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The Most Influential Green Architect in the World

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.’ In 2007, he was elected an International Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects and is part of the Management Committee of HRH The Prince of Wales’s Business & The Environment Programme at Cambridge University.

Mr. McDonough works with corporations to redesign buildings, processes and products to work according to nature’s rules

[expand title=”In detail”] Mr. McDonough’s serves as U.S. Chairman and member of the Board of Councillors of the China-U.S. Center for Sustainable Development. 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. He designed the city-sized Ford plant in Dearborn, Michigan, where he installed the world’s largest green roof, saving the company millions a year in utility costs alone. He is also the master planner behind seven new, entirely green cities in China. In his practical-minded, nature-inspired projects he employs sustainable principles that are both beautiful and cost-effective; principles that have caught on worldwide.[/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]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’. [/expand]

[expand title=”How he presents”]In his fascinating talks, delivered with eloquence and a very dry sense of humour, McDonough draws on his stunning body of work to provide you with strategies toward absolute sustainability in all industries. He also explains his influential cradle to cradle design process, in which products can be used, recycled, and used again without losing any material quality.[/expand]

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Topics

The Next Industrial Revolution

Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things

Sustainable Development Architecture

Uncovering Value: The Links Between Environmental and Financial Performance

Redesigning Real estate: Building for Sustainable Prosperity

Recognition and Awards

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 2007.

In 1996, Mr. McDonough received the Presidential Award for Sustainable Development, the nation’s highest environmental honour

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.

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