Vladimir Kaspé (3 May 1910 – 7 October 1996) was a Chinese-born Mexican architect, teacher, and writer. He had a single brother,
Simon Kaspe who was a year older than him. Kaspé was married to Masha Shapiro.
Life and career
He was born in
Harbin
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,
China
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on 3 May 1910 to Russian-Jewish parents. He moved to Paris in 1926 and studies at the École des Beaux-Arts from 1929 to 1935. There, his teacher was
Georges Gromort. He moved to Mexico in mid 1940's.
[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 ''
Liceo Franco Mexicano'' in Mexico City, which opened in 1950. Jane Turner, the author of ''Encyclopedia of Latin American and Caribbean art'', wrote that his
educational architecture
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was "notable for their formal austerity".
[ He died in Mexico City on 7 October 1996.][
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Legacy
The Vladimir Kaspé Cultural Center was designed by Jorge Hernandez de la Garza.Vladimir Kaspe Cultural Center / Jorge Hernandez de la Garza
" ''ArchDaily
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It is currently based in San ...
''. 14 February 2009. Retrieved on 7 May 2014,
References
Further reading
* Noelle, Louise. ''Vladimir Kaspe: reflexion y compromiso''. Universidad La Salle
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Places
* Universidad, San Juan, Puerto Rico
* Universidad (Madrid)
Football clubs
* Universidad SC, a Guatemalan football club that represents the Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala
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, 1995. , 9789687651040.
External links
*
Vladimir Kaspé
Archive
Lycée Franco Mexicain
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* ''Collèges'' () cater for the first four years of secondary education from the ages of 11 to 14.
* ''Lycées'' () provide a three-year course of further secondary education for students between ...
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La obra de Vladimir Kaspé en Polanco
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. ''Discurso Visual'', Centro Nacional de las Artes CENART ( ES), Secretariat of Public Education
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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