kéré architecture opens goethe-institut sénégal, the organization’s first purpose-built home

kéré architecture opens goethe-institut sénégal, the organization’s first purpose-built home

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francis kéré / kéré architecture

francis kéré is a german-trained architect from the small west african town of gando in burkina faso. kéré architecture has designed a range of award-winning projects in burkina faso, mali, yemen and china, including the construction of a number of school buildings in the village of kéré's birth.

kéré architecture shapes clinic across hillside in burundi to expand rural healthcare access

the ineza clinic is organized as pavilions adapted to the terrain, combining maternity and surgical care with passive design and local materials.

kéré architecture plans las vegas art museum with canyon-like interiors and mosaic facade

kéré architecture to build rio's public library around cylindrical 'tree of knowledge'

francis kéré arrives in northern germany with timber and rammed earth museum ehrhardt

kéré architecture completes memorial to thomas sankara's burkina faso revolution

francis kéré conceives memorial to thomas sankara's revolution in burkina faso

ravail khan

green patios pierce kéré architecture's masterplan for cultural center in notsé, west africa

ravail khan

future las vegas museum of art secures site for francis kéré-designed building

lea zeitoun

kéré architecture breaks ground on childcare center at technical university of munich

lea zeitoun

now you see me: from grace jones to francis kéré, new book celebrates black design

myrto katsikopoulou

francis kéré to design UNESCO's first virtual museum of stolen artifacts

christina petridou

olafur eliasson and francis kéré among the 2023 praemium imperiale winners

christina petridou

francis kéré's clay installation at the venice biennale celebrates west african architectural prowess

christina petridou

kéré architecture builds kamwokya community center in kampala, uganda

francis kéré leads the crowds into the unknown unknowns of the 23rd triennale

eirini ilia

interview: iwan baan's photography series shines light on sub-saharan architecture

'there is an urge for me to document these places when I travel because they are fragile,' tells iwan baan in an exclusive interview with designboom.

francis kéré becomes first black architect to win the pritzker prize

lynne myers

kéré architecture breaks ground on its goethe institut dakar in senegal

interview with francis kéré on his distinct earth-building technique

christina petridou

local clay + transparent timber skin assemble kéré architecture's university in west africa

christina petridou

tall ventilation towers in kéré architecture's kenyan education campus mimic termite mounds

sofia lekka angelopoulou

francis kéré receives the 2021 thomas jefferson foundation medal in architecture

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kéré architecture reveals plans for benin's national assembly building in porto-novo

philip stevens

francis kéré's tippet rise pavilion offers 'a more intimate experience of its landscape'

philip stevens

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