William McDonough (architect)
William Andrews McDonough (* 1951 in Tokyo , Japan ) is an American architect, designer and author who is known for his commitment to sustainable development and the cradle-to-cradle concept.
McDonough has received three Presidential Awards , the Presidential Award for Sustainable Development (1996), the National Design Award (2004) and the Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award (2003). Together with Michael Braungart , he published the book Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things in 2002 , in which he calls for a radical rethinking of the manufacturing process of products - the reorientation from eco-efficiency to eco-effectiveness . In 1992 both authors published the Hanover Principles , the ecological principles for the EXPO 2000 in Hanover. In addition, McDonough founded the architecture firm William McDonough + Partners , is the head of the development company McDonough Braungart Design Chemistry and u. a. worked as a consulting professor for civil and environmental engineering at Stanford University and sits on the Leadership Council of Yale University .
In 1999 Time Magazine rated him as "Hero for the Planet".
In 2013, his second book, Intelligente Abfall - The Upcycle: On the way to a new affluent society , was published, in which he and Braungart evaluate the results of the cradle-to-crade concept and ways to continuously improve the economy towards real sustainability (“ Upcycling ").
Web links
- mcdonough.com : McDonough's website
Individual evidence
- ^ William McDonough & Michael Braungart (2002): Cradle to Cradle . (Summary of the book) ( Memento from February 22, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | McDonough, William |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | McDonough, William A. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American architect, designer and author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1951 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tokyo , Japan |