Jan Kaplický; Amanda Levete (Future Systems)

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Jan Kaplický; Amanda Levete (Future Systems)

by Steve Speller
archival inkjet print, 21 June 2004
11 in. x 16 1/2 in. (280 mm x 420 mm)
Commissioned, 2004
Photographs Collection
NPG x126786

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  • Jan Kaplický (1937-2009), Principal Architect, Future Systems. Sitter in 1 portrait.
  • Amanda Levete (1955-), Principal Architect, Future Systems. Sitter in 1 portrait.

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  • Steve Speller (1961-), Photographer. Artist or producer associated with 43 portraits, Sitter in 1 portrait.

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Kaplicky and Levete were photographed in June 2004 at their studio in front of a model of the much-publicised design for Selfridges in Birmingham. Its iconic design won them the Structural Steel Design Award in 2004.

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Current affairs

Armed robbers raid the Northern Bank in Belfast, stealing £26.5 million. Gunmen entered the homes of two bank officials, kidnapping their families and forcing them to let them into the bank, before loading cash into vans and driving away. Police and the British and Irish governments claimed that the Provisional IRA was responsible and several of the people arrested had PIRA, Real IRA and Sinn Féin connections.

Art and science

A fire at Charles Saatchi's art warehouse destroys some of the icons of Brit Art. Hell by Jake and Dinos Chapman, Everyone I Have Ever Slept With and The Hut by Tracey Emin and works by Damien Hirst, Chris Ofili, Sarah Lucas, Gavin Hume and Rachel Whiteread were among the casualties.

International

An earthquake in the Indian Ocean on Boxing Day causes a tsunami that kills nearly 230,000 people when it hit the coasts of Southeast Asia. The earthquake itself was the second most powerful ever recorded on a seismograph and waves from the tsunami - the most devastating in history - were up to 30 metres high.

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