By William McDonough and Coert Zachariasse Published in Newsweek, June 5, 2014 In 2004, American architect and sustainability pioneer William McDonough met the Dutch developer Coert Zachariasse of Delta Development. Together, they brought forth Park 20|20, the first Cradle to Cradle®-inspired development in the world, located outside of Amsterdam. Cradle to Cradle posits that mankind can have a positive, restorative, beneficial […]

By Sumit Singhal Published on AECCafe, May 13, 2014 B/S/H/ Inspiration House, Park 20|20 in Hoofddorp, The Netherlands by William McDonough + Partners Bosch Siemens Hausgeräte (B/S/H/) is home to five of the top brands in household appliances – Bosch, Siemens, Gaggenau, Neff and Constructa – in the first building completed at Park 20|20. Designed as a […]

By George Calys Published in The Architect’s Newspaper, May 9, 2014 William McDonough & Partners designs a green home for Dropbox. COURTESY WILLIAM McDONOUGH + PARTNERS 333 Brannan Street Architect: William McDonough & Partners Client: Dropbox Location: San Francisco Completion: Summer 2015 Leading green architecture firm William McDonough & Partners has designed an ultra-sustainable office building for cloud storage company […]

By Lucy Scott Published May 5, 2014 in Urban Land Magazine When Coert Zachariasse made the switch from accountancy to real estate, it was because he wanted to be in an industry that was “bang in the center” of business. “The job was about looking in the rearview mirror, talking to clients about what happened last […]

By Joel Makower Published May 05, 2014 on GreenBiz.com The latest installment in a regular series of conversations with William McDonough (@billmcdonough), designer, architect, author and entrepreneur. View previous columns here. Joel Makower: You’ve been talking lately about the fact nature needs humans as much as humans need nature. That’s the opposite of what some conservation groups are talking about — […]

The Netherlands offers inspiration for designers looking to create environments that harvest water, energy and nutrients by William McDonough Published April 23, 2014 in the Guardian Urban farms are transforming inner city spaces – rooftops, infrastructure, streetscapes, building skin – into generative ecologies that support the lives of people, and pollinators too. They are bringing into […]

By Nicole Anderson April 18, 2014 in GreenSource While most 19th century manufacturing hubs were known for their poor working conditions, the Pullman District on Chicago’s South Side was the country’s first model industrial town designed to provide a safer and healthier environment for the Pullman sleeping company’s workers. Over a century later, Method, the green cleaning […]

After the success of Bornholm Island Science Park and Green Solution House Conference Center, William McDonough + Partners and 3XN teamed up again for a three-day workshop event in March. Held in Ronneby, Sweden the teams were invited to collectively brainstorm ideas for the new centrally located urban area, known as the Kilen project.  The other […]

Plant Models a Clean Industrial Revolution in Chicago’s South Side Chicago, IL – March 4, 2014 –Environmentally conscious cleaning products company Method is presenting the details of its new state-of-the-art production facility in Chicago’s historic Pullman community. The design, from William McDonough’s design firm, William McDonough + Partners, is unveiled today at an event in Chicago […]

By Joel Makower Published February 27, 2014 on GreenBiz.com This is the latest in a periodic series of one-on-one interviews with William McDonough(@billmcdonough), renowned designer, architect,author and entrepreneur, looking into his rich, kaleidoscopic professional world. McDonough has been at the forefront of many of sustainability’s most important trends: green buildings, closed-loop systems and Cradle to Cradle design, among others. This […]

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 […]

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 […]