Vladimir Kaspé (3 May 1910 – 7 October 1996) was an ethnic Russian, Mexican national architect, teacher, and writer. He was the younger brother of

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. He was married to Masha Shapiro. He was born in

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on 3 May 1910. He moved to Paris in 1926 and studies at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts from 1929 to 1935. There, his teacher was

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. In 1942 he moved to Mexico.Turner, Jane. ''Encyclopedia of Latin American and Caribbean art'' (Grove encyclopedias of the arts of the Americas, Grove Library of World Art). Grove's Dictionaries, 2000. , 9781884446047. p
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"Other examples of his educational architecture, notable for their formal austerity, include the Liceo Franco-Mexicano (1950) and the Facultad de Econ- omia (1953; with J. Hanhausen), Ciudad Universitaria, both in Mexico City." In 1948 the Súper Servicio Lomas Building, which he designed, opened. He designed the Albert Einstein Secondary School (Escuela Albert Einstein) in Mexico City, which was in development from 1944 to 1946, and opened in 1949. It was one of his first commissions. With J. Hanhausen, he designed the ''Facultad de Economia'' in the Ciudad Universitaria, Mexico City, which was completed in 1953. He also designed the ''

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'' in Mexico City, which opened in 1950. Jane Turner, the author of ''Encyclopedia of Latin American and Caribbean art'', wrote that his educational architecture was "notable for their formal austerity". He died in Mexico City on 7 October 1996.

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. {{DEFAULTSORT:Kaspe, Vladimir 1996 deaths 1910 births Chinese people of Russian-Jewish descent Mexican people of Russian-Jewish descent 20th-century Mexican architects Chinese emigrants to France French emigrants to Mexico Russian emigrants to Mexico

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