Doug Farr

Founder
FAIA, FCNU

