Sep 5 2005
Architect and designer William McDonough, the man Time magazine called a "hero for the planet," will talk about ways for "Building Better Cities" during a Wednesday, September 7 event at Woodbury University.
The free event is open to the public. A reception will begin at 6:15 p.m., with the program starting at 7 p.m. Woodbury University is located at 7500 Glenoaks Blvd., Burbank. McDonough is the winner of three U.S. presidential awards: the Presidential Award for Sustainable Development (1996), the National Design Award (2004); and the Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award (2003).
Time magazine's recognition of McDonough said that "his utopianism is grounded in a unified philosophy that -- in demonstrable and practical ways -- is changing the design of the world."
McDonough is the founding principal of William McDonough + Partners, Architecture and Community Design, an internationally recognized design firm practicing ecologically, socially, and economically intelligent architecture and planning in the U.S. and abroad.
McDonough's lecture is being sponsored by Carolyn Lawrence, Woodbury University, The Luckman Partnership Inc. and City of Burbank Recycle Center.
For more information or to RSVP for limited seating, please send e-mail to [email protected].