William McDonough
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| William McDonough | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Name | William McDonough |
| Nationality | United States |
| Birth date | February 21, 1951 |
| Birth place | Tokyo, Japan |
| Work | |
| Practice name | William McDonough + Partners |
| Significant buildings | Ford Motor Company's River Rouge Plant |
| Awards and prizes | Presidential Award for Sustainable Development, National Design Award, Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award |
William Andrews McDonough is an American architect and founding principal of William McDonough + Partners, whose career is focused on designing environmentally sustainable buildings and transforming industrial manufacturing processes.
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[edit] Biography
McDonough was born in Tokyo, the son of an American Seagram's executive, and trained at Dartmouth College and Yale University.[1] In 1981 McDonough founded his practice,[2] and his first major commission was the 1984 Environmental Defense Fund Headquarters.[citation needed] The EDF's requirement of good indoor air quality in the structure exposed McDonough to the need for sustainable development.[3]
McDonough's practice is located in Charlottesville, Virginia, with a small office in San Francisco, California.[4] McDonough moved his practice from New York City to Charlottesville in 1994, when he was appointed as the Dean of the School of Architecture at the University of Virginia.[5] He relinquished this position in 1999 to focus on expanding his professional practice.[citation needed]
A number of large corporate projects for The Gap, Nike, and Herman Miller,[6] which focused on both a financial and environmental standpoint, led to his commission for a twenty-year, US$2 billion environmental re-engineering of the Ford Motor Company's legendary River Rouge Plant in Dearborn, Michigan. The project included rolling out the world's largest extensive "living roof" in October 2002. The roof of the 1.1 million square foot (100,000 m²) Dearborn truck assembly plant was covered with more than 10 acres (40,000 m²) of sedum, a low-growing ground cover.[7]
In 1996 McDonough became the first and only individual recipient of the Presidential Award for Sustainable Development.[8] In 1999 Time called him "Hero for the Planet".[9] In 2002 he wrote (with Michael Braungart) Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things. In 2004 he received a National Design Award for environmental design from the Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum.[10]
McDonough is also a Senior Advisor and Venture Partner at VantagePoint Venture Partners,[11] one of the largest venture capital investors in clean technology.[citation needed]
[edit] Architectural works
[edit] Published works
- Braungart, Michael; & McDonough, William (2002). Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things. North Point Press. ISBN 0-86547-587-3.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Sacks, Danielle. "Green Guru Gone Wrong: William McDondough". Fast Company (Mansueto Ventures LLC). http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/130/the-mortal-messiah.html.
- ^ "William McDonough: The 'Utopian' Architect". National Press Club (National Public Radio). 2002-04-24. http://www.npr.org/programs/npc/2002/020424.wmcdonough.html. "Founded in 1981, the team of some 40 architects practices ecologically, socially and economically "intelligent" architecture and planning in the United States and abroad."
- ^ Shulman (2001-08-01). "Think Green". Metropolis Magazine. http://www.metropolismag.com/html/content_0801/mcd/. "But the project had a catch: the EDF told McDonough it would sue him if any of its employees took sick due to poor air quality or noxious substances in the construction. When McDonough asked his suppliers if they could provide him with a list of chemicals contained in their products, he was told it was proprietary information."
- ^ "Firm Profile". William McDonough + Partners. http://www.mcdonoughpartners.com/firm_profile.shtm. "We serve clients worldwide from our studios in Charlottesville, Virginia and San Francisco, California."
- ^ Hales, Linda (2005-08-27). "An Environmental Problem Slipping Through the Quacks". Washington Post (The Washington Post Company). http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/08/26/AR2005082601888.html. "In 1994 he moved the firm, William McDonough + Partners, to Charlottesville to become dean of architecture at the University of Virginia."
- ^ "Client List". William McDonough + Partners. http://www.mcdonoughpartners.com/client_list.shtm.
- ^ Hammonds, Don (2004-11-12). "Greener, literally: Ford's better ideas for newest plant include grass-covered roof, pollution-eating plants". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (PG Publishing Co., Inc.). http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/04317/410625.stm.
- ^ "William McDonough: The Original Green Man". Business Week. 2007-03-27. http://www.businessweek.com/innovate/content/mar2007/id20070327_813651.htm?chan=top+news_top+news+index_innovation+%2Bamp%3B+design.
- ^ Rosenblatt, Roger (1999-02-15). "The Man Who Wants Buildings to Love Kids". Time Magazine. http://www.time.com/time/reports/environment/heroes/heroesgallery/0,2967,mcdonough,00.html.
- ^ McGregor, Jena (2006-06-12). "William McDonough: Design For Living". http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/06_24/b3988037.htm. "...who won the National Design Award in 2004 from the Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum of the Smithsonian Institution..."
- ^ "William McDonough". http://www.vpvp.com/william_mcdonough.
[edit] External links
- William McDonough, 2004, “21st Century Design” (accessed March 26, 2008)
- Balancing Economy, Equity, and Ecology Through Design - a speech given on Oct. 15, 2008 for Stanford's Entrepreneurship Corner, with both audio & video
- Waste = Food Documentary - A documentary on the Cradle to Cradle design concept of Michael Braungart and William McDonough.
- Fast Company: This 'Green Dean' Has a Blueprint for Sustainability
- The Next Industrial Revolution, a Documentary film about William McDonough and Michael Braungart
- Video of speech given at Bioneers 2000 conference
- TED Talks: William McDonough on cradle to cradle design at TED in 2005
- Speech given at the Center for Social Innovation at Stanford in Feb. 2003
- "Buildings Like Trees, Factories Like Forests", 2003 interview of McMcDonough in the Princeton Independent
