On 15 March, at 2200 hours in Beijing, the Plizk Architectural Award announced the winner of the Plizek Award for 2022: Duébédo Francis Kéré, architect from Africa. This was the first time since the Plizk Award was created in 1979, for African architects. This marks a refocusing of the awards on previously marginalized construction practices, which perhaps implies a major shift in Western construction itself. Débédo Francis Kere@Lars Borges Duébédo Francis Kere, a architect, an educator and a...
