Burkina’s ‘Opera Village’ by its groundbreaking architect
5 years agoAn aerial view of the Village-Opera school, designed by Architect Diebedo Francis Kere, in Laongo, on March 16, 2022. - The Pritzker Prize, architecture's most prestigious award, was awarded on March 15, 2022 to Burkina Faso-born architect Diebedo Francis Kere, organizers announced. Kere was honored for "pioneering" designs that are "sustainable to the earth and its inhabitants, in lands of extreme scarcity," Tom Pritzker, chairman of the Hyatt Foundation that sponsors the award, said in a statement. Kere, a dual citizen of Burkina Faso and Germany, is the 51st recipient of the illustrious prize. (Photo by OLYMPIA DE MAISMONT / AFP)
With its imposing, angular proportions made out of clay, laterite, and other local building materials, the Opera Village cultural and educational project, designed by Burkina Faso-born architect Francis Kere, blends into the landscape.