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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.' Time
magazine recognized him in 1999 as a 'Hero for the
Planet', stating that "his utopianism is grounded in
a unified philosophy that-in demonstrable and practical ways-is
changing the design of the world." Time Magazine again
recognized Mr. McDonough and Michael Braungart as "Heroes
of the Environment" in October 2007. In 1996, Mr.
McDonough received the Presidential Award for Sustainable
Development, the nation's highest environmental honor; and
in 2003 earned the U.S. EPA Presidential Green Chemistry
Challenge Award. In 2004 he received the National Design Award
for exemplary achievement in the field of environmental design.
In October 2007, Mr. McDonough was elected an International
Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects.
Mr. McDonough is the founding principal of William McDonough +
Partners, an internationally recognized design firm practicing
ecologically, socially, and economically intelligent
architecture and planning in the U.S. and abroad. He is also
principal of MBDC, a product and systems development firm
assisting prominent client companies in designing profitable and
environmentally intelligent solutions. Mr. McDonough is a
Venture Partner at VantagePoint Venture Partners in San Bruno,
California. Mr. McDonough is Consulting Professor of Civil and
Environmental Engineering at Stanford University. As of January
2010 Mr. McDonough transitioned from U.S. Chairman and member of
the Board of Councilors of the China-U.S. Center for Sustainable
Development, a position he has held since 2001, to Chairman
Emeritus of the U.S. Board of Councilors. He is on the Advisory
Board of the University of Cambridge Programme for
Sustainability Leadership. From 1994-1999, Mr. McDonough was the
Edward E. Elson Professor of Architecture and Dean of the School
of Architecture at the University of Virginia.
Mr. McDonough's leadership in sustainable development is
recognized widely, both in the U.S. and internationally, and he has
written and lectured extensively on his design philosophy and
practice. He was commissioned in 1991 to write The
Hannover Principles: Design for Sustainability as guidelines for
the City of Hannover's EXPO 2000, and in 1993 to give the
Centennial Sermon at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New
York City. More recently, Mr. McDonough and Michael Braungart
co-authored Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things,
published in 2002 by North Point Press.
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