Francis Kéré

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Diébédo Francis Kéré

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Diébédo Francis Kéré
Born	April 10, 1965 Gando, Burkina Faso
Nationality	Burkinabè
Alma mater	Technical University of Berlin
Occupation	Architect
Awards	Aga Khan Award for Architecture Global Award for Sustainable Architecture Global Holcim Award Gold
Practice	Kéré Architecture
Buildings	Gando Primary School Gando School Extension
Projects	Gando Secondary School Opera Village

Diébédo Francis Kéré is an architect who was born April 10, 1965 in Gando, Burkina Faso and studied at the Technical University of Berlin. Since 1985, he has been living in Berlin, Germany, where he set up Kéré Architecture. Parallel to his studies, he established the Kéré Foundation e.V. (formerly Schulbausteine für Gando e.V.), and in 2005 he founded Kéré Architecture. His architectural practice has been recognized nationally and 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 2012 Gold. Kéré has undertaken projects in varied countries including Burkina Faso, Mali, Germany, the United States, Kenya, and Uganda. 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 TU München (Germany).

Contents

• 1Life
• 2Projects in Gando
  • 2.1Gando Primary School
  • 2.2Gando School Extension
  • 2.3Gando School Library
  • 2.4Gando Teachers' Housing
  • 2.5Gando Mango Tree Project
  • 2.6Gando School Garden and Well
  • 2.7Gando Secondary School
  • 2.8Atelier Gando
• 3Other projects
  • 3.1Dano Secondary School
  • 3.2Centre for Earth Architecture, Mopti
  • 3.3Opera Village
  • 3.4National Park of Mali, Bamako
  • 3.5Zhou Shan Harbour Development, China
  • 3.6Medical Centre, Léo
  • 3.7International Red Cross and Red Crescent Museum, Geneva
• 4Professorships
• 5Other Work
• 6Prizes
• 7See also
• 8References
• 9Further reading
  • 9.1Magazines (selection)
  • 9.2Books (selection)
  • 9.3Videos
• 10External links

Life

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Francis Kéré Recieves the 2021 Thomas Jefferson Foundation Medal in Architecture

Founder of the Berlin-based firm Kéré Architecture, Francis Kéré is the 2021 recipient of the Thomas Jefferson Foundation Medal in Architecture by UVA

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