Kéré Architecture

Photograph: JAIME HERRAIZ/Kéré Architecture
Photograph: Enrico Cano/Kéré Architecture01Diébédo Francis Kéré completed this school in his hometown of Gando, Burkina Faso, in 2001, with help from the local community. The bricks were made on site from local clay mixed with concrete.
Photograph: Enrico Cano/Kéré Architecture02An interior view of the school in Gando.
Photograph: JAIME HERRAIZ/Kéré Architecture03The Kamwokya Community Centre, completed in 2022, is located in one of the poorest areas of Uganda’s capital, Kampala.
Photograph: JAIME HERRAIZ/Kéré Architecture04The site's buildings are on a drainage platform designed to offer protection from flooding during heavy rains, and feature raised “butterfly roofs” to allow air flow.
05The Startup Lions campus in Lake Turkana, Kenya, completed in 2021, provides tech skills training and has a design inspired by the natural ventilation system of termite mounds.
Photograph: Kinan-Deeb/Kéré Architecture06The building's two levels follow the natural curve of the land. Roof terraces have creeping vegetation for shade.
Render: Kéré Architecture07The Benin National Assembly, currently under construction, will replace an existing building that is too small and dates from the country's colonial past.
Render: Kéré Architecture08The building's design was inspired by the West African tradition of meeting under a tree to make community decisions.
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