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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

- Department of International Relations and Cooperation / TC Design Architects
- 03 Oct 2016
Completed in just 24 months from the start of construction in May 2007, the DIRCO project involved bringing an unusually eclectic, asymme...
- The Energy Works / Daffonchio and Associates
- 31 Mar 2016
In this project we were required to create an energizing, uplifting work environment by linking a new, high-tech construction to the exis...
- Move Over, Paul Klee: Pancho Guedes And My Guardian Angel
- 20 Jan 2016
A guardian angel, exactly 1,94 metres high, lives under the Jacaranda trees in our garden in Johannesburg. This is not one of those golde...

CONTEMPORARY AFRICAN DIRECTORY

- Pearl Bay Residence / Gavin Maddock Design Studio
- 29 Mar 2017
This contemporary home is located on South Africas’ West coast, 90kms north of Cape Town. Taking full advantage of the ocean views and re...
- The Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo Presidential Library and Museum / Page Think Architects
- 19 Jun 2015
The Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo Presidential Library and Museum is the first public facility in the country of Equatorial Guinea design...
- Bosjes Chapel / Steyn Studio
- 15 May 2017
The new chapel, set within a vineyard in South Africa, is designed by South-African born Coetzee Steyn of London-based Steyn Studio. Its ...