Jan Kaplický
Architect
1937 – 2009
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Who was Jan Kaplický?
Jan Kaplický was a world-renowned Czech architect who spent a significant part of his life in the United Kingdom. He was the leading architect behind the innovative design office, Future Systems. He was best known for the neofuturistic Selfridges Building in Birmingham, England, and the Media Centre at Lord's Cricket Ground in London. In February 2007, he won the international architectural competition for the new building of the National Library of the Czech Republic in Prague, a project that was subsequently cancelled.
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- Born
- Apr 18, 1937
Prague - Also known as
- Jan Kaplicky
- Spouses
- Eliška Kaplický Fuchsová
(2007/10/15 - 2009/01/14) - Amanda Levete
(1991 - 2006)
- Eliška Kaplický Fuchsová
- Children
- Ethnicity
- Czechs
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Czech Republic
- Profession
- Education
- Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague
Architecture
- Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague
- Employment
- Architectural Association School of Architecture
(1982 - 1988) - Technical University of Berlin
(1992 - )
- Architectural Association School of Architecture
- Lived in
- Prague
- London
- Died
- Jan 14, 2009
Czech Republic
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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