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Step by Step: Sustainable Buildings in Africa - Francis Kéré
Tue 16th March 2010, 6:30pm - 8:00pm
RIBA, 66 Portland Place, W1B 1AD, Map
Series: International Dialogues: Architecture and Climate Change
Organised by: RIBA Trust
Further information.
Francis Kéré is an architect from Burkina Faso
who designs sustainable architecture for the
benefit of the people of his home continent. He
talks about his deep commitment to furthering
the use and development of traditional building
among local communities.
His projects are designed to combine climatic
comfort with low-cost construction, making the
most of local materials and the potential of the
local community, whilst adapting technology
from the industrialized world in a simple and
innovative way. Francis Kéré won the prestigious
Aga Khan Award for Architecture in 2004 for
the primary school in his home village of Gando,
Burkina Faso.
Ticket Information:
All talks in this series Ł8.50/Ł5.50 unless
otherwise stated. Advance booking essential.
RIBA online ticket booking is now available
at www.architecture.com/programmes.
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recorded booking line 020 7307 3699.
Wheelchair access is available
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