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Diébédo Francis Kéré
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German-Burkinabe architect based in Berlin, Germany since 1985 (born 1965)
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Diébédo Francis Kéré is a male architect born in 1965 in Gando. He holds citizenship in Burkina Faso and works in Berlin. His professional focus includes architecture and sustainable architecture. He is educated at the Technische Universität Berlin and has served as a visiting professor. He speaks German, English, and French.
Kéré has received several notable awards, including the Aga Khan Award for Architecture, the Pritzker Architecture Prize, the Prince Claus Award, and recognition in the Time 100. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. His works are held in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art.
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Film & TV
Known for
- Crackle of Time: Christoph Schlingensief and his Opera Village in Burkina Faso — Himself2012
via TMDB
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1965-04-10 ) 10 April 1965 (age 61) , Gando , Boulgou Province , Upper Volta (modern Burkina Faso)
- Alma mater
- Technische Universität Berlin
- Occupation
- Architect
- Awards
- Pritzker Architecture Prize , Aga Khan Award for Architecture , Global Award for Sustainable Architecture
- Practice
- Kéré Architecture
- Buildings
- Gando Primary School , Gando School Extension
- Projects
- Gando Secondary School , Opera Village
- Website
- www.kerearchitecture.com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Francis
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Burkina Faso
- Place of birth
- Gando
- Occupation
- architect
- Position held
- visiting professor
- Educated at
- Technische Universität Berlin
- Languages spoken
- French
- Field of work
- sustainable architecture
- Official website
- www.kerearchitecture.com
- Image
- Francis Kere, 2019.jpg
- Work location
- Berlin
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- date of birth
- 1965-04-10
- Commons category
- Diébédo Francis Kéré
- has works in the collection
- Museum of Modern Art
- name in native language
- Diébédo Francis Kéré
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Encyclopedic overview
Diébédo Francis Kéré (born 10 April 1965) 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 (formerly Schulbausteine für Gando), 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 (2012 Gold).
Kéré has undertaken projects in various countries including Burkina Faso, Mali, Kenya, Uganda, Mozambique, Togo, Sudan, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, the US, and the UK. In 2017 the Serpentine Galleries commissioned him to design the Serpentine Pavilion in London. He has held professorships at the Harvard Graduate School of Design, Yale School of Architecture and the Swiss Accademia di Architettura di Mendrisio. In 2017 he accepted the professorship for "Architectural Design and Participation" at the Technical University of Munich, and a guest professorship at Bauhaus University, Weimar, in 2021.
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