a+u Architecture and Urbanism

a+u Architecture and Urbanism is a monthly architectural magazine established in 1971 that highlights the work and activities of top contemporary architects from around the world. a+u features architecture and a broad range of other new design sources in a well-presented format. Text is in English and Japanese bilingual. 1971年1月創刊。創刊以来、海外の建築情報を伝える日本唯一の月刊誌として、広く建築界に親しまれています。a+uの取材ネットワークは全世界に及び、100余カ国を網羅しています。これら各国の建築家を直接取材し、毎号独自の視点で編集することにより、生の動向をいち早く読者の皆様にお届けしています。また、建築家・評論家・歴史家による書き下ろし論文を掲載し、明日の建築のあり方を考える指針として国内外の建築界に多大な影響を与えています。

A+u Architecture and Urbanism

Feature: Francis Kéré

Statement

Essay: From Burkina Faso, (Made) in Germany, for the World

Gando Primary School • Gando, Burkina Faso 1999–2001

Gando Teachers’ Housing • Gando, Burkina Faso 2001–2004

Gando Primary School Extension • Gando, Burkina Faso 2006–2008

Naaba Belem Goumma Secondary School • Gando, Burkina Faso 2010–

Dano Secondary School • Dano, Burkina Faso 2006–2007

Surgical Clinic and Health Center • Léo, Burkina Faso 2011–2014

Doctors’ Housing • Léo, Burkina Faso 2016–2018

Opera Village • Laongo, Burkina Faso 2010–

Center for Health and Social Welfare • Laongo, Burkina Faso 2012–2014

National Park of Mali • Bamako, Mali 2009–2010

Center for Earth Architecture • Mopti, Mali 2010

Lycée Schorge Secondary School • Koudougou, Burkina Faso 2014–2016

Burkina Institute of Technology • Koudougou, Burkina Faso 2017–2021

Essay: Architecture as Common Ground: A New Language in the Work of Francis Kéré

Meroë Royal Baths Protective Shelter • Meroë, Sudan 2015–

Serpentine Pavilion • London, United Kingdom 2016–2017

Kamwokya Community Playground • Kampala, Uganda 2016–

SKF-RTL Children Learning Center • Nyang’oma Kogelo, Kenya 2016–2020

Louisiana Canopy • Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk, Denmark 2014–2015

Xylem • Fishtail, United States 2017–2019

Weilheim Waldorf School • Weilheim, Germany 2017–

Memorial Thomas Sankara • Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso 2017–

Burkina Faso National Assembly • Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso 2015–

Sarbalé Ke • California, United States 2018–2019

Benin National Assembly • Porto-Novo, Benin 2018–

Goethe Institut Dakar • Dakar, Senegal 2018–

Startup Lions Campus • Turkana County, Kenya 2019–2021

Taylor Bridge • Mannheim, Germany 2016–

Essay: Umqambi Wesino

Lycée Schorge Chair • 2016

ZIBA Stool • 2016

International Red Cross and Red Crescent Museum Permanent Exhibition • Geneva, Switzerland 2012

Sensing Spaces Pavilion • Royal Academy of Arts, London, United Kingdom 2013–2014

Colorscape • Philadelphia Museum of Art, Pennsylvania, United States 2015–2016

Racism: The Invention of Human Races • German Hygiene Museum, Dresden, Germany 2017–2019

What is Radical Today? • Royal Academy of Arts, London, United Kingdom 2019

Essay: Spaces of Translation: Installation and Exhibition Design of Francis Kéré