Burkina Faso's award-winning architect returns a hero
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The inspiring architect from Burkina Faso who lifted world's biggest prize
Diébédo Francis Kéré has become the first African and the first black person to be awarded architecture’s highest international honour, the 2022 Pritzker Architecture Prize. Kéré was born in Burkina Faso, West Africa, and built his architectural practice designing schools and medical facilities that were most often built by local…
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‘It is unbelievable’: Francis Kéré becomes first black architect to win the Pritzker prize
Burkinabe architect takes the profession’s highest honour, having made his name with schools and medical facilities in Africa, built by local communities with minimal resources
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