“Architecture is primarily a service to humanity, to create an environment where human beings can develop itself, can be happy, can have what I call ‘wellbeing’.” Francis Kéré, 2022 Pritzker Architecture Prize Laureate. Village Opera, courtesy of the architect.
"In a world where architects are building projects in the most diverse contexts -not without controversies- Kéré contributes to the debate by incorporating local, national, regional and global dimensions in a very personal balance...and truly sophisticated multiculturalism."
“I love wood — it’s calming,” he added. “All this material is grounding you,” Kéré says to @rpogrebin of @nytimes (Xylem by Iwan Baan) https://t.co/k6PxDmFSVb
“I’m learning from this to really to create a sort of participatory, active gathering...It is democratic. It is transparent." Kéré in the video, Symbolism and Light
https://t.co/8C4o8y7VZL
“I want my buildings to inspire the user, to make the user happy. I think it is fundamental to think about what is existing in the given place where you are going to build and then check ‘what is my contribution as an architect?’” Francis Kéré, 2022 Laureate. (BIT by Kéré)
“Buildings become somehow like enormous emotional clocks, that you can read and feel the passing of time within a piece of architecture.” Yvonne Farrell, 2020 Pritzker Architecture Prize Laureate
“To me, architecture is a framework for human life. It anchors us and connects us to the world in a way which possibly no other space-making discipline can.” Shelley McNamara, 2020 Pritzker Architecture Prize Laureate
“My works are an extension of my life, philosophy & dreams trying to create a treasury of the architectural spirit" 2018 Pritzker laureate Balkrishna Doshi