WM+P executes a diverse array of international projects from our design studio in Charlottesville, Virginia.
Founded by William McDonough in New York in 1981, the practice relocated to Charlottesville, Virginia in 1994, when McDonough became Dean of the School of Architecture at the University of Virginia. The firm’s architects collaborate closely with McDonough to bring his design concepts that consider the long-term consequences of design into reality.
Through William McDonough’s visionary leadership, WM+P have been at the forefront of the “green” architecture and Circular Economy movements for more than 30 years, creating pioneering architecture and many recognized flagships of sustainable design:
McDonough designs the first “green office” in New York for the Environmental Defense Fund
The Wall Street Journal features McDonough’s Warsaw Tower design on the front page. McDonough’s radical idea at the time was to plant 10-square-miles of trees to compensate for the building’s carbon footprint.
The Hannover Principles were commissioned of WM+P by the City of Hannover, Germany to guide the design of the 2000 World’s Fair.
William McDonough was chosen to represent the architecture community at the Earth Summit in Brazil
William McDonough
William McDonough FAIA, Int. FRIBA
Founder, Partner
William McDonough is a globally recognized leader in sustainable development and is the founding principle of the firm. In 1996, McDonough received the Presidential Award for Sustainable Development, and in 2003 he earned the first U.S. EPA Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award for his work with Shaw Industries. In 2004, he received the National Design Award for exemplary achievement in the field of environmental design. He is currently serving on the World Economic Forum’s Global Future Council on the Future of Environment and Natural Resource Security. Read William McDonough’s complete biography here.
Our Sister Companies
William McDonough + Partners collaborate with sister companies McDonough Innovation and MBDC to provide clients with holistic solutions — including design, product and material procurement, and high-level advising.
Through McDonough Innovation, William McDonough provides targeted ideas, product concepts and solutions to a wide range of sustainable growth issues faced by governments, companies and NGOs. Through collaboration with WM+P, his values-driven approach helps nations and companies embed sustainable growth principles into their culture and to advance progress toward their positive vision.
MBDC are the creators and foremost implementers of the Cradle to Cradle Certified® Products Program, the world’s most advanced, science-based standard for designing and making products for the Circular Economy. MBDC collaborates with WM+P on matters related to the human and ecological health of building products, including the integration of Cradle to Cradle Certified materials.
Select Clients
Annenberg Foundation
American University
Bosch Siemens
Catalina Island Conservancy
Cherokee Investment Partners
China U.S. Center for Sustainable Development
City of Chicago
City of San Francisco
Delta Development Group
Equity Office Properties
Ferrer Grupo
FifPro
Ford Motor Company
Fox Vakanties
Frito-Lay
Gap Inc.
Gazeley Properties UK
GE Ecomagination
General Services Administration (U.S.)
Georgetown University
Google
Heinz Family Foundation
Herman Miller
Hero MotorCorp
Hines
IBM
Johnson Family Foundation
Kilroy Realty Corp.
Madison Partners & Novita Capital
Method
Municipality Almere, The Netherlands
NASA
Nike
Oberlin College
Palm Inc.
Poly / Plantronics
Procter & Gamble
Prado Group
Projectbureau Ijburg
Recology
SABIC
Starbucks
U.S. Department of Defense
Universidad EAN
University of California, Davis
University of California, San Francisco
University of Michigan
VMware Corporation
Walmart
Wells Fargo
Whole Foods Market
Woods Hole Research Center
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