Jan Kaplitskii

Yang Kaplitskii was born in Prague in 1937 and in 1962 graduated from the Prague College of Applied Arts and Architecture. In September 1968 he moved to London, where he worked in various architectural offices, including those in the Foster and Partners, the head of which is Norman Foster.

. In 1979, Yang Kaplitskii and David Nixon (David Nixon) organized his own architectural practice Future Systems
. Innovative projects Kaplitskii impressed customers their uniqueness and free treatment of form.

Several of his projects constructed buildings have won international awards. Among them are building for the store chain Selfridges, has received 7 awards, and commercial center in London, has won 6 awards, including the Stirling Prize.

. Kaplitskii worked with Norman Foster said: "Ian was a great architect, an invaluable colleague and good friend."