Theorist

Diébédo Francis Kéré

1965–present Community & sustainable architecture

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Details

Nationality: Burkinabé-German

Classifications

Holder: Communal intergenerational
Source of authority: ObservationLived experience
Subject: Human centred
Political position: Subaltern resistant
Mode of transmission: ApprenticeshipText drawing
Knowledge type: Relational embodied
Epistemic cluster: Western philosophicalAfrican

Notes

[DRAFT] First African to receive the Pritzker Prize (2022). Builds with local materials, bioclimatic passive cooling and community labour, beginning with the Gando Primary School in Burkina Faso. Founder of the Kéré Foundation and Kéré Architecture, Berlin.

Connections

authored Gando Primary School
associated with Contemporary Global South Practice

Sources

The Pritzker Architecture Prize. Diébédo Francis Kéré — 2022 Laureate. Hyatt Foundation, 2022.

Cite this entry

First published May 2026Last revised Jul 2026

CLAD. "Diébédo Francis Kéré." Atlas of Architectural Thought. CLAD, 2026. https://www.cl-ad.com.au/research/atlas/theorist/diebedo-francis-kere/. Accessed July 17, 2026.