David Johnson, partner, presented the firm's design for NASA Sustainability Base, at the Autodesk Sustainability Summit on Thursday in San Francisco. He present with our AECOM architect of record partners on the project, and in concert with several Autodesk speakers. The NASA project is set for completion this spring: It will be occupied in May. The [...]

William McDonough will speak on February 17 at GreenBiz.com's State of Green Business Forum in Washington, DC. He has a keynote slot called "One Great Idea" and will talk about Cradle to Cradle as a new design paradigm, in an on-stage dialogue of GreenBiz's Joel Makower. McDonough is delighted to follow GSA administrator Martha Johnson on [...]

Congratulations to Michael Braungart and EPEA as they kick off the Cradle to Cradle Festival in Berlin this week. The festival celebrates the Cradle to Cradle idea as a cultural revolution. The festival will run from January 26 through March 16 in Berlin, celebrating the Next Industrial Revolution. Under the banner "Blueprint Netherlands," the Festival will [...]

We are excited to announce that Architect's Newspaper covered the new American University School of International Service project, designed by William McDonough + Partners with Quinn|Evans Architects. We congratulate our amazing client at AU and the leadership of outgoing Dean Lou Goodman and his committed team. The project was formally dedicated in September. Here's an [...]

The Guardian has created a list of its top 20 "green giants"--they call it the Eco Power List and describe it this way: "We all agree that the planet is in a perilous position. But what is the best way to save it? We name the 20 activists, filmmakers, writers, politicians and celebrities who will [...]

On January 1, Inhabitat.com ran green design predictions for the new year, and thoughts from our partners, thought leaders and architects Bill McDonough and David Johnson, were in the mix. Click here for the full post. Here's the introduction to the post: "As we kick off 2011 this fine Saturday, there's no better time to reflect on the [...]

An excerpt: "The publication of Silent Spring in 1962 is widely considered to be the birth of the modern environmental movement. Since those early roots took hold, a series of seminal books have contributed to its growth and branched the discourse. For 50 years, environmental writing has played an important role in defining and redefining the [...]

On the occasion of its green roof's 10th anniversary, we touched base with the team at the Ford Rouge--one of our favorite clients. They confirmed that the roof still thrives, and this story was picked up by New York Times blogger, Phil Patton on December 29. Here's an excerpt: "The new Rouge was to be the most [...]

The San Francisco Planning Commission has unanimously approved Prado Group’s 82-unit condominium project at 2001 Market St., a development which will include a Whole Foods on the ground floor. William McDonough + Partners led the schematic design and master plan, in collaboration with architect of record BAR Architects, for this mixed-use residential and retail project [...]

Issue 20 of the Architect's Newspaper (the Eastern edition) features the new American University School of International Services building, which was dedicated in September, an event at which Bill McDonough spoke. Katherine Grove is quoted in the article (not online at this time). We congratulate our client on the completion of this project and salute [...]

At Greenbuild in November, our founder, William McDonough, talked with Andrew Michler of Inhabitat about Cradle to Cradle as a philosophy and how being less bad is not being more good. This simple part of the thinking that he and Michael Braungart developed is gaining traction in many sectors--a real cause for optimism, McDonough says. [...]

CELEBRATING ABUNDANCE, MORE GOOD, AND TRACTION We are inspired by a wave of momentum around the country and the world. We see traction toward Cradle to Cradle gaining among individuals, companies, non-profits, cities, regions, and even countries. We are engaging in dozens of new relationships right now with groups of all sizes, and what they […]