Brigitte Shim: Congregation Bet Ha'am Synagogue in South Portland, Maine

Speaker Series

Brigitte Shim: Congregation Bet Ha’am Synagogue in South Portland, Maine

Part 3 of On the Spiritual in Contemporary Architecture

February 5, 2022

Co-sponsored by the Architecture, Culture, and Spirituality Forum, the Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University, the Institute for Public Knowledge at New York University, and the Center on Modernity in Transition.

Speaker

Brigitte Shim

Shim-Sutcliffe Architects

Brigitte Shim is a Professor at the John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design at the University of Toronto and has previously held positions at Yale and Harvard, among others. Shim, along with her partner A. Howard Sutcliffe, formed the architectural design practice Shim-Sutcliffe Architects in 1994. To date, Shim and Sutcliffe have received fourteen Governor General’s Medals and Awards for architecture as well as an American Institute of Architects National Honor Award, among many other professional accolades. Recent works include the Wong Dai Sin Temple in Markham, Ontario, and the Residence for the Sisters of St. Joseph Toronto, Toronto, Ontario. Shim is a Fellow of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (FRAIC), an Honorary Fellow of the American Institute of Architects (Hon FAIA), and an elected member of the Royal Canadian Academy (RCA).

Panelists

Vanessa Avery

Yale Divinity School

Vanessa Avery is a Lecturer at Yale Divinity School and Executive Director of the Sharing Sacred Spaces organization.

Michael Benedikt

University of Texas at Austin

Michael Benedikt is ACSA Distinguished Professor of Architecture at the University of Texas at Austin.

David Leatherbarrow

University of Pennsylvania

David Leatherbarrow is Professor Emeritus of Architecture at the University of Pennsylvania School of Design.

Moderator

Michael J. Crosbie

University of Hartford

Michael J. Crosbie, Ph.D., FAIA, studied architecture at The Catholic University of America and is currently Professor of Architecture at the University of Hartford. He is editor of Faith & Form: The Interfaith Journal on Religion, Art, and Architecture. Dr. Crosbie is the sole author, editor, or contributor to more than 75 books on architecture (including six on religious architecture). The author of hundreds of articles on architecture, design, and practice, he lectures throughout the US and abroad. He is the recipient of the Edward S. Frey Memorial Award, “in Recognition of the Contributions Made to Religion, Art, and Architecture,” bestowed by the American Institute of Architects.