Diébédo Francis Kéré made a career in technology at a time when the terms of that career were still being set.
The record lists Diébédo Francis Kéré as German-Burkinabe architect based in Berlin, Germany since 1985 (born 1965).
Diébédo Francis Kéré was born at Gando in 1965. His recorded nationality is Burkina Faso. He was educated at Technische Universität Berlin.
Modern careers are conducted in public and at speed, with reputations formed and revised far faster than the work itself changes.
The record gives his occupations as architect.
Technical work compounds - each layer makes the next one cheaper to attempt.
His recorded fields of work are architecture and sustainable architecture.
The honours are a fair index of how the work was received - Pritzker Architecture Prize (2022).
Working from Burkina Faso shaped what was possible - the audiences within reach, the institutions that would have him, the language the work first appeared in.
Diébédo Francis Kéré is still at work, and the final assessment has not been made - the ordinary condition of a living career.
Achievements
- Pritzker Architecture Prize — 2022
- Educated at Technische Universität Berlin
- Worked as architect
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