As part of our partnership with the 27th World Congress of Architects, we are sharing here an interview with architect Francis Kéré, a speaker confirmed for the UIA2021RIO, conducted by architect Miguel Pinto Guimarães.
Diébédo Francis Kéré: The Latest Architecture and News
Francis Kéré: "I Am Privileged to Be Able to Serve My Community"
https://www.archdaily.com/945179/francis-kere-i-am-privileged-to-be-able-to-serve-my-communityEquipe ArchDaily Brasil
Rethinking History: New Architecture in Burkina Faso
The history and architecture of Burkina Faso is tied to its landscape. As a landlocked country in western Africa, it occupies an extensive plateau with grassy savannas and sparse forests. More than two-thirds of the people live in rural villages, and as such, the country’s modern architecture is the product of ingenuity born from reimagining traditional building materials and techniques.
https://www.archdaily.com/924516/rethinking-history-new-architecture-in-burkina-fasoEric Baldwin
Francis Kéré and Office Kovacs Among 2019 Coachella Installations
The 2019 Coachella Arts and Music Festival has begun with installations by Francis Kéré, Office Kovacs, and NEWSUBSTANCE in Indio, California. The festival opened to the public for its 20th year with a lineup featuring Childish Gambino, Tame Impala, and Ariana Grande as the headliners for the two-weekend experience. Over half a dozen large-scale installations have been built at Coachella featuring the work of up-and-coming artists, designers and architects.
https://www.archdaily.com/915124/francis-kere-and-office-kovacs-among-2019-coachella-installationsEric Baldwin
Francis Kéré and Office Kovacs to Design 2019 Coachella Installations
Francis Kéré, Office Kovacs, and NEWSUBSTANCE are among a set of designers selected to create art installations for the Coachella Arts and Music Festival in California. The 2019 lineup has been announced with Childish Gambino, Tame Impala, and Ariana Grande headlining the two-weekend experience. Over half a dozen large-scale installations will be built at Coachella, where over 100,000 people will experience the work of up-and-coming artists, designers and architects.
https://www.archdaily.com/908955/francis-kere-and-office-kovacs-to-design-2019-coachella-installationsEric Baldwin
Francis Kéré Designs a Wooden Art Pavilion for Tippet Rise
Berlin-based Burkinabé architect Diébédo Francis Kéré has designed a wooden pavilion for Tippet Rise Art Center in Montana. In addition to the pavilion, the Tippet Rise Fund of the Sidney E. Frank Foundation will also support Kéré's work to build an environmentally sustainable secondary school in Burkina Faso called Naaba Belem Goumma. Kéré designed the project in the Beartooth Mountains so visitors can experience a "rain of light" as sunlight filters through a structure of vertically stacked logs.
https://www.archdaily.com/907885/francis-kere-designs-a-wooden-art-pavilion-for-tippet-riseEric Baldwin
Life after Serpentine: Second Lives of Architecture's Famed Pavilions
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If the surest sign of summer in London is the appearance of a new pavilion in front of the Serpentine Gallery, then it’s perhaps fair to say that summer is over once the pavilion is taken down. The installations have gained prominence since its inaugural edition in 2000, acting as a kind of exclusive honor and indication of talent for those chosen to present; celebrated names from the past names include Zaha Hadid, Rem Koolhaas, and Olafur Eliasson.
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https://www.archdaily.com/903223/life-after-serpentine-second-lives-of-some-of-architectures-famed-pavilionsKatherine Allen
Round-Up: The Serpentine Pavilion Through the Years
Lasting for close to two decades now, the annual Serpentine Gallery Pavilion Exhibition has become one of the most anticipated architectural events in London and for the global architecture community. Each of the previous eighteen pavilions have been thought-provoking, leaving an indelible mark and strong message to the architectural community. And even though each of the past pavilions are removed from the site after their short summer stints to occupy far-flung private estates, they continue to be shared through photographs, and in architectural lectures. With the launch of the 18th Pavilion, we take a look back at all the previous pavilions and their significance to the architecturally-minded public.
https://www.archdaily.com/790106/round-up-the-serpentine-pavilion-through-the-yearsJan Doroteo
The Royal Architectural Institute of Canada Announces Recipients of 2018 Honorary Fellowships
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The Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC) has selected four architects from around the globe to receive 2018 Honorary Fellowships. This year’s Honorary Fellows inductees demonstrate the diverse ways in which architects contribute exemplary designs to the profession that have a positive impact on society.
