I.D. Forty

The February 2001 issue of the influential publication

I.D.: The International Design Magazine focused on socially conscious design for its annual “

I.D. Forty” selection. Among the many inspiring designers featured were a number of architects and other professionals recognized for their ecological vision. They are (in order of their appearance in

I.D.):

•Erez Steinberg and Gia Giasullo of Studio eg in Oakland, California, for their Ecowork office furniture system (see EBN

Vol. 9, No. 9) made of recycled materials.

•William McDonough of McDonough + Partners in Charlottesville, Virginia, for his pursuit of “100% sustainability” rather than “eco-efficiency.”

•Stephen Selkowitz of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, for his work on sophisticated, energy-efficient windows.

•Julie Bargmann, landscape architect with D.I.R.T. Studio in Charlottesville, Virginia and faculty member at the University of Virginia, for her enthusiasm for restoring brownfield sites.

•Paolo Soleri, for his prototype environmental city Arcosanti north of Phoenix, Arizona.

•Ken and Michelle Burke of jonkendall furniture in Santa Monica, California, for use of little-known wood species in highly efficient forms to make attractive furniture.

•Wendy E. Brawer of Modern World Design in New York City, for her Green Map System that began with the 1992 Green Apple Map and now includes cities around the world (

www.greenmap.org).

•David Bainbridge, coordinator of environmental studies at U.S. International University in San Diego and founder of ecocomposite.com, for his work on straw bale buildings.

•Shigeru Ban, a Japanese architect, for his work making impressive structures from undervalued materials such as cardboard tubes and (more recently) bamboo.

•Brian Jensen, Al Flack, and Carlos Miralles of AeroVironment in Monrovia, California, for their innovative solar-powered AC pump systems to provide fresh water for drinking and irrigation for populations without ready access to these necessities.

•Stanley Selengut, ecotourism pioneer, for his Maho Bay Campgrounds and Concordia Eco-tents on St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands.

•Chris Simmonds and Linda Chapman, architects, for their remarkably low-impact Mountain Equipment Cooperative retail store in Ottawa, Canada.