![]() ![]() He studied architecture at Yale University in the mid-1970s. ![]() After graduating, he worked on the Jordan River valley redevelopment project and lived in a Bedouin tent. He says the move caused "profound culture shock". Later, his father was a Seagram executive and his family lived in Canada and Westport, Connecticut. McDonough was born in Tokyo and spent most of his childhood in Hong Kong where his father was a foreign service officer. He works in green and sustainable architecture, often incorporating his theory of cradle-to-cradle design. ![]() McDonough is the founding principal of William McDonough + Partners and was the dean of the School of Architecture at the University of Virginia. William Andrews McDonough (born February 20, 1951) is an American architect and academic. NASA Sustainability Base, 901 Cherry (for Gap Inc., now home to YouTube), Adam Joseph Lewis Center at Oberlin College, Ford Motor Company's River Rouge Plant McDonough Innovation, William McDonough + Partners, McDonough Braungart Design Chemistry Presidential Award for Sustainable Development, National Design Award, Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award ![]()
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