William McDonough's Key Accomplishments Include . . .
William
McDonough is an internationally renowned designer and one
of the primary proponents and shapers of what he and his partners
call "The Next Industrial Revolution."
Mr. McDonough is the founding principal of William McDonough
+ Partners, Architecture and Community Design, an internationally
recognized design firm practicing ecologically, socially,
and economically intelligent architecture and planning in
the U.S. and abroad. William McDonough + Partners has been
a leader in the sustainable development movement since 1977.
The design of the Environmental Defense Fund offices, completed
in 1985, helped launch the 'green building' movement. Recent
award-winning projects for Gap Inc., Nike, Herman Miller,
and Oberlin College have set new standards for design quality,
environmental sensitivity, and functional effectiveness. WM+P
is the only firm to win Business Week/Architectural Record
"Good Design is Good Business" awards for large
commercial projects the first two years of the new awards
program (1997 and 1998).
He is also the cofounder and principal, with German chemist
Michael Braungart, of McDonough Braungart Design Chemistry,
LLC, a product and systems development firm assisting client
companies in implementing their unique sustaining design
protocol. McDonough
Braungart Design Chemistry works with client companies whose
annual revenues exceed a trillion dollars. The firm assists
clients in profitably implementing its scientifically-based
design protocols, the McDonough Braungart Index of Sustainability.
Current MBDC projects include designing shoes with Nike,
furniture with Herman Miller, fabrics with Milliken, and
transportation-related products with Ford Motor Company.
In addition to this, Mr. McDonough stepped down in 1999
as the Dean of the School of Architecture at the University
of Virginia, where he was also the Edward E. Elson Professor
of Architecture. Mr. McDonough currently serves as the A.
D. White Professor-at-Large at Cornell University, Alumni
Research Professor at the University of Virginia's Darden
Graduate School of Business Administration, and professor
of Architecture at the University of Virginia.
Time
magazine recognized him as a 'Hero for the Planet' (2/22/99).
His ideas and efforts were also honored when, in 1996, he
became the only individual to receive the Presidential Award
for Sustainable Development, the nation's highest environmental
honor, presented by President Clinton in a White House ceremony.
More About William McDonough . . .
William McDonough is acclaimed for his creative
and effective building designs; he is also recognized as
the world leader in the field of ecologically intelligent
architecture. Mr. McDonough believes firmly in minimizing
human impact on the environment by modeling design on the
elegance and efficiency of natural systems. Through this
approach, he has produced numerous environmentally friendly,
economically responsible buildings for corporate, commercial,
institutional, and residential clients.
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