Diébédo Francis Kéré wins architecture’s top award
This years Pritzker Prize has been awarded to Burkino Faso-born architect, Diébédo Francis Kéré. Diébédo is the first African to win the 'Nobel Prize of architecture' prize. He scooped the prize for his highly regarded work on permanent and temporary structures in not only Burkino Faso but also...
In Pictures: Hastings Pier wins the 2017 RIBA Stirling Prize
'The Plank' (aka Hastings Pier, the start wooden pier created by de Rijke Marsh Morgan) has won this year's RIBA Stirling Prize The pier uses timber reclaimed from previous fires and has been praised for changing ‘the idea of what architecture is’ It took seven years to...