Kéré Architecture Completes the Goethe-Institut Dakar | Architectural Record

Established in 1951, the Munich-headquartered cultural nonprofit Goethe-Institut houses its many worldwide locations in a dizzying array of significant buildings: a magnificent art nouveau former bank in Prague; a historic shopping arcade in Riga, Latvia; and a restored 18th-century Georgian residence on Dublin’s Merrion Square, just to name a select few. Yet the organization has never occupied a purpose-built space throughout its entire 75-year history—until this month’s opening of the new Goethe-Institut Dakar, designed by Berlin-based Kéré Architecture. Located in a leafy residential pocket of the Senegalese capital, the Goethe-Institut’s newest outpost dedicated to facilitating international cultural exchange joins more than 150 other locations spread across 100 countries on six continents. Dakar joins African cities with Goethe-Institut locations including Johannesburg, Cairo, and Accra, Ghana.

Source: Kéré Architecture Completes the Goethe-Institut Dakar | Architectural Record