Diébédo Francis Kéré has become the first Black and first African architect to ever receive architecture’s highest honor, the Pritzker Architecture Prize. Born in Burkina Faso in 1965 and currently ...
Even if you did not make it to the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival for this, its 20th year, you may have seen the work of Diébédo Francis Kéré. Kéré was born in Gando, a tiny village in the ...
At the beginning of the 20th century, the traditional masks of sub-Saharan Africa motivated artists such as Picasso and Matisse to remake the human form. A century later, these masks have become a ...
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 ...
Construction began at the Goethe Institute in Dakar, designed by Kéré Architecture. The project is the first purpose-built space for the German cultural association and exchange centre in its over 60 ...
Internationally acclaimed architect, educator, and the 2022 Laureate of the Pritzker Architecture Prize Francis Kéré is currently in the country delivering a series of public lectures in Auckland, ...
UNESCO’s Virtual Museum lets looted artifacts tell their stories, blending technology and testimony until they can return ...
Diébédo Francis Kéré is still processing his historic win of the Pritzker Prize. He’s the first Black person to win architecture's highest honor in its 43-year history. Kéré says when he got the news, ...
Diébédo Francis Kéré made history as the first Black architect to win this year's Pritzker Prize. He uses his craft to serve the most underserved communities across Africa. Kéré explains his designs ...
Serpentine Pavilion 2017, designed by Francis Kéré. Serpentine Gallery, London (23 June – 8 October 2017) © Kéré Architecture. Image © Iwan Baan Unlike almost ...