Meet Diébédo Francis Kéré, the first Black architect to win the Pritzker Prize in its 43-year history
From a poor and humble beginning, Diébédo Francis Kéré became an award-winning international architect renowned for his innovative, sustainable, an...
From a poor and humble beginning, Diébédo Francis Kéré became an award-winning international architect renowned for his innovative, sustainable, and spectacular building structures and designs. In 2022, Francis Kéré became the first Black person to receive the prestigious Pritzker Prize, referred to often as the 'Nobel Prize' for Architecture. Born on April 10, 1965, in Gando, Boulgou Province in Upper Volta (present-day Burkina Faso), Francis Kéré became the first child in his village to attend school as his father, the village Chief at that time, wanted his eldest son to learn how to read, write, and translate letters for him.