KAPLICKY CENTRE

22/08/2025

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Soutěž Kaplicky Internship umožňuje mladým nadějným architektům a architektkám absolvovat hrazenou stáž v jednom z prestižních světových ateliérů. Přihlas se ještě dnes!

08/07/2025

With sadness, we announce the passing of Sir Brian Clarke, a great friend and tireless supporter of Jan Kaplický and his visionary work. Brian and Jan’s friendship began in London's vibrant architectural circles in the late 1970s and evolved into a deep relationship built on mutual admiration for authentic imagination, poetic beauty, and uncompromising vision.

Brian saw in Jan an irresistible combination of romantic poetry and eccentric intensity—qualities that led him to regard Jan as one of the greatest and most influential architects of the century. Over decades of friendship, countless conversations, collaborations, and passionate discussions, Brian championed Jan's visionary modernism and consistently affirmed his historical significance in architecture.

Brian valued Jan’s groundbreaking ideas, from the organic forms that anticipated iconic buildings. He admired Jan's determination, relentless pursuit of beauty, and poetic expression—qualities Brian considered defining characteristics of a true artist.

Today, as we remember Brian Clarke's life, we honor his exceptional support, passionate advocacy, and profound belief in Jan Kaplický’s lasting legacy. Brian’s eloquent and sincere voice remains an enduring testament to friendship, creativity, and the power of visionary minds. He will be deeply missed. Both friends lived the same number of years on this earth, symbolically underscoring their profound bond.

28/06/2025

👏 Oldřich Palata, historik umění, dlouholetý kurátor sbírek skla Severočeského muzea v Liberci a pedagog liberecké Technické univerzity je nově držitelem Ocenění za celoživotní přínos českému sklářství.

Převzal ho na slavnostním předávání cen soutěže Stanislav Libenský Award, v pražském Clam-Gallasově paláci.

Oldřich Palata je současně letošním laureátem ocenění Pocta hejtmana Libereckého kraje.

👏👏👏Velká gratulace z Křišťálového údolí!

📸 Oldřich Palata v Severočeské muzeum v Liberci.

15/06/2025

Jan Kaplický about his father from the catalogue of the exhibition: Josef Kaplický by Jan Kaplický: ❤️ `I owe him a lot, almost everything.He was a modern person, intellectual person, artist, teacher, art expert, with unusual taste, sculptor, painter, architect, graphic, designer but firstly honourable man. He liked distinctive food. He dreamed of his favourite meal of partridge with red cabbage. Not available. He nevertasted it again.He loved my mother. He addressed her very formally from respect, she informally. He had endless appreciation for her. He was a real gentleman. He wore his hat. Had polished shoes. That was not popular in Czech lands and it is still not. Certainly he would love his grandson Josef even though they are 100 years apart. Certainly he would have made aeroplanes with him. He would admire my wife Eliška Eliska Kaplicky Fuchsova certainly he would like to draw her, sculpture her. Not just the head.` 🔥Jan Kaplický, 2009

01/06/2025

🎉 Happy 90th Birthday, !

From all of us at the Kaplicky Centre Foundation — congratulations to Norman Foster on reaching this extraordinary milestone. As those who knew Jan Kaplický well, we recognize in your work a shared belief: that design can be poetic, provocative, and powerfully human. Thank you for reminding the world — through a career of fearless experimentation — that the future is something we build.

With admiration,
Kaplicky Centre Foundation

17/05/2025

Thanx for having us 💚

16/05/2025

Miloš Štěpař, vydavatel magazínu Dolce Vita, přetváří Ostravu v nové myšlenkové a estetické centrum. Jeho Pulse festival není jen přehlídkou architektury a designu, ale stává se mapou i manifestem středoevropské identity.

Součástí festivalu je i předávání prestižního ocenění Jan Kaplický Award, které nese jméno vizionářského architekta. Cítil se být Evropanem a proto nás těší, že je jeho jméno spojeno s festivalem, který reflektuje kulturní změny a ekonomickou nejistotu v regionu.

Mezi její laureáty patří Daniel Libeskind či Kengo Kuma; letos ji získá sir DAVID CHIPPERFIELD, držitel Pritzkerovy ceny a autor budov po celém světě.

Děkujeme PULSE Architecture & Design a Forbes Česko

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Miloš Štěpař, publisher of Dolce Vita magazine, is transforming Ostrava into a new intellectual and aesthetic hub. His Pulse Festival is not merely a showcase of architecture and design—it is becoming both a map and a manifesto of Central European identity.

A key part of the festival is the Jan Kaplický Award, named after the visionary architect. Kaplický saw himself as a European, which is why we are proud that his name is associated with a festival that reflects the cultural shifts and economic uncertainty of our region.

Among the past laureates are world-renowned architects such as Daniel Libeskind and Kengo Kuma and Associates Kengo Kuma. This year, the award will go to Sir David Chipperfield, Pritzker Prize winner and the creator of landmark buildings around the world.

👉 https://forbes.cz/pulse-festival-je-odpovedi-na-prehlizenou-identitu-stredni-evropy-rika-stepar/
Jak dokáže festival o designu a architektuře přetvářet pohled na region skrze architekturu, design a diplomacii? Uvidíte v Ostravě už ve čtvrtek a pátek.

18/04/2025

Slyšeli jste někdy jméno Kengo Kuma? 🤔

Pokud se pohybujete v architektuře, určitě to pro vás není nikdo nový. Co novinkou je? Do jeho studia v Japonsku zamíří vítěz*ka 11. ročníku soutěže Kaplicky Internship na 3měsíční placenou stáž. 🇯🇵

Marcin Sapeta bude jakožto partner v KKAA projekty hodnotit. 🤩

Stačí v přihlášce diplom.ky zaškrtnout účast v Kaplicky Internship.

27/03/2025

Hauer King House, 1994 Client: Debra Hauer and Jermy King jeremyrbking 🔥Photo by Richard Davies Drawings by Jan Kaplický💯 New Article for made by ❤️

20/02/2025

I do not have a large black hat 👨‍🎨or glasses with a blue rim. Im not gay, Jewish, English or rich. Heaven forbid only Slav. From a country `we know nothing about`. 💬From peasant and distant `Eastern` Europe. But Im. Jan Kaplický from the chapter: last word in the book Confessions...................................... Nemám velký černý klobouk 🤠ani brýle s modrou obroučkou. Nejsemgay, Žid, Angličan ani bohatý. Bože chraň, jenom Slovan. Ze země,„o které nic nevíme“. Ze zaostalé a vzdálené východní Evropy. Jan Kaplický z kapitoly poslední slovo z knihy Album 📐🙏

19/02/2025

`I am glad the Jumbo-jet was not designed by an architect. It would never have flown.`😂 Jan Kaplický