July 2019
Intermediate to advanced
192 pages
6h 56m
English
architect | pathfinder | vernacular materials | contemporary design
It is almost impossible to write about the work of Kéré Architecture without reference to the story of how its founder, Francis Kéré, became an architect. He was born in the village of Gando in Burkino Faso and was lucky enough to be the first child from his village to be sent to school. This education led to Kéré becoming a carpenter, which in turn led to him gaining a scholarship from the Carl Duisberg Society in Germany to complete an apprenticeship in development aid. Afterwards, he went on to study architecture at the Technical University of Berlin, where today Kéré bases his ...