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Bořek Šípek (14 June 1949 – 13 February 2016) was a Czech architect and designer.
Biography
editBorn in Prague, he was renowned for his individual, unusual, colorful, and rich style. He experimented with unexpected and often opulent shapes.
Šípek is said to be the father of "neo-baroque".[citation needed] His architectural works and other designs are known worldwide, and his firm retains offices in Amsterdam, Prague, and Shanghai.
He was the architect of Prague Castle under the presidency of Václav Havel, and the designer of Havel's Place.[1]
Šípek was a knight of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.
He had three sons, one of them with Leona Machálková.[1]
Šípek died in 2016 at the age of 66 from cancer.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c "Zemřel designér Bořek Šípek". Novinky.cz.
Further reading
edit- Fiell, Charlotte; Fiell, Peter (2005). Design of the 20th Century (25th anniversary ed.). Köln: Taschen. p. 650. ISBN 9783822840788. OCLC 809539744.
External links
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Media related to Bořek Šípek at Wikimedia Commons- "Biography". Archived from the original on 2008-04-29. Retrieved 2006-04-19.
- Official website
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