Sustainable Architecture for the Future
June 23rd, 2007
As an add-on to the recent Economist article, here is a video from the TED conference that is held annually in Monterey, California. (TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design. It started out in 1984 as a conference bringing together people from those three worlds.)
William McDonough is the author of Cradle to Cradle and references his book throughout this talk and the Economist article mentions it as well. The development he is working on in China at the end of the talk is very interesting.
The bio from the TED site:
Architect and designer William McDonough asks what our buildings and products would look like if designers took into account “All children, all species, for all time.” A tireless proponent of absolute sustainability (with a deadpan sense of humor), he explains his philosophy of “cradle to cradle” design, which bridge the needs of ecology and economics. He also shares some of his most inspiring work, including the world’s largest green roof (at the Ford plant in Dearborn, Michigan), and the entire sustainable cities he’s designing in China.