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dezeen (unofficial)This week Diébédo Francis Kéré won the Pritzker Architecture Prize
This week on Dezeen, Diébédo Francis Kéré became the first African and first Black architect to win the Pritzker Architecture Prize.
The Burkinabè architect was recognised for his extensive body of work, which "empowers and transforms communities". Kéré is the first Black architect to receive the prestigious annual award since it was established in 1979.
Gando school is one of ten key projects designed by Kéré
To mark Kéré's win, Dezeen rounded up 10 of his key projects that focus on delivering social initiatives for marginalised communities using local vernacular forms.
We also published a series of exclusive video interviews with the architect, in which he explained the thinking behind his designs for the Serpentine Pavilion, the Burkina Faso parliament and the Gando school in his home village.
Researchers have created hemp rebar
Stateside, researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute revealed a low-cost, low-carbon alternative to steel rebar made from hemp.
In wake of the news, we took a look at 10 future construction materials that are promising to change the way we build, including plastic that's stronger than steel and 3D-printed mushroom columns.
Grant Major designed The Power of the Dog ranch as a "hyper-masculine alpha male environment"
In the run-up to the Academy Awards, we spoke to production designer Grant Major about his Oscar-nominated set design for the Netflix film The Power of the Dog.
The Western is centred on a two-storey ranch house, designed by Major to embody the suppressed homosexuality of one of the main characters.
Following the interview, we rounded up seven houses that play a starring role in films, from Parasite's modernist villa to the royal palace of The Favourite.
Cumbernauld's brutalsit town centre is set to be demloished
In UK architecture news, North Lanarkshire Council announced that the brutalist town centre of Cumbernauld in Scotland is set to be demolished.
The plan to replace the 1960s concrete megastructure was heavily criticised, with commentators describing the decision as "cowardly and wasteful".
BIG has unveiled its design for a bird box-covered hotel room
In other architecture news, Danish studio BIG unveiled its design for a hotel room wrapped in hundreds of birdhouses.
The self-contained cabin is set to be built in a remote forest in Swedish Lapland, where it will become the eighth guest room of the Treehotel.
Måns Tham designed a house in Sweden from shipping containers
Popular projects this week included a Stockholm house constructed from a stack of shipping containers, a renovated 1960s lodge in California's Sea Ranch community and a Tokyo house arranged around a hidden courtyard.
Our lookbooks this week focused on plant-filled hotel interiors and contemporary residences with decorative vaulted ceilings.
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Dezeen Debate newsletter features this year's Pritzker Architecture Prize winner
The latest edition of Dezeen Debate features Burkinabè architect Diébédo Francis Kéré, who has won this year's Pritzker Architecture Prize.
Born in Gando, Burkina Faso, Kéré is the first African and the first Black architect to win the prestigious Pritzker Architecture Prize, which has been awarded annually since 1979.
The architect was recognised for his body of work that "empowers and transforms communities through the process of architecture".
Commenters are delighted. One called Kéré "probably one of Africa's all-time greats".
Måns Tham stacks shipping containers to create Swedish house
Other stories in this week's newsletter include a house in Sweden formed of stacked shipping containers, BIG's proposal for a hotel room surrounded by hundreds of birdhouses and a roundup of six vulva-shaped buildings.
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Burkinabè architect Diébédo Francis Kéré, who was named the winner of the 2022 Pritzker Architecture Prize yesterday, describes his philosophy in this video.
"Architecture is primarily a service to humanity, to create an environment where a human being can develop itself, can be happy, can have what I call wellbeing," he explained in the video.
Kéré, who was born in Burkina Faso and is based in Berlin, was the first African and the first Black architect to win the prestigious Pritzker Architecture Prize since it launched in 1979.
Diébédo Francis Kéré is the winner of this year's Pritzker Architecture Prize
He is known for designing numerous schools and medical centres in Burkina Faso and across Africa and has designed the parliament building for Benin. He aims to create buildings that are high-quality and inspire people.
"My philosophy is to say that everyone deserves luxury in terms of quality," said Kéré.
"So the poorest, but also the rich. I want my building to inspire the user. To make the user happy."
He is known for designing schools across Africa including Gando Primary School
In the video, Kéré explained how his buildings are designed to be appropriate to their environment.
"I think it's fundamental to think about what is existing in the given place where you're going to build, and then check, what is my contribution as an architect?" he said.
"How can I do things differently to change that situation? That is not the best at all. If you build in the hot climate region, which is what I'm doing," Kéré continued.
"First, you think about how to get a building to work without an artificial cooling system? Look around what is an alternative?"
