The Red and The Grey Matter: New Architecture in Africa

It is a milestone for new architecture in Africa: The new Goethe-Institut in Dakar. It was designed by pioneer Francis Kéré, the first architect from sub-Saharan Africa to win the prestigious Pritzker Prize. Kéré selected red clay for its construction, drawing on local traditional building methods and reinterpreting them for a modern context. An entire generation of young architects — among them Nzinga Mboup and Nicolas Rondet of

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