Bořek Šípek
Illustration — Bořek Šípek in 2014 • Illustration — Arzenal, Bořek Šípek's shop in Prague Bořek Šípek (14 June 1949 – 13 February 2016) was a Czech architect and designer.
Also recorded as Borek Šípek · Borek Sipek · Bořek Šipek
Bořek Šípek
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- Born
- 1949 · Prague.
- Died
- 2016 · Prague.
- Nationality
- Czech Republic · Czechoslovakia · West Germany
- Occupation
- architect · designer · pedagogue · glass artist · university teacher · ceramicist
- Fields
- architecture · design · studio glass · product design
- Education
- Delft University of Technology
- Honours
- Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres · Kho Liang Ie award
- Languages
- Czech
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Biography
Bořek Šípek studied at Delft University of Technology. The recorded working language is Czech. The field of work recorded is architecture, design and studio glass. Employment is recorded with University of Applied Arts Vienna. Work by Bořek Šípek is recorded in the collections of Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Design Museum Gent, ASR art collection, Museum Arnhem and Van Abbemuseum. Distinctions recorded are Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres and Kho Liang Ie award.
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.
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Bořek Šípek is recorded as having received Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres and Kho Liang Ie award.
Life and career
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Life and career
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1949
Bořek Šípek born at Prague.
1993
Bořek Šípek, Architectuur betovering (1993) is digitised and catalogued by Open Library.
2003
Václav Havel - Bořek Šípek, Hradní práce (2003) is digitised and catalogued by Open Library.
2016
Bořek Šípek died at Prague.
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q2923151: Bořek Šípek
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- “Bořek Šípek”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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scholarly publication
- Šípek, Bořek (1949–), The Bloomsbury Encyclopedia of Design, 2016
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 2016
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scholarly publication
Šípek, Bořek (1949–), The Bloomsbury Encyclopedia of Design, 2016Crossref registry
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Formation and teaching. Šípek studied at Delft University of Technology. The record notes the qualifications professor, Doctor of Philosophy and Master of Architecture. Šípek worked in architecture, design, studio glass and product design. He was employed by University of Applied Arts Vienna. Šípek received Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres and Kho Liang Ie award.
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Work by Bořek Šípek is
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Design Museum Gent, ASR art collection and Museum Arnhem
The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 16 August 2026.
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