DOUG FARR

FAIA, FCNU, LEED Green Assoc.

Doug Farr is a nationally-recognized architect, urbanist, and author. He leads Chicago-based Farr Associates, a pioneering, sustainability-driven architecture and urban design firm that plans and designs lovable and aspirational buildings and places. The firm was recognized by the New York Times as "the most prominent of the city's growing cadre of ecologically sensitive architects.”  At any given time the firm’s current projects represent the state-of-the-practice in high-performance buildings and walkable urbanism.

Doug Farr is a leader of the sustainability movement, having delivered keynote speeches in more than 37 states and at all major relevant professional conferences. He co-chaired the development of the U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED for Neighborhood Development (LEED-ND) and has served on the boards of urban sustainability organizations including the Congress for the New Urbanism, Bioregional, EcoDistricts, and Elevate Energy. Based on his pioneering sustainable design practice, Doug authored the best-seller Sustainable Urbanism: Urban Design with Nature and Sustainable Nation: Urban Design Patterns for the Future.

Doug co-curated the Chicago Architecture Center’s 2022 Energy Revolution exhibit and launched Carbon Free Chicago in 2020, a 30-year campaign for the equitable transition away from fossil fuels. Most recently, he co-founded the Climate Action Museum, whose mission is to center climate mitigation in the Chicago region through education, stimulating critical thought, and to inspire and facilitate direct action.

Contact:
doug@farrside.com
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Doug presenting at the Congress for the New Urbanism in 2017.