
In Milan, This Year’s Pritzker Prize Winner Takes a Victory Lap
Diébédo Francis Kéré’s community-oriented architecture and emphasis on the local takes form at the 23rd International Exhibition at La Triennale di Milano.
By Brian Libby
July 15, 2022
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Earlier this year, Burkina Faso–born Diébédo Francis Kéré became the first African, and the first Black architect, ever to be awarded the Pritzker Prize, the most prestigious award in the profession. It’s an incredible, noteworthy distinction. But his humble, collaborative, community-oriented approach and immaculately crafted buildings are what really make him stand out. His work, which incorporates local materials, near-ancestral wisdom, and vernacular building traditions, embodies collaboration. Unlike that of so many previous Prizker winners, Kéré’s practice is not one of a singular “auteur” architect. His is a collective architecture.
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