William McDonough | |
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Nationality | American |
Education | Dartmouth College (BA) Yale University |
Occupation | Architect |
Awards | Presidential Award for Sustainable Development, National Design Award, Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award |
Practice | McDonough Innovation, William McDonough + Partners, McDonough Braungart Design Chemistry |
Buildings | NASA Sustainability Base, 901 Cherry (for Gap Inc., now home to YouTube), Adam Joseph Lewis Center at Oberlin College, Ford Motor Company's River Rouge Plant |
Website | mcdonough |
William Andrews McDonough (born February 20, 1951) is an American architect and academic.[1][2][3] McDonough is the founding principal of William McDonough + Partners and was the dean of the School of Architecture at the University of Virginia.[4][5][6] He works in green and sustainable architecture, often incorporating his theory of cradle-to-cradle design.
William (Bill) McDonough is perhaps best known for redesigning Ford Motor's River Rouge plant with a vast green grass roof.
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