Jan Kaplický
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| Born |
18 April 1937 Prague, Czechoslovakia |
| Died | 14 January 2009 (aged 71) Prague, Czech Republic |
| Occupation | Architect |
| Awards | Stirling Prize (1999); World Architecture Awards (2001), Royal Institute of British Architects Award for Architecture (2004) |
| Practice | Future Systems |
| Buildings |
Media Centre, Lord's Cricket Ground, London (1999) |
| Projects | National Library of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic (commission awarded 2007, cancelled 2008) |
Media Centre, Lord's Cricket Ground, London (1999)
Selfridges Building, the Bull Ring, Birmingham (2003)
Jan Kaplický (/ˈjæn ˈkæplɪtski/; Czech: [ˈjan ˈkaplɪt͡skiː]; 18 April 1937 – 14 January 2009) was a world-renowned NeofuturisticCzech 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.
Jan Kaplický, the only child of a sculptor and a botanical illustrator, was born on 18 April 1937 in Prague, Czechoslovakia, and grew up in a suburb of Prague called Ořechovka.
Between 1956 and 1962 he studied at the College of Applied Arts and Architecture and Design (VSUP) in Prague, receiving a Diploma in Architecture. He worked in private practice in Czechoslovakia between 1964 and 1968. In the wake of the Prague Spring, the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia, he escaped to London in September 1968 with fellow architect Jaroslav Vokoun carrying only US$100 and a few pairs of socks. In 1969 in London he met again Eva Jiřičná whom he had known in Prague, who then became his girlfriend.
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