![]() Oh, and he’s designing seven entirely new and entirely green cities in China.īottom-line economic benefits are another specialty of McDonough’s practice. He is building the future of design on the site of the future of exploration: the NASA Sustainability Base. He has created buildings that produce more energy and clean water than they use. ![]() ![]() In a 20-year project, he is redesigning Ford’s city-sized River Rouge truck plant and turning it into the Rust Belt’s eco-poster child, with the world’s largest “living roof” for reclaiming storm runoff. The green-minded architect and designer asks what our buildings and products would look like if designers took into account “all children, all species, for all time.” Why you should listenĪrchitect William McDonough practices green architecture on a massive scale. He champions “cradle to cradle” design, which considers a product’s full life cycle - from creation with sustainable materials to a recycled afterlife. ![]() Architect William McDonough believes green design can prevent environmental disaster and drive economic growth. ![]()
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