How to Pronounce Bořek Šípek
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Jun 14, 1949 Prague, Czech Republic Died on 13 Feb 2016 (aged 66)
Czech architect, designer, glassmaker, university educator and artist
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About Bořek Šípek
- Borek Šípek (14 June 1949 – 13 February 2016) was a Czech architect and designer.
- Born 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”.
- 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.Šípek was a knight of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. He had three sons, one of them with Leona Machálková.Šípek died in 2016 at the age of 66 from cancer.
