{"product_id":"francis-kere-building-stories","title":"Francis Kéré. Building Stories","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"product-detail-information__description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eExperience\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003ePritzker Prize winner\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca class=\"keyword-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.taschen.com\/en\/collection\/francis-kere\/\" data-uw-rm-brl=\"PR\" data-uw-original-href=\"\/en\/collection\/francis-kere\/\"\u003eFrancis Kéré\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e’s first-hand perspective on his creative world. A rich selection of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eunseen sketches, photos, and architectural drawings\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eaccompanies original stories of 26 projects, from the Primary School in Gando, Burkina Faso, to the Las Vegas Art Museum,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003erevealing his experimental, communal, and inventive approach\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFeatured works include his \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eSerpentine Gallery Pavilion, the Gando school projects, national assembly designs for Burkina Faso and Benin, the Thomas Sankara Memorial, and the recently revealed Las Vegas Museum of Art\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. Kéré’s own voice moves effortlessly between poetry and pragmatism. From the technicalities of cutting bricks on site to the political and environmental forces shaping his designs, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003ehe delights in both hands-on craft and big thinking\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. One chapter subtitle—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eHow to funnel imagination into the grid of rules (without preventing it from flying)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e—says it all.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-detail-information__edition-and-specs\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"product-detail-information__book-details\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSoftcover, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-testid=\"book-details--dimensions\"\u003e7.5\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ex\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e10.0\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ein., \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-testid=\"book-details--weight\"\u003e2.59 lb, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e444 pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Taschen","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43154970804322,"sku":null,"price":100.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0866\/5580\/files\/01_96c47e39-08d3-4688-9b1e-fd609aaa6507.jpg?v=1785178984","url":"https:\/\/actualsource.org\/products\/francis-kere-building-stories","provider":"Actual Source","version":"1.0","type":"link"}