The Monticello Dialogues, Part I Dem..., William McDonough
The Monticello Dialogues, Part I Dem..., William McDonough
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The Monticello Dialogues, Part I: Democratic Design

Author: William McDonough

Narrator: Michael Toms

Unabridged: 57 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/17/2001

Categories: Nonfiction, Art, Science

Synopsis

McDonough shares how his early life growing up in Hong Kong affected his worldview, and how his work has been influenced by innovative designs of Thomas Jefferson. He describes his work with chemist Michael Braungart in designing from the point of view of nature.

Author Bio

William McDonough is an architect and the founding principal of William McDonough & Partners, Architecture and Community Design, based in Charlottesville, Virginia. From 1994 to 1999, he served as dean of the school of architecture at the University of Virginia. In 1999 Time magazine recognized him as a Hero for the Planet, stating that "his utopianism is grounded in a unified philosophy that-in demonstrable and practical ways-is changing the design of the world." In 1996, he received the Presidential Award for Sustainable Development, the highest environmental honor given by the United States.

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