Among Kéré's recent projects is the Startup Lions Campus
Kéré's recent projects include the Burkina Institute of Technology, which was constructed from locally sourced clay with screens of eucalyptus wood and the Startup Lions Campus made from locally sourced quarry stone.
Each of his projects were designed to focus on the people using them, he explained.
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"It is always about people, it is about people with low income, but also for the people earning a lot," he said.
"They are looking around for inspiration and innovation. And that is what we have to look for."
Kéré designed the Serpentine Pavilion in 2017
Overall, Kéré hopes that his projects will inspire people "to dream of better".
"I want my buildings to inspire the user to make the user happy. I want them to start to dream of better," he said.
"This is what I want to achieve with my architecture, to push people to dream, to push people to really change the paradigm."
The Pritzker Architecture Prize is architecture's most significant lifetime achievement award. Previous winners include Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara, Zaha Hadid, Rem Koolhaas, Norman Foster and Toyo Ito.
Last year's prize was awarded to social housing architects Anne Lacaton and Jean-Philippe Vassal.
The photography is courtesy ofKéré Architecture.
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Ten key projects by Pritzker Architecture Prize-winner Diébédo Francis Kéré
Here are 10 key projects by Burkinabè architect Diébédo Francis Kéré, who has been named this year's laureate of the prestigious Pritzker Architecture Prize.
Born in Burkina Faso and based in Germany, Kéré's work focuses on social initiatives for marginalised communities using local vernacular forms recontextualised within contemporary design.
"He has served as a singular beacon in architecture," said the Pritzker jury. "He has shown us how architecture today can reflect and serve needs, including the aesthetic needs, of peoples throughout the world."
Read on for 10 of Kéré's key projects:
Photo is courtesy of Francis Kéré
Gando Primary School, 2001, Burkina Faso
Kéré began raising money to build a primary school in his home village while studying in Germany. The Gando Primary School was Kéré's first major project and was built with the help of local villagers. It was awarded the Aga Khan Award for Architecture in 2004.
In 2008, two years after the Gando Primary School was completed, Kéré began a major extension that created space 120 additional students. It was constructed using local labour as well as local materials.
Photo is courtesy Francis Kéré
National Park of Mali, 2010, Mali
To mark the 50th anniversary of the independence of Mali, Kéré added a collection of buildings to the National Park in Bamako with the aim of uniting the neglected botanical and zoological gardens.
Each of the structures was clad in natural stone provided ample shaded areas for its visitors. Along with an entrance pavilion, the structures house a restaurant and sports centre.
Photo is courtesy Francis Kéré
Centre de Santé et de Promotion Sociale, 2014, Burkina Faso
The Centre de Santé et de Promotion Sociale medical centre in Burkina Faso's Opera Village was built by local workers and used local materials including clay, wood and stone.
The medical centre was designed with an adaptable structure that incorporated passive ventilation, solar energy systems as well as water collection and management systems.
Photo is courtesy Francis Kéré
Léo Surgical Clinic & Health Center, 2014, Burkina Faso
Built as a collection of modules arranged along a central street, the Léo Surgical Clinic & Health Center includes surgical facilities, an in-patient ward and a maternity unit that serves a population of over 50,000 people.
It was constructed using rammed earth bricks with protruding, colourful bay windows that are located at different heights across the facades of each module. Large overhanging roofs provide protection against the sun and are fitted with rainwater collection systems for irrigation use.
Lycée Schorge Secondary School, 2017, Burkina Faso
The C-shaped Lycée Schorge Secondary School was designed for a site on the outskirts of Koudougou. It is comprised of a collection of nine connected modules that are arranged in a C-shape formation. Each of the modules houses the secondary school's classrooms, administrative facilities as well as a dental clinic.
Kéré used locally sourced materials such as laterite stone throughout the construction process to convey that local materials can be used within contemporary structures.
Find out more about Lycée Schorge Secondary School ›
The Burkinabè architect designed a indigo-blue structure with a latticed canopy and courtyard at its centre for the 2017 Serpentine Pavilion.
The pavilion is marked by curving sections of indigo-hued walls and an inverted latticed canopy with an opening at its centre, which was designed to funnel rainwater into a waterfall.
Find out more about Serpentine Pavilion ›
Dead trees were used to construct this pavilion at Montana's Tippet Rise Art Center. Masses of local ponderosa and lodgepole pine logs, which were felled during natural pruning processes, were arranged into groups to form the roof, columns and seats of the Xylem pavilion.
The 256-square-metre pavilion was informed by traditional toguna – a shelter typically found in Dogon culture, local to West African countries including Mali and Burkino Faso.
Find out more about Xylem pavilion ›
Photo is courtesy of Kéré Architecture
Startup Lions Campus, 2021, Kenya
Three protruding terracotta-hued towers that were designed to reference termite mounds mark the Startup Lions Campus in Kenya.
The campus was built for the non-profit organisation Learning Lions to offer young Kenyans free training in information and communication technologies.
Find out more about Startup Lions Campus ›
Render is courtesy Kéré Architecture
Burkina Faso National Assembly, unbuilt, Burkina Faso
The design for the new Burkina Faso National Assembly was put forward by Kéré following the 2014 Burkinabè uprising, which saw the original parliament set ablaze.
The giant pyramidal structure will provide a public meeting space in the heart of the city where visitors can experience panoramic views of the city.
Find out more about Burkina Faso National Assembly ›
National Assembly of Benin, unbuilt, Benin
The Benin parliament building is set to be built in the country's capital Porto-Novo and will mimic the form of tree canopies with a top-heavy structure.
The structure was designed to embody the democratic values of the people of Benin and also pay homage to palaver trees, which were traditionally used by west African communities as accessible spaces to hold public gatherings, meetings and community events.
Find out more about National Assembly of Benin ›
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Diébédo Francis Kéré wins 2022 Pritzker Architecture Prize
Breaking news: Burkinabe architect Diébédo Francis Kéré has been named the winner of this year's Pritzker Architecture Prize.
Born in Gando, Burkina Faso, Kéré, is the first African architect to win the prestigious prize, which has been awarded annually since 1979.
He was recognised for his body of work that "empowers and transforms communities through the process of architecture".
Above: Diébédo Francis Kéré has been named the winner of this year's Pritzker Architecture Prize. Top: he designed the Startup Lions Campus in Kenya
"He has served as a singular beacon in architecture," said the Pritzker jury.
"He has shown us how architecture today can reflect and serve needs, including the aesthetic needs, of peoples throughout the world."
Based in Munich, Germany, Kéré has completed numerous schools and health centres across Africa in the Republic of Benin, Burkino Faso, Mali, Togo, Kenya, Mozambique, Togo, and Sudan.
He has designed numerous schools including the Gando Primary School
One of his earliest projects was Gando Primary School in his home village, which he began designing while he was in university in Germany. In a video interview with Dezeen, he said the school was "not a traditional African building".
As with many of Kéré's buildings, including the Lycée Schorge Secondary School in Burkina Faso, the building incorporates local materials and was designed in response to the local climate.
He designed the Lycée Schorge Secondary School in Burkina Faso
"He knows, from within, that architecture is not about the object but the objective; not the product, but the process," said the jury.
"Francis Kéré's entire body of work shows us the power of materiality rooted in place. His buildings, for and with communities, are directly of those communities – in their making, their materials, their programs and their unique characters."
The National Assembly of Benin is one of two parliaments designed by Kéré
Along with work on community buildings, Kéré has also designed the parliament building for his home country of Burkina Faso and a new parliament for neighbouring Benin.
Kéré's pyramid-shaped National Assembly of Burkina Faso is set to replace the former Burkina Faso parliament building, which was set ablaze during the country's revolution in 2014. In Benin, he modelled the National Assembly building on an African palaver tree.
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The jury commended him for developing an architectural aesthetic based on responding to the climatic conditions.
"He developed an ad-hoc, highly performative and expressive architectural vocabulary: double roofs, thermal mass, wind towers, indirect lighting, cross ventilation and shade chambers have not only become his core strategies, but have actually acquired the status of built dignity," said the jury.
"Since completing the school in his native village, Kéré has pursued the ethos and the method of working with local craft and skills to elevate not only the civic life of small villages, but soon also of national deliberations in legislative buildings."
He designed a pavilion at the Tippet Rise Art Center in Montana
Alongside numerous permanent buildings, Kéré has created many pavilions including the 2017 Serpentine Pavilion in London, which was informed by a tree and had a central waterfall.
He also used dead trees to build a pavilion at the Tippet Rise Art Center in Montana and created a series of colourful towers for Coachella in 2019.
The Pritzker Architecture Prize is considered architecture's most significant life-time achievement awards.
Last year it was awarded to social housing architects Anne Lacaton and Jean-Philippe Vassal, founders of French studio Lacaton & Vassal. In 2020 it was won by Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara, co-founders of Grafton Architects.
Previous winners of the prestigious award include Alejandro Aravena, Frei Otto, Rem Koolhaas, Norman Foster and Toyo Ito.
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