At the studio of Kéré Architecture, Berlin ©️The Japan Art Association _ The Sankei Shimbun

The Japanese Imperial House and the Japan Art Association have annually since 1989 awarded the Praemium Imperiale in five categories. The winners of this year’s 34th edition – each to receive the sum of 95,000 euros – have been announced in a ceremony held at the historical site of the National Library of France (BnF), the Richelieu complex, in the heart of Paris. They are: Vija Celmins (Painting); Olafur Eliasson (Sculpture); Wynton Marsalis (Music); Robert Wilson (Theater/Cinema); and Francis Kéré (Architecture).

Francis Kéré. Complete Works

Pritzker Prize laureate of 2022, Francis Kéré has become a symbol of social and sustainable construction. Born in the Burkinabè village of Gando in 1965, Kéré studied in Germany and set up his office in Berlin, from which he returns time and again to his country to help transform his community. The success of the school he designed while still a student took him to build a large complex in his home village, and this determination to do ‘more with less’ has extended, beyond the frontiers of Burkina Faso, to several African countries – Mali, Kenya, Mozambique, Uganda, Sudan, Niger, Senegal, and Benin. Since being selected to build the Serpentine Gallery of 2017 in London, his works have also reached different countries in Europe and the United States.

Arquitectura Viva releases a book of 184 pages containing the thirty key works and projects of the Burkinabè architect, along with a selection of eight pavilions and installations, all presented in a hard-bound, fully bilingual edition in Spanish-English.

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