissioners had, rubbly bit by rebar-encrusted bit, created a breakwater that stretched out like a long finger into Lake Ontario.
Main Cottage. Image © Scott Norsworthy
The pair are founding partners of the Toronto-based architecture and design firm Shim -Sutcliffe Architects, whose work is rooted in careful consideration of the landscape and the cultural significance of architecture. Throughout their projects, there is meticulous attention to detail, as Shim and Sutcliffe frequently choose to design bespoke hardware and fixtures while also engaging local craftspeople in their vision. Many of their projects express a poetic quality and showcase the architects high design and execution standards. The duo is praised for the ability to uncover the potential of anonymous sites, which the architects note as being an essential part of their work.
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