Background
Macel, Otakar was born on September 16, 1943 in Prague, Czech Republic. Son of Otakar Macel and Zdenka Hacklova.
Macel, Otakar was born on September 16, 1943 in Prague, Czech Republic. Son of Otakar Macel and Zdenka Hacklova.
Master of Arts, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic, 1965. Doctor of Philosophy in Technology Sciences, University of Technology, Delft, Netherlands, 1992. Habilitation, University of Technology, Prague, 1996.
Junior curator Galerie Vysociny, Jihlava, Czech Republic, 1964—1968. Junior researcher Art History Institute, Utrecht, Netherlands, 1968—1969. Assistant professor Faculty Architecture, Delft, 1970—1986, associate professor, since 1986.
Advisory board member Journal Design History, Oxford, since 1988.
Member of Quaderni Progettazione (Milan) (science board member since 2009), Czechoslovak Architecture Foundation (Rotterdam) (board member 1990-1994), Heritage Protection Committee (Delft).
Married Marieke Helena Reijnders, 1972. Children: Mirka, Otakar.