Bořek Šípek (born 1949, Prague) is a worldwide known
architect,
designer and reputable professor. In 1968 he moved to Germany where he studied Architecture at the University of Applied Arts in Hamburg. He settled in Amsterdam in 1983 where he opened the Architecture & Design Studio. He returned back to his motherland after the velvet revolution and was named Court Architect of the Prague Castle, from 1992 to 2003.