Bořek Šípek
(1949 - 2016)
Czech architect and designer.
1949 | June 14 born in Prague, Czechoslovakia |
1964-68 | studied furniture design at the School of Arts and Crafts in Prague |
1968 | moved to Germany |
1969-74 | studied architecture at the University of Applied Arts in Hamburg |
1973 | started study of philosophy at the Technical University in Stuttgart |
1977-79 | Scientific Assistant at the Institute for Industrial Design at the University of Hannover |
1979 | Doctorate Degree in architecture at the Technical University of Delft |
1979-83 | Lector of design-theory at the University of Essen |
1983 | moved to the Netherlands and opened Architecture & Design Studio in Amsterdam |
1990-98 | appointed as Professor of architecture at the Prague Academy of Applied Arts |
1990-2003 | Court Architect of the Prague Castle named by Václav Havel, president of former Czechoslovakia, later Czech Republic |
1998 | Appointed as Professor of design at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna, Austria |
2005-12 | Appointed as Dean of the Faculty of Architecture at the Technical University in Liberec, Czech Republic |
2016 | February 13 passed away aged 66 in Prague, Czech Republic. |
project list
2007 | Glass ceiling to Orient Hotel, Hiroshima |
2006 | Shu Umura - project Shu Sanctuary - Spy, Tokyo |
1998 | GINZA KOMATSU, Chuo ward, Tokyo |
1994 | Opera House, Kyoto |
1998.08
GINZA KOMATSU
type: | facade design |
address: | 6-9-5 Ginza, Chuo ward, Tokyo |
Japanese: | 東京都中央区銀座6-9-5 |
total floor area: | 2,490 m² |
structure: | S |
general contractor: | Takenaka Corporation |
sources: |
[Shotenkenchiku] 1998/12, page 176 |