In 2004 the school won a prestigious Aga Khan Award for Architecture for its "utterly appropriate" design – launching Kéré's career just as he completed his degree. The Gando Primary School ...

By building Gando Primary School, Kéré made it possible for any ... delve deeper into the major stories shaping architecture and design. News about our Dezeen Awards China programme, including ...

The first building he designed was the Gando Primary School. He later added teachers' housing and a library, and the student body has grown to some 700 students. Kere went on to design schools ...

Text description provided by the architects. The library will be finished in 2012and completes the school extension in Gando. This library represents for us an important accomplishment since it ...

Kéré achieved just that, becoming an architect and completing his first building, Gando Primary School, in 2001 ... shrubs and native grasses in his design, offering shade and protecting ...

In fact, his design for a primary school in Gando was part of his studies. Recalling the sweltering concrete boxes he studied in as a boy in Tenkodogo, he was determined to devise a building and ...