Bořek Šípek (14 June 1949 – 13 February 2016) was a Czech architect and designer.
Biography
Born in
Prague
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, 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". 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
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under the presidency of
Václav Havel
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, and the designer of
Havel's Place.
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Šípek was a knight of the ]Ordre des Arts et des Lettres
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.
He had three sons, one of them with Leona Machálková.[
Šípek died in 2016 at the age of 66 from cancer.]
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1949 births
2016 deaths
Czech architects
Czech designers
Furniture designers
Chevaliers of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres
Architects from Prague
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