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Jan Kaplický

1937 - 2009

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Jan Kaplický (; Czech: [ˈjan ˈkaplɪtskiː]; 18 April 1937 – 14 January 2009) was a Neofuturistic Czech architect who spent a significant part of his life in the United Kingdom. He was the leading architect behind the innovative design office, Future Systems. He was best known for the neofuturistic Selfridges Building in Birmingham, England, and the Media Centre at Lord's Cricket Ground in London. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jan Kaplický is the 460th most popular architect (down from 427th in 2019), the 702nd most popular biography from Czechia (down from 624th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Czech Architect.

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Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Jan Kaplický ranks 460 out of 518. Before him are Alexander Kokorinov, Richard Knill Freeman, Alejandro Aravena, Benjamin Henry Latrobe, Anne Lacaton, and Cass Gilbert. After him are Kenneth Frampton, Nicholas Grimshaw, Nicholas Hawksmoor, Guðjón Samúelsson, Robert Moses, and Max Taut.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, Jan Kaplický ranks 439. Before him are Carlos Campos, Yuri Maslyukov, Ildikó Újlaky-Rejtő, Pentti Saarikoski, Duane Jones, and Joseph Saidu Momoh. After him are John Ogdon, Anna Massey, Raj Reddy, Barbara Windsor, Claes Andersson, and David Margulies. Among people deceased in 2009, Jan Kaplický ranks 291. Before him are Idea Vilariño, Ecaterina Stahl-Iencic, Ine Schäffer, Gayatri Devi, Luciano Emmer, and Héctor Rossetto. After him are H. C. Robbins Landon, Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick, Kálmán Markovits, Heini Walter, Peter Arundell, and Jackie Pretorius.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Jan Kaplický ranks 702 out of 1,200. Before him are Františka Plamínková (1875), Jaroslav Plašil (1982), Lubomir Kavalek (1943), Jakub Arbes (1840), Zdeněk Grygera (1980), and Vojtěch Bradáč (1913). After him are Josef Němec (1933), Václav Machek (1925), Jiří Weiss (1913), Jaroslav Skobla (1899), Zecharias Frankel (1801), and Josef Holeček (1921).

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Among ARCHITECTS In Czechia

Among architects born in Czechia, Jan Kaplický ranks 10. Before him are Balthasar Neumann (1687), Kilian Ignaz Dientzenhofer (1689), Jan Santini Aichel (1677), Adolf Lang (1848), Josef Gočár (1880), and Jan Kotěra (1871).

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