Vladimir Kaspé
Vladimir Kaspé was a Chinese-born Mexican architect, teacher, and writer. He had a single brother, Simon Kaspe who was a year older than him. Kaspé was married to Masha Shapiro.
Life and career
He was born in Harbin, China on 3 May 1910 to Russian-Jewish parents. He moved to Paris in 1926 and studies at the École des Beaux-Arts from 1929 to 1935. There, his teacher was Georges Gromort. He moved to Mexico in mid 1940's.In 1948 the Súper Servicio Lomas Building, which he designed, opened. He designed the Albert Einstein Secondary School in Mexico City, which was in development from 1944 to 1946, and opened in 1949. It was one of his first commissions. With J. Hanhausen, he designed the Facultad de Economia in the Ciudad Universitaria, Mexico City, which was completed in 1953. He also designed the Liceo Franco Mexicano in Mexico City, which opened in 1950. Jane Turner, the author of Encyclopedia of Latin American and Caribbean art, wrote that his educational architecture was "notable for their formal austerity". He died in Mexico City on 7 October 1996.