# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/diebedo-francis-kere
# Generated: 2026-08-15T01:22:22.519Z

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name: "Diébédo Francis Kéré"
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description: "Diébédo Francis Kéré is a Burkinabé-German architect, recognized for creating innovative works that are often sustainable and collaborative in nature. In 2022, he became the first native African to receive the Pritzker Architecture Prize. Educated at Technische Universität Berlin, he has lived in Berlin since 1985. Parallel to his studies, he established the Kéré Foundation, and in 2005 he founded Kéré Architecture. His architectural practice has been recognized internationally with awards including the Aga Khan Award for Architecture (2004) for his first building, the Gando Primary School in Burkina Faso, and the Global Holcim Award for Sustainable Construction."
tagline: "German-Burkinabe architect based in Berlin, Germany since 1985 (born 1965)"
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birthDate: "1965-04-10"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump