Overview
Diébédo Francis Kéré is a Burkinabè-German architect born in Gando, Burkina Faso, in 1965. He founded Kéré Architecture in Berlin in 2005 and received the Pritzker Architecture Prize in 2022. His work combines community participation, locally available materials and climate-responsive construction, particularly in regions with limited resources. His Gando Primary School, realised with local residents, received the Aga Khan Award for Architecture in 2004. Other projects include the Lycée Schorge Secondary School in Burkina Faso and the Startup Lions Campus in Kenya. Across educational, civic and cultural programmes, Kéré explores how architectural design can support social infrastructure, environmental performance and collective identity.
