Francis Kéré in conversation with Giulia Ricci

The internationally acclaimed architect Francis Kéré garnered critical praise from the beginning of his architectural practice when awarded the prestigious Aga Khan Award for Architecture (2004) for his first ever building - a primary school he designed, raised the funds for and realised in collaboration with the residents of his native Gando, Burkina Faso. In 2022, he became the first African architect to receive the Pritzker Architecture Prize. 

Giulia Ricci is a professional journalist. She has been part of the Domus editorial team since 2018. She worked first at domusweb.it, then at the historical magazine founded by Gio Ponti, collaborating with guest editors such as Michele De Lucchi, Winy Maas, David Chipperfield, Tadao Ando, Jean Nouvel, Steven Holl, Toshiko Mori, and now Norman Foster.