Diébédo Francis Kéré
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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.
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I learned this in Germany, to learn how to use... technology.., modern knowledge and adapting them to the need of the people.
- Interview with the Architect Diébédo Francis Kéré. A YouTube video from the Bauwelt channel.
I am teaching my people to be able to build this project... When we started... 15 people and... at a certain time... more than 50... belonged to my staff...
- Interview with the Architect Diébédo Francis Kéré. A YouTube video from the Bauwelt channel.
I left my village to go to the city and attend education. ...[W]hen I came on holiday, home, all the women... in my village...
- Interview with the Architect Diébédo Francis Kéré. A YouTube video from the Bauwelt channel.
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Connected to Diébédo 6
Aino LaberenzAlso in Crackle of Time: Christoph Schlingensief and his Opera Village in Burkina Faso (2012)
Edward O. WilsonAlso won Thomas Jefferson Medal in Architecture
Jean NouvelAlso won Aga Khan Award for Architecture
Alejandro AlavenaAlso won Erich Schelling Architecture Award
Jaime LernerAlso won Robert Matthew Prize
Smiljan RadicAlso won Arnold W. Brunner Memorial PrizeAbout this person
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.
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