Excerpt from the Detroit Free Press: Ten years after Ford planted vegetation atop a massive truck assembly plant, the largest living roof in the U.S. is flourishing and others have followed the automaker’s lead. Ford was a pioneer a decade ago when it created a living roof on top of the Dearborn Truck Plant. It was a [...]

From ASU News: The Arizona State University Global Sustainability Solutions Center (GSSC) at Haarlemmermeer announced its first project agreement in the Netherlands on Sept. 30. GSSC will conduct research and analysis for Park 20|20, the Netherlands’ first cradle-to-cradle working environment, in order to assess the links between employee and firm productivity and the built environment. Park 20|20, [...]

From the Natural Products Association website: The Rachel Carson Environmental Award honors individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the protection of the environment. The winner for 2013 is William McDonough, a globally recognized leader in sustainable development. Trained as an architect, McDonough's interests and influence range widely, and he works at scales from the global to [...]

Our dear friend and collaborator, Coert Zachariasse, CEO of Delta Development Group, was selected as "the most influential person in the sustainable construction and real estate in the Netherlands" during Dutch Green Building Week -Sustainable 50 EN Realty. William McDonough + Partners has been collaborating with Coert and Delta Development Group on the award-winning master plan [...]

The Cradle to Cradle Certified(CM) Program--a Pioneering Approach to Safe and Healthy Products Developed by an Architect and a Chemist--Integrated as Key Element of Globally Adopted Green Building Program The U.S. Green Building Council's LEED Version 4 Rating System, overwhelmingly approved last week by member voters, includes the Cradle to Cradle Certified(CM) Program, solidifying the organization's [...]

Excerpt: William McDonough: Designing for Abundance Architect and author William McDonough has been rec­og­nized by Time mag­a­zine as “Hero for the Planet,” and his best-selling 2002 book Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things broke ground and became a sem­i­nal guide for the sus­tain­abil­ity move­ment. His career is filled with such firsts: While a stu­dent at Yale University, he [...]

Excerpt: INHABITAT INTERVIEW: Green Architect & Cradle to Cradle Founder William McDonough INHABITAT: What inspired you to write 'Cradle to Cradle' (the book) and launch the Cradle to Cradle system? William McDonough: From an early age, I was fascinated by differing attitudes towards resources. Growing up in Japan and Hong Kong, I was given my first look at complete [...]

It's Time to Rethink Recycling: Bill McDonough and Michael Braungart are refining the ideas they set out in their seminal work, Cradle to Cradle. Here's an excerpt from Brian Dumaine's article for Fortune about The Upcycle: Beyond Sustainability--Designing for Abundance: In 2002, the renowned green architect Bill McDonough and his German business partner, Michael Braungart, [...]

We are proud that Elaine Hsieh, Program Director and Senior Analyst for VERGE, the GreenBiz program, is calling out leadership and innovation in Europe--including the Park 20|20 development, our project for Delta Development. This is the first Cradle to Cradle inspired development to be realized at this scale. We have been honored to have the opportunity to [...]

FIFPro's new headquarters facility at Park 20|20, designed by William McDonough + Partners, celebrated its grand opening yesterday. Here's a translated excerpt from AD.nl: Didier Drogba opened the new office of the international players' union Monday in Hoofddorp by kicking a ball through a papered window at FIFPro House. About 300 guests witnessed. Among them many officials, as well as footballers [...]

Here's an excerpt from Jetson Green: New NASA Base Shapes the Future of Green Building Technology The new NASA Sustainability Base was designed by William McDonough + Partners to embody the spirit of NASA while fostering collaboration, supporting health and well-being, and exceed the requirements of LEED® Platinum with systems that will eventually use only renewable energy and closed-loop [...]

The Guardian's Jim Witkin published an interview with William McDonough this week. Excerpt: Upcycling: making design effective, sustainable and values-driven Emphasis should shift from minimising negative footprints, to designing for a beneficial footprint McDonough says some low-energy bulbs shouldn’t be seen as effective because they contain toxins like mercury, making it difficult to recycle them. Photograph: Frederick Florin/AFP/Getty Designer, adviser and [...]