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Diébédo Francis Kéré: How To Build With Clay... and Community

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- 25 March 2015
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Diébédo Francis Kéré knew exactly what he wanted to do when he got his degree in architecture... He wanted to go home to Gando in Burkina Faso, to help his neighbors reap the benefit of his education. In this charming talk, Kéré shows off some of the beautiful structures he's helped to build in his small village in the years since then, including an award-winning primary school made from clay by the entire community.

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SELECTED WORKS

- Finding New Inspirations : Modernism Vs Mimicry
- 05 Jan 2016
The shift from traditionalism to modernism in the mid 19th century resulted from the criticism of traditionalism because of its contradic...
- Villa Z / Mohammed Amine Siana
- 30 May 2016
The Villa Z is a product of very strict city regulations, ones that ultimately confined the building into a 15m distance in a tight squar...
- Kisito Children's Home / Albert Faus Architects
- 06 May 2017
Kisito Children's Home is a Residential Childcare for babies 0-24 months. Recent years some children have come presenting disabilities re...

CONTEMPORARY AFRICAN DIRECTORY

- Tena Tower-Tena Lakes/ Manuelle Gautrand
- 07 Apr 2015
Aimed for sustainability as well as innovation and a construction argued to offer many job opportunities in the city, The Tena Tower- Ten...
- Guelimì House / Ilaria Di Carlo
- 24 Mar 2017
The 600 square metre Villa was commissioned by a contemporary art dealer in Algeria as her new home and a place to host her private colle...
- Royal Mansour Luxury Hotel / 3BIS Interior Architecture
- 12 Mar 2017
The Royal Mansour is the result of pure inspiration: a dream made real, and a spectacular recreation of a beautiful way of life. The very...