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 is founder and principal of two design firms. William
McDonough + Partners, Architecture and Community Design, has
created numerous landmarks of the sustainability movement since
1981, designing homes, offices, corporate campuses, academic
buildings, communities, and cities. McDonough Braungart Design
Chemistry (MBDC) employs a comprehensive Cradle to Cradle design protocol to chemical benchmarking, supply-chain integration,
energy and materials assessment, clean-production qualification,
and sustainability issue management and optimization.