Bořek Šípek (14 June 1949 – 13 February 2016) was a Czech architect and designer.

Biography

Born in

Prague Prague ( ; cs, Praha ; german: Prag, ; la, Praga) is the capital and List of cities in the Czech Republic, largest city in the Czech Republic, and the historical capital of Bohemia. On the Vltava river, Prague is home to about 1.3 milli ...

, 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 Prague Castle ( cs, Pražský hrad; ) is a castle complex in Prague 1 Municipality within Prague, Czech Republic, built in the 9th century. It is the official office of the President of the Czech Republic. The castle was a seat of power for king ...

under the presidency of

Václav Havel Václav Havel (; 5 October 193618 December 2011) was a Czech statesman, author, poet, playwright, and former dissident. Havel served as the last president of Czechoslovakia from 1989 until the dissolution of Czechoslovakia in 1992 and then ...

, and the designer of

Havel's Place Havel's Place is a public art project, which creates a series of memorial places dedicated to the last president of Czechoslovakia and the first president of the Czech Republic, Václav Havel. The installation consists of two garden chairs around ...

. Šípek was a knight of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. He had three sons, one of them with

Leona Machálková Leona Machálková (born 24 May 1967) is a Czech singer. She had a starring role in the musical ''Monte Cristo'', which premiered in 2000, and became the most expensive Czech musical. She went on to star in the 2003 version of the Czech musical ' ...

. Šípek died in 2016 at the age of 66 from cancer.

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