Latest News and Events
- Designs of the year 2012, London Design Museum
Nomination for the Design Museum's Design Award in the category Architecture
8th of February - 15th of July 2012, London, UK - Opening of the school of the "Operndorf Afrika"
www.festspielhaus-afrika.com/
8th of October 2011, Laongo, Burkina Faso - Holcim Awards 2011 Africa Middle East
Holcim Award Gold for the project Secondary school with passive ventilation system, Gando, Burkina Faso
8th September 2011, Casablanca, Marocco - Milwaukee, WI - Diébédo Francis Kéré has been chosen as the 2011 recipient of the Marcus Prize for Architecture
School of Architecture & Urban Planning, UW Milwaukee, USA
16th of June 2011, Milwaukee, USA - Francis Kere wins BSI Swiss Architectural Award
Prize-giving ceremony
Second edition of the BSI Swiss Architectural Award
18th of November 2010, Mendrisio, Switzerland - Small Scale, Big Change: New Architectures of Social Engagement
Exhibition in the Museum of Modern Art
MoMA Special Exhibitions Gallery, third floor, New York, USA
3rd of October 2010 - 3rd of January 2011 - architecture: more for less
International Congress of Architecture and Society
Baluarte Congress Center and Auditorium of Pamplona, Spain
09th - 11th of June 2010 - Towards a Museum of Hope
Musée international de la Croix et du Croissant-rouge (MICR)
"(Geneva) - The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Museum (MICR) has commenced its transformation and selected three internationally-renowned designers for the new permanent exhibit. (...)
Francis Kéré of Burkina Faso, celebrated for his strong support of durable, modern architecture in Africa, will design a vivid, moving space dedicated to reconstructing the family link. (...)"
22nd of April 2010, Geneva, Switzerland Full press release - Guest Lecture Aalto University School of Science and Technology Department of Architecture, Helsinki
2nd of February 2010, 3:15 pm in Auditorium A2 - Groundbreaking of the "Operndorf Afrika"
www.festspielhaus-afrika.com/
8th of February 2010, Laongo, Burkina Faso - RIBA International Fellow 2010
RIBA announces 10 recipients of International Fellowships
6th of October 2009