Next up in our 21st-Century Architecture: 25 Years 25 Buildings series, we spotlight architect Diébédo Francis Kéré's Gando Primary School in Burkina Faso – the "perfect learning environment".

Many more were to follow. Francis Kéré follows a holistic approach to architecture, which is both futurist and traditional. “Informed by tradition, we explore new forms of building whose foundations ...

Unlike traditional school buildings which used concrete ... remember that it is also a nation of exceptional men like Francis Kere,” said Dr Ra-Sablga Seydou Ouedraogo, of the Burkinabè ...