Jan Kaplický state and you can't separate the two." Jan Kaplický Jan Kaplický (; ; 18 April 1937 – 14 January 2009) was a world-renowned Neofuturistic Czech architect who spent a significant part of his life in the United Kingdom. He was the leading architect behind the innovative design office, Future Systems. He was best known for the neofuturistic Selfridges Building in Birmingham, England, and the Media Centre at Lord's Cricket Ground in London. Jan Kaplický, the only child of a sculptor and a botanical illustrator, was born on 18 April 1937 in Prague, Czechoslovakia, and grew up in a suburb of
Atlas Building Atlas Building The Atlas Building is a structure located in Columbus, Ohio originally built in 1905. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1977. The Atlas Building was originally the called the Columbus Savings & Trust Building, and was designed by prolific Ohio architect Frank Packard. The Building was built for the Columbus Savings & Trust Company, then based in the Spahr Building at 50 East Broad street. Ground was broken for construction in May 1904. The construction project of the building, estimated at $500,000, was awarded to the Chicago-based firm John Griffiths and Son, who