The architects receiving the honor are French architect Odile Decq, Burkina Faso native, Diébédo Francis Kéré, and American architects William J. Stanley III and John Sorrenti.
More about the Honorary Fellows after the break.
https://www.archdaily.com/887858/the-royal-architectural-institute-of-canada-announces-recipients-of-2018-honorary-fellowshipsKaley Overstreet
Francis Kéré’s 2017 Serpentine Pavilion To be Moved to Permanent Home in Malaysia
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A month after its critically-lauded run came to a close, Francis Kéré’s 2017 Serpentine Gallery Pavilion has found a permanent home halfway across the globe.
As reported by the Star, the structure has been purchased by Kuala Lumpur-based Ilham Gallery, who are now searching for a permanent site of the pavilion in Malaysia.
https://www.archdaily.com/885649/francis-keres-2017-serpentine-pavilion-to-be-moved-to-permanent-home-in-malaysiaPatrick Lynch
Rafael Viñoly, Charles Jencks, and Kim Cook Among Lead Speakers for WAF 2017
The World Architecture Festival (WAF) has announced their program for the 2017 edition focusing on the theme of “Performance.” An incredible list of speakers including Alison Brooks, Charles Jencks, Pierre de Meuron and France Kéré will feature across 3 days from November 15th to 17th at the Arena Berlin, Germany. Conferences, city tours, lectures and critiques of the shortlisted projects from the 2017 WAF awards are among the events scheduled for the festival.
The seminars, speeches, debates and discussions will examine “the topic of performance from the perspectives of housing, public spaces, festivals, cultural institutions and new technologies.”
https://www.archdaily.com/880225/rafael-vinoly-charles-jencks-and-kim-cook-among-lead-speakers-for-waf-2017Tessa Forde
In "Vertical City," 16 Contemporary Architects Reinterpret the Tribune Tower at 2017 Chicago Architecture Biennial
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In a large-scale, central installation at the 2017 Chicago Architecture Biennial, the likes of 6a architects, Barozzi Veiga, Kéré Architecture, MOS, OFFICE KGDVS, and Sergison Bates—among others—have designed and constructed sixteen five meter-tall contemporary iterations of the renowned 1922 Chicago Tribune Tower design contest.
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https://www.archdaily.com/879715/in-vertical-city-16-contemporary-architects-reinterpret-the-tribune-tower-at-2017-chicago-architecture-biennialAD Editorial Team
Diébedo Francis Kéré Awarded Prince Claus Laureate Award for 2017
Architect Diébedo Francis Kéré was named Prince Claus Laureate for 2017, highlighting the cultural value and importance of beautiful, sustainable and empowering architecture.
Kéré received the award for his “design and construction of buildings of great beauty that meet people’s needs; …for honoring people’s pride in their cultural traditions and techniques, …for inventively combining relevant factors from two different knowledge systems to achieve practical solutions of global relevance and creating an exchange of ideas between Africa and Europe; …and for his ethical commitment to creating inspiring architecture that improves living conditions and uplifts communities...”
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https://www.archdaily.com/879317/diebedo-francis-kere-awarded-prince-claus-laureate-award-for-2017Tessa Forde
Diébédo Francis Kéré's Serpentine Pavilion Photographed by Laurian Ghinitoiu
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Following the opening of the 2017 Serpentine Pavilion, designed this year by Diébédo Francis Kéré (Kéré Architecture), photographer Laurian Ghinitoiu has turned his lens to London. Designed to mimic a tree, or a canopy of trees, the wooden structure has been designed to fuse cultural references from Kéré's home town of Gando in Burkino Faso with more "experimental" construction techniques. His ambition is that the pavilion becomes a social condenser – "a symbol of storytelling and togetherness."
