# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-mcdonough
# Generated: 2026-09-03T11:26:51.095Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-mcdonough"
name: "William McDonough"
slug: "william-mcdonough"
description: "William Andrews McDonough is an American architect and academic. McDonough is the founding principal of William McDonough + Partners and was the dean of the School of Architecture at the University of Virginia. He works in green and sustainable architecture, often incorporating his theory of cradle-to-cradle design."
tagline: "American architect"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_McDonough_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Architects"
  slug: "architects"
profileType:
  name: "Architect"
  slug: "architect"
birthDate: "1951-02-20"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           11.35900133333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     80
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: 42
totalFollowers: 1540
platforms:
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    handle:    "billmcdonough"
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    handle:    "williammcdonoughinnovation"
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    handle:    "@williammcdonoughlive"
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    title: "ويليام ماكدونو"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "William McDonough"
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    title: "William McDonough"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump