“I still cannot believe it!” said the newest Pritzker Architecture Prize winner, Diébédo Francis Kéré, who had already received numerous accolades in his field, including the Aga Khan Award and the Thomas Jefferson medal. But he was still as surprised as anyone else to be selected for the field’s most famous prize.

Most of the architects and critics had openly supposed that 2022 would be Sir David Adjaye’s year, who is best known for designing such notable buildings as the Nobel Peace Center in Oslo, Norway, and the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, DC. Kéré, who is based in Berlin but centers much of his practice in Africa, has been far lesser known, with signature buildings that include primary schools and a health care clinic.

Kéré said his architectural practice was inspired by his own experience attending school with around 100 other children in a region where temperatures were regularly higher than 38℃.

“It’s very hot inside and there was no light, while outside, the sunlight was abundant. So I dreamed of making it better one day,” he said.

When he was twenty, in 1985, Kéré earned a scholarship to study carpentry (木工) in Berlin. While studying roofing and furniture making, he also attended night school and was admitted to Technische Universität Berlin, from which he graduated in 2004 with an advanced degree in architecture. He was still a student when he designed and built the Gando Primary School. The recognition it earned helped Kéré open his own office in Berlin.

In his designs for Gando Primary School and Naaba Belem Goumma Secondary School in Burkina Faso, Kéré drew on traditional building materials such as local clay mixed with concrete, and emphasized shade and shadows with well-aired spaces that reduce the need for air conditioning.

【小题1】What does the word “accolades” underlined in paragraph 1 mean?

A．Prizes.

B．Projects.

C．Experts.

D．Scholarships.

【小题2】Which word best describes most of the architects’ and critics’ reaction?

A．Disapproving.

B．Unconcerned.

C．Overjoyed.

D．Surprised.

【小题3】What can we learn from paragraph 5?

A．Kéré got a scholarship from Technische Universität Berlin.

B．Kéré studied roofing and furniture making at a night school.

C．Kéré was recognized in his field when he was still a student.

D．Kéré was inspired by his own experience at Gando Primary School.

【小题4】The buildings of Naaba Belem Goumma Secondary School are ________.

A．hot and dark inside	B．environmentally friendly
C．built with high-tech materials	D．designed by Sir David Adjaye