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https://www.archdaily.com/874360/diebedo-francis-kere-serpentine-pavilion-2017-laurian-ghinitoiuAD Editorial Team
Diébédo Francis Kéré's Serpentine Pavilion Opens in Sun-Drenched London – But Will Come Alive During Rain
The 2017 Serpentine Pavilion, designed by Diébédo Francis Kéré (Kéré Architecture), was unveiled today in London. Conceived as a micro cosmos—"a community structure within Kensington Gardens"—the pavilion has been designed to consciously fuse cultural references from Kéré's home town of Gando in Burkino Faso, with "experimental construction techniques." The architect hopes that the pavilion, as a social condenser, "will become a beacon of light, a symbol of storytelling and togetherness."
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https://www.archdaily.com/874091/diebedo-francis-kere-serpentine-pavilion-opens-london-will-come-alive-when-it-rainsAD Editorial Team
Francis Kéré to Design 2017 Serpentine Pavilion
The Serpentine Galleries have announced that the 2017 Serpentine Pavilion will be designed by Diébédo Francis Kéré (Kéré Architecture), an African architect based between Berlin, Germany, and his home town of Gando in Burkino Faso. The design for the proposal, which will be built this summer in London's Kensington Gardens, comprises an expansive roof supported by a steel frame, mimicking the canopy of a tree. According to Kéré, the design for the roof stems from a tree that serves as the central meeting point for life in Gando. In line with the criteria for the selection of the Serpentine Pavilion architect Kéré has yet to have realised a permanent building in England.
https://www.archdaily.com/805780/francis-kere-to-design-2017-serpentine-pavilionJames Taylor-Foster
Francis Kéré Creates Installation from Brightly Colored Thread for First U.S. Retrospective
Currently on display at the Philadelphia Museum of Modern Art, Award-winning African architect Diébédo Francis Kéré has created Colorscape, a installation made from steel and brightly-colored fiber, to accompany his first solo show in the United States. The exhibition is titled The Architecture of Francis Kéré: Building with Community, and features of a retrospective of the architect’s career that includes material artifacts, tools and scale-models created for stand-out projects in both Africa and Europe.
https://www.archdaily.com/790638/francis-kere-creates-installation-from-brightly-colored-thread-for-first-us-retrospectivePatrick Lynch
Video: 7 Architects On What Makes Global Architecture Work
Doing architecture is listening. - Norman Foster
Peter Zumthor, Jean Nouvel, Norman Foster, Diébédo Francis Kéré and three other great architects come together in this Louisiana Channel video to share their thoughts on how to design for different cultures. For most of them, understanding context, collaborating with locals and using architecture to address larger social issues are what makes global architecture a success.
Louis Becker, Kjetil Trædal Thorsen and Kunlé Adeyemi also share their insights in the video above - "Bridging Cultures in a Global World."
https://www.archdaily.com/780787/video-7-architects-say-how-to-design-for-other-culturesKarissa Rosenfield
AD Interviews: Francis Kéré / Chicago Architecture Biennial
Kéré Architecture’s “Place for Gathering” exhibition at the Chicago Architecture Biennial creates a meeting place at the entrance to the Chicago Cultural Center. Made from a locally sourced material (wood), the exhibition emits a fresh, natural smell, and creates a place for people to meet, connect and share “differing cultural narratives, traditions and aspirations," writes Kéré in the official Chicago Biennale Guidebook.
Selected by ArchDaily Editors as one of their favorite exhibitions at the Biennial, “Place for Gathering” is based on two themes that are central to the work of Francis Kéré: “maximizing local resources and facilitating the exchange of ideas and knowledge." Listen to Kéré explain the inspiration and philosophy behind the exhibition in the video above.
https://www.archdaily.com/777875/ad-interviews-francis-kere-chicago-architecture-biennialKatie Watkins