William McDonough was mentioned in this Huffington Post article this week: by: Alexander Collot d’Escury Design and innovation are at the heart of the circular economy – a restorative approach to economic activity that could transform our future. Instead of continuing with the linear model – shaped by the industrial revolution of the nineteenth century – in […]
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This spring, William McDonough will be attending the Global Institute of Sustainability (GIOS) conference in the Netherlands as a member of the ASU Board of Directors for Sustainability. The conference will focus on challenges of sustainable-urbanization, and rally ideas for resolutions. The Arizona State University Global Sustainability Solutions Center at Haarlemmermeer first announced its partnership back in September. The partnership […]
By Nikki Gloudeman Published February 07, 2014 on Greenbiz.com “Why make something you can’t sell?” This is the question William McDonough posited about waste during the 2014 Executive Sustainability Forum webcast, hosted on GreenBiz and presented Jan. 30 by Waste Management. Traditionally, businesses have strived to reduce or eliminate the waste they produce. But McDonough, influential designer, architect, entrepreneur and co-author […]
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Kilroy Realty Corporation announced the signing of a 12-year lease with Dropbox, a cloud storage and file-syncing company, for the 333 Brannan Street office property, designed by William McDonough. Located in San Francisco’s historic South of Market district, the 182,200 square foot property is currently in its second month of construction. The 333 Brannan Street property […]
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On January 8, 2014, William McDonough joined a panel at the United Nations for the 6th Meeting, Seventh Session of the General Assembly Open Working Group on Sustainable Development Goals. McDonough is the first of 3 panellists, opening the session at 0:03:00. He contributes to the discussion throughout, with closing remarks at 1:35:40. Watch the United Nations webcast here. The […]
Milan, January 8th 2014 – Hines Italia SGR, a leader in the management of Italian and international real estate funds, announced today that Google has signed a 5,000-square-meter (53,800-square-foot) lease for its Italian offices at Porta Nuova, the Hines mixed-use development in Milan. Google will consolidate its Italian operation in the Porta Nuova Isola building, […]
