RAIC GOLD MEDAL 2021
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Garden Pavilion and Reflecting Pool TORONTO
19 92 G ove r n o r G e n e r a l’s Awa r d i n A rc h i te c t u r e This architectural garden is the endpoint of an extended promenade that begins at the existing house and culminates in a place of repose and contemplation. Architectural elements, inserted into the landscape, become instrumental in framing and revealing views.
Rich, layered and complex, the work is engaging on many levels as one reads and experiences the sophisticated spatial and symbolic crafting of this architectonic garden. The plan yields a multiplicity of centers which are encountered along a zig-zagging, descending passage in which the lines of vision move in a kind of unfolding tour. Nature is engaged, transformed and inhabited to create a place of repose, pleasure and reflection. The four primary elements of earth, air, water and fire are represented in varying ways within the garden text. We turn back to recapitulate our journey from house to garden, and appreciate the clarity of the subtle labyrinth tracings of Shim and Sutcliffe. –Bruce Kuwabara, Domus, No. 703, March 1989
1992 Governor General’s Medals in Architecture jury members: Peter Cardew, Sharon Fogo, Carlos Morales, Helga Plumb, Jean-Marie Roy ABOVE
Photo by James Dow
OPPOSITE Drawing by A. Howard Sutcliffe (graphite on vellum) Original drawing in the collection of the Centre Canadien d’Architecture/Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal © Shim-Sutcliffe Architects
