Topic: William McDonough

This 'Green Dean' Has a Blueprint for Sustainability

William McDonough has designed award-winning buildings for Nike and the Gap - and redesigned environmentalism.READ»

The Fabric of Redesign

An example of environmental architect William McDonough's principles in action.READ»

Masters of Design: William McDonough

Principal and founder, William McDonough + PartnersREAD»

Four Architecural Visions of the Green House of the Future

The Wall Street Journal recently challenged architects to design a green house of the future. This morning, the paper unloaded the designs, that come from four firms: William McDonough, Rios Clemente Hale, Cook + Fox and Mouzon ...READ»

William McDonough: Yet Another Green Certification

Green design missionary William McDonough is now offering a new certification. Is this just another savvy marketing ploy, or possibly the road to large scale design transformation?READ»

• Green Guru Gone Wrong: William McDonough

Green Guru William McDonough Must Change, Demand His Biggest Fans

McDonough at his Charlottesville, Virginia, offices | photograph by Martien Mulder I just received an email from Roger Cox, an attorney in the Netherlands who is one of green architect William McDonough's most ardent fans ...READ»

Green Guru Gone Wrong: William McDonough

William McDonough, the godfather of green design, has been hailed by everyone from Hollywood to Silicon Valley to the Chinese government as the environmental savior. His radical "cradle to cradle" idea -- in which every product, building, and city is designed in an infinite loop with zero waste -- has earned him the Presidential Design Award for Sustainable Development. He was Time's "Hero for the Planet" and has been profiled in documentaries from Thomas Friedman's "Addicted to Oil" to Leonardo DiCaprio's "The Eleventh Hour." And yet, McDonough may in fact be paralyzing his own design revolution.READ»

Editor's Letter: Comedy & Tragedy

Two years ago, while an editor at another business magazine, I worked with a writer on a major feature about the then-thriving Lehman Brothers. He was enamored of CEO Dick Fuld and his purported mastery of bond-market risk. "Fuld's ...READ»

What Does Green Mean?

Architect Rafael Pelli's approach to designing healthy buildings defies easy categorization--and that's a good thing.READ»

NASA to Break Ground on Super-Green "Sustainability Base"

The new office will set a high bar for intelligent, self-monitoring building design.READ»

Resources: The Revolution Begins

Businesses large and small are finally seeing the green light. It isn't just conscience--or all those nice young people in Guatemalan sweaters--that's doing the trick. It's the sight of all that money.READ»

Masters of Design: Lessons From the Masters

1. Design is the Differentiator Ford design chief J Mays believes that only a distinctive look and feel will give customers a compelling reason to buy what is essentially a commodity. Ford has put design at the forefront of its ...READ»

Masters of Design

No matter what you do for a living, design matters. Meet and learn from 20 visionary men and women who are using design to create not just new products, but new ways of working, leading, and seeing.READ»

Masters of Design: Maurice Cox

Mayor of Charlottesville, VirginiaREAD»

Masters of Design: Bob Porter

Executive Vice President, SSM Health CareREAD»

Masters of Design: Angela Shen-Hsieh

President and CEO, Visual i/oREAD»

Masters of Design: Sam Farber

Founder, Copco, OXO, and WovoREAD»

Matter

If the key to a young graduate's future was once "plastics," today it's biopolymers, plastic analogs made mostly from natural, biodegradable components instead of petrochemicals. "If you can create materials from the waste of ...READ»

Masters of Design: Sam Farber

Founder, Copco, OXO, and WovoREAD»

Masters of Design: Marcia Lausen

Founding member, AIGA Design for DemocracyREAD»

Masters of Design: Arnold Wasserman

Chairman, The Idea FactoryREAD»

Masters of Design: David Kelley

Founder and Chairman, IDEOREAD»

Masters of Design: Kun-Hee Lee

Chairman and CEO, Samsung electronicsREAD»

Masters of Design

Peak Performers Four masters who are leading the world of design J Mays VP of Global Design, Ford Motor Co. David Kelley Founder and Chairman, IDEO David Macaulay Author and Illustrator Burt Rutan Founder, president, ...READ»

Risky Business

For these cautious managers, your risk is their reward.READ»