Francis Kéré: Africans need to develop their own identity in architecture

Africans need to develop their own identity in architecture, says Francis Kéré.

From the Series

Related Profile

Francis Kéré
Francis Kéré
Diébédo Francis Kéré is an architect from Burkina Faso. The focus of Kéré’s drafts are climatic adaptation, low building costs and self building.
More on Francis Kéré

Africa needs to use what it has to make great architecture and adapt Western technology to help facilitate this, says architect Francis Kéré. He believes that Africans should use their creativity to develop architecture suited to their specific needs.

Watch the Talk with Francis Kéré

Francis Kéré at Design Indaba 2011
Francis Kéré: African architecture should stop copying the West
Talks • Duration: 00:32:02 • 30 Jun 11
African architecture should stop copying the West, engage the real needs of the people and regard the environment, says Diébédo Francis Kéré.>