William Andrews McDonough is an American architect and founding principal of William McDonough + Partners, and co-founder of McDonough Braungart Design Chemistry (MBDC) with German chemist Michael Braungart. McDonough's career is focused on designing environmentally sustainable buildings and transforming industrial manufacturing processes.
McDonough was born in Tokyo, the son of an American Seagram's executive, and trained at Dartmouth College an...
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William Andrews McDonough is an American architect and founding principal of William McDonough + Partners, and co-founder of McDonough Braungart Design Chemistry (MBDC) with German chemist Michael Braungart. McDonough's career is focused on designing environmentally sustainable buildings and transforming industrial manufacturing processes.
McDonough was born in Tokyo, the son of an American Seagram's executive, and trained at Dartmouth College and Yale University. In 1981 McDonough founded his architectural practice, and his first major commission was the 1984 Environmental Defense Fund Headquarters. The EDF's requirement of good indoor air quality in the structure exposed McDonough to the need for sustainable development.
McDonough's practice is located in Charlottesville, Virginia, with a small office in San Francisco, California and Amsterdam, the Netherlands. McDonough moved his practice from New York City to Charlottesville in 1994, when he was appointed as the Dean of the School...
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