{"id":147735,"date":"2025-10-27T12:05:12","date_gmt":"2025-10-27T12:05:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/147735\/"},"modified":"2025-10-27T12:05:12","modified_gmt":"2025-10-27T12:05:12","slug":"kere-architecture-football-kit-named-best-jersey-design","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/147735\/","title":{"rendered":"K\u00e9r\u00e9 Architecture football kit named &#8220;Best Jersey Design&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Germany-based studio <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dezeen.com\/tag\/diebedo-francis-kere\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">K\u00e9r\u00e9 Architecture<\/a> has designed its own <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dezeen.com\/tag\/football-kits\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">football kit<\/a> for its team to wear in Berlin&#8217;s architecture football championship.<\/p>\n<p>The shirts, which won a tournament award for Best Jersey Design, were designed by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kerearchitecture.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">K\u00e9r\u00e9 Architecture<\/a> architect Ho-Jae Lee following a competition at the studio.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2262140 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/kere-architecture-football-kit_dezeen_2364_col_9-852x1035.jpg\" alt=\"K\u00e9r\u00e9 Architecture football kit\" width=\"1945\" height=\"2364\"  \/>K\u00e9r\u00e9 Architecture has designed its own football kit<\/p>\n<p>Lee&#8217;s design was directly informed by studio founder Di\u00e9b\u00e9do Francis K\u00e9r\u00e9&#8217;s design for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dezeen.com\/2019\/04\/15\/diebedo-francis-kere-installations-coachella-2019\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sarbal\u00e9 Ke installation<\/a>, which formed part of Coachella 2019.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The jersey design emerged from an internal competition at K\u00e9r\u00e9 Architecture, won by architect Ho-Jae Lee \u2013 demonstrating how ideas from architectural projects can translate into unexpected contexts, from large-scale installations to sportswear,&#8221; said the studio.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2262132 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/kere-architecture-football-kit_dezeen_2364_col_1-852x568.jpg\" alt=\"K\u00e9r\u00e9 Architecture football kit\" width=\"2364\" height=\"1576\"  \/>The kit was informed by the Sarbal\u00e9 Ke installation<\/p>\n<p>The yellow and dark blue shirt incorporates the characteristic triangular geometry that decorated the installation.<\/p>\n<p>The triangles are a recurring motif in the studio&#8217;s work, featuring on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dezeen.com\/2017\/06\/20\/serpentine-gallery-pavilion-diebedo-francis-kere-architecture-london-uk\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Serpentine Pavilion in London<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dezeen.com\/2025\/05\/20\/thomas-sankara-mausoleum-burkina-faso-kere-architecture\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Thomas Sankara Memorial in Burkina Faso<\/a> and the proposed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dezeen.com\/2024\/09\/05\/francis-keres-las-vegas-museum-of-art-wins-approval\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Las Vegas Museum of Art<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2262144 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/kere-architecture-football-kit_dezeen_2364_sq_0-852x852.jpg\" alt=\"Yellow and blue football kit\" width=\"1576\" height=\"1576\"  \/>The kit was the winner of a competition at the studio<\/p>\n<p>The pattern wraps around the entire shirt, with the word K\u00e9r\u00e9 printed on the back above the numbers. The kit was complete with simple white shorts with a blue and yellow side stripe.<\/p>\n<p>An alternative blue and maroon version of the strip was used as a goalkeeper kit.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dezeen.com\/2019\/04\/15\/diebedo-francis-kere-installations-coachella-2019\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"191\" height=\"191\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/sarbale-ke-francis-kere-coachella-2019-installations-artworks_dezeen_sq-191x191.jpg\" class=\"excludeLightbox wp-post-image\" alt=\"Sarbal\u00e9 ke by Francis K\u00e9r\u00e9\" decoding=\"async\" data-pin-nopin=\"true\"  \/><\/p>\n<p> Di\u00e9b\u00e9do Francis K\u00e9r\u00e9&#8217;s colourful towers among installations and artworks at Coachella 2019\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>K\u00e9r\u00e9 Architecture unveiled the kit at Berlin&#8217;s ABC Cup architecture football championship earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p>The studio&#8217;s kit was named the best in the tournament, which featured teams from 13 other Berlin-based studios, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dezeen.com\/tag\/gmp-architekten\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">GMP<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dezeen.com\/tag\/sauerbruch-hutton\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sauerbruch Hutton<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dezeen.com\/tag\/david-chipperfield\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">David Chipperfield Architects<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dezeen.com\/tag\/max-dudler\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Max Dudler<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2262141 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/kere-architecture-football-kit_dezeen_2364_col_10-852x1142.jpg\" alt=\"K\u00e9r\u00e9 Architecture football kit\" width=\"1763\" height=\"2364\"  \/>It has yellow and blue triangles<\/p>\n<p>K\u00e9r\u00e9 Architecture was founded in 2005 by K\u00e9r\u00e9, who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dezeen.com\/2022\/03\/15\/diebedo-francis-kere-pritzker-architecture-prize\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">was named the winner of the Pritzker Architecture Prize in 2022<\/a> and in 2023 was listed among <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dezeen.com\/2023\/12\/04\/time100-climate-listfrancis-kere-mina-hasman\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Time&#8217;s 100 most influential climate leaders<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Recent projects by the studio include <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dezeen.com\/2022\/11\/27\/kere-architecture-kamwokya-community-centre-uganda\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">a community centre in Uganda<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dezeen.com\/2021\/06\/30\/startup-lions-campus-kere-architecture-kenya\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">a Kenyan education campus informed by termite mounds<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Germany-based studio K\u00e9r\u00e9 Architecture has designed its own football kit for its team to wear in Berlin&#8217;s 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