Francis Kéré: Pioneer of social architecture
12 September 2023 |
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Francis Kéré is one of the world's elite architects, a leading voice in sustainable designs. In 2022, he became the first Black architect, and the first one from the African continent, to receive the prestigious Pritzker Prize — an award seen as the "Nobel Prize" of architecture.
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