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In short

William A. McDonough (1951, Tokyo, Japan - ) is an American architect and founding principal of William McDonough + Partners, whose career is focused on designing environmentally sustainable buildings and transforming industrial manufacturing processes, with the twin goals of eliminating pollution and increasing the profits of his clients.

Portfolio

He made a name for himself in 1985 with his design of the New York headquarters of the Environmental Defense Fund -- one of the country's first green offices.

His signature projects since then have included offices for Gap Inc. (its grass-covered roof absorbs storm water and damps the sound of jets flying overhead) and Herman Miller (the building's solar cooling and lighting design cut the company's energy costs by 25 percent), as well as the ongoing $2 billion redesign of Ford's River Rouge complex (which features a 10-acre green roof and a system that converts paint exhaust fumes into electrical power).

For the Ford's geen roof, he got planted more than 10 acres (40,000 m²) of sedum, a low-growing ground cover. The sedum retains and cleanses rain water, as well as moderating the internal temperature of the building, for additional energy savings. The roof is part of an $18 million rainwater treatment system designed to clean 20 billion US gallons (76,000,000 m³) of rainwater annually, and sparing Ford from a $50 million mechanical treatment facility.

McDonough is also working with Ford to develop the first entirely recyclable production car. Two prototypes of this vision are the Ford Model U and Ford Reflex concept cars.

Sustainable Internet

"It's becoming clear the dematerialization of information is not a benign environmental event," McDonough said to Business 2.0 magazine. The architect has his own ideas about how to address the problem of the overwhelming electronics. "I'd put the server farms in the Great Plains. You could run them using windmills, and hey, guess what, it's cold in Minnesota -- and what do server farms need? Cooling."

Most recently, Google has solicited McDonough+Partners services to work on their campus in San Mateo, in San Fransisco urban area. Google founders Sergei Brin and Larry Page are said to be keen on sustainable development.

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