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The College of Architecture and Environmental Design will host guest lecturer William McDonough, world- renowned designer and sustainability expert. The lecture will be held in the University Auditorium in Cartwright Hall, beginning at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 12. It is free and open to the public, and no RSVP is required. McDonough and German chemist Dr. Michael Braungart co-authored Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things, one of most influential and widely read books of the American sustainability movement that has been translated into 10 languages. Time magazine recognized him in 1999 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." Time again recognized McDonough and Michael Braungart as "Heroes of the Environment" in October 2007. In 1996, McDonough received the Presidential Award for Sustainable Development. McDonough is founding partner in William McDonough + Partners, an architecture and community design firm with offices in Charlottesville, Va.; San Francisco and Amsterdam. The firm has designed landmark projects in the U.S. and beyond, such as the 901 Cherry office building for the Gap, Inc. (now home to Google's YouTube) and the NASA Sustainability Base, which is now under construction. For more information on William McDonough, please visit . For additional information about the lecture, contact Sarah Crombie at scrombie@kent.edu . Posted Oct. 4, 2010