Design Assignment:

How do we love all the children of all species for all time?

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There has never been a more important time.

I have pursued a curious career of thinking, writing, designing and doing. At this important moment in our world and my life, I am excited to share what I've learned with future generations.
 
William McDonough Foundation activates 50 years of collaborative work  to encourage the ingenious innovators and professionals to pursue the opportunities we have in front of us today. We will share time-tested principles and lessons learned while we also celebrate emerging industry breakthroughs that will benefit the planet. The goal of the Foundation is supporting safe then circular design that benefits our planet for generations to come. 

I invite you to collaborate with us so that we can design a sustainable future.

Bill

Forish District, Uzbekistan ⎯ 40°45'14"N 67°30'56"E

MISSION

Intergenerational Design

VISION

Be a compass for intergenerational design.

McDonough's utopianism is grounded in a unified philosophy that–in demonstrable and practical ways–is changing the design  of the world.

Time Magazine ⎯ Hero for the Planet

50 Years of Thoughts, Words, Deeds

Seeing Beyond The Horizon

1976

McDonough builds the first solar heated house in Ireland
1984

McDonough designs the first “green office” in New York, for the Environmental Defense Fund
1989

The Wall Street Journal features McDonough’s Warsaw Tower design on the front page. McDonough’s radical idea at the time was to plant 10-square-miles of trees to compensate for the building’s carbon footprint.
1992

The Hannover Principles were commissioned of WM+P by the City of Hannover, Germany to guide the design of the 2000 World’s Fair.
1992

McDonough represents the architecture community at the Earth Summit in Brazil
1993

William McDonough is a charter member of the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC)
1996

McDonough becomes the first and only individual to receive the U.S. Presidential Award for Sustainable Development
1999

McDonough is named a “Hero for the Planet” by Time magazine and “Designer of the Year” by Interiors magazine
2000

Ford Rouge revitalization and landscape master plan is completed – World's largest green roof
2002

McDonough co-authors Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things, widely considered a seminal text in the sustainability and Circular Economy movements
2010

McDonough co-founded the non-profit Cradle to Cradle Products Innovation Institute
2013

William McDonough co-authors The Upcycle: Beyond Sustainability—Designing For Abundance
2014

McDonough is named Chair of the World Economic Forum's Global Agenda Council on the Circular Economy
2016

Nature magazine publishes McDonough's essay titled "Carbon is not the Enemy" and announces a New Language of Carbon.
2017

McDonough launches  The Five Goods inspired by Cradle to Cradle Design
2017

Fashion for Good launches in Partnership with McDonough Innovation
2019

Fortune magazine names William McDonough one of the world’s 50 greatest leaders for his contributions to sustainable architecture and Circular Economy design.
2020

McDonough articulated the Circular Carbon Economy at the 2020 G20 workshops
2023

William McDonough Named to the Inaugural TIME100 Climate List of the 100 Most Influential Leaders Driving Business Climate Action