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
La Pyramide (building) La Pyramide (building) La Pyramide is a high-rise building located in the Plateau area of Abidjan, Ivory Coast. Construction began on the building in 1968 and was completed in 1973. It was designed by Italian architect Rinaldo Olivieri who aimed to capture the activity of an African market in an urban setting. It is one of the most famous buildings in Abidjan for its architecture and one of the first high-rise buildings built in the Plateau area at the time of the Ivorian miracle. The ground floor has spaces for boutiques and shops. With its inefficient ratio of rentable space