William McDonough
To quote from his biography, ?William McDonough is a world-renowned architect and designer and winner of three U.S. Presidential awards: the Presidential Award for Sustainable Development (1996), the National Design Award (2004); and the Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award (2003).Time magazine recognized him as a 'Hero for the Planet' in 1999, stating that ?his utopianism is grounded in a unified philosophy that ? in demonstrable and practical ways ? is changing the design of the world.?
Mr. McDonough has been a leader in the sustainable development movement since its inception. He was commissioned in 1991 by the City of Hannover to write The Hannover Principles: Design for Sustainability, the official design guidelines for the 2000 World's Fair, which the City presented to the 1992 U.N. Earth Summit in Brazil. He and German chemist Dr. Michael Braungart co-authored Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things (North Point Press, 2002), which has now been published in German, Italian, Spanish, Chinese, and Korean translations.
Bill McDonough has worked in the area of sustainable design since his undergraduate days, at times when it was not widely recognized, before the days of Al Gore?s global warming presentations. His work exerts a wide influence, now affecting governments and companies around the world. This event is primarily sponsored by the School of Architecture and his presence on campus will form part of a charette on sustainable design for the campus.