Winner of Pritzker, Architect Talks About Inspirations for the Library of Knowledge in Rio: 'Let's Represent the Peoples Who Formed Brazil'

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The architect Diébédo Francis Kéré says that until today he can't believe everything that happened to him. I'm a lucky guy. I left a small village in Africa, I had access to education and now I'm here, building a cultural equipment in the land of Oscar Niemeyer. Winner, in 2022, of the Pritzker Prize of Architecture, the most prestigious of the profession, Kéré was in Rio in May to start the technical work of the Library of Knowledge, public bui…