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16 November, 2009
Our Latest Project Breaks Ground: NASA's Sustainability Base
Last month, we attended a celebratory groundbreaking for Sustainability Base, a collaborative support facility at the NASA Ames Research Center in Mountain View, Calif. "We have designed this project to go beyond Platinum" and set new benchmarks for federal and NASA facilities. "When we started the design of 'Sustainability Base' with NASA, we were inspired by the statement 'as only NASA can'," says Kevin Burke, our design partner on the project. "It was clear that this was an opportunity to...Read More
18 November, 2008
Green Community
Our Hali'imaile master plan framework is currently featured in the Green Community exhibit at the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C. Green Community looks at how we plan, design, and construct the world between our buildings, profiling an array of communities large and small where citizens, leaders, and planning and design professionals are working together towards a more sustainable future. According to the exhibit, "A green community conserves its land, offers multiple options for transportation, provides open space for recreation and...Read More
30 June, 2008
ISOLA: A New Office Building in Milan's Porta Nuova District
William McDonough + Partners has brought eco-effective design and Cradle to CradleSM thinking to Italy. We are designing the Isola office building for developer Hines Italia, as part of the Porta Nuova redevelopment -- one of the largest of its kind in Milan at 340,000 square meters. The project will include housing, retail, offices, cultural venues, a community center, an exhibition space, and a local government hub. In addition to William McDonough + Partners, the project involves Kohn Pedersen Fox Architects...Read More
5 May, 2008
VIEW FROM THE STUDIOS
Kevin Burke, Partner and Director of Practice
If any one statement captures The Netherlands' embrace of Cradle to Cradle,"Let's Cradle" is it. This phrase, synonymous with the name of a design conference in Maastricht in the fall of 2007, is a positive call to action in the one country that appears uniquely prepared to pursue a Cradle to Cradle transformation in how we make buildings and design cities. Michael Braungart, co-author of Cradle to Cradle with my partner Bill McDonough, has noted that the Dutch readily internalize the...Read More
5 January, 2008
Greenbridge Part of Green House Show
Greenbridge, the mixed use project that's under construction in Chapel Hill is part of the National Building Museum's exhibit—Green House: New Directions in Sustainable Architecture and Design—which is featured at the Morris Museum in Morristown, New Jersey through May 4. Greenbridge has received attention for its eco-effective design strategies and broad thinking about quality of life, which includes providing much needed downtown living and retail opportunities. Greenbridge will include 98 condominium residences at...Read More
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