Kéré Architecture (Burkina Faso): Gando Secondary School, 2013 Foto: Erik-Jan Ouwerkerk The exhibition AFRICA is the third and last in the series architecture, culture and identity. It focuses on the ...
Written by Maria-Cristina Florian Published on September 13, 2023 As the jury citation describes, Kéré continued to work in West Africa, focusing on finding innovative yet simple and achievable ...
Diébédo Francis Kéré, architect, educator and social activist, has been selected as the 2022 Laureate of the Pritzker Architecture Prize, announced Tom Pritzker, Chairman of The Hyatt Foundation, ...
GANDO, Burkina Faso (Reuters) - Architect Diebedo Francis Kere, recognised globally for his innovative, sustainable designs, was feted as a hero in Burkina Faso over the weekend, on his first hometown ...
NPR's Michel Martin talks to Diébédo Francis Kéré, the first African to win the Pritzker Architecture Prize. Pritzker winner Diébédo Francis Kéré makes buildings to serve West African community MICHEL ...
When he was 7, Diébédo Francis Kéré left his native village of Gando in Burkina Faso at the insistence of his father so that he might learn to read and write. Gando, about 115 miles southeast of the ...
A Burkina Faso-born architect made history this week after receiving the prestigious Pritzker Prize, largely regarded as architecture’s highest honor, Diébédo Francis Kéré, who’s now based in Berlin, ...
Germany-based studio Kéré Architecture has designed its own football kit for its team to wear in Berlin's architecture football championship. The shirts, which won a tournament award for Best Jersey ...
I'm Michel Martin. The Pritzker Architecture Prize is the most prestigious award in the field, and for the first time ever, that prize has gone to a Black architect and an architect from Africa. His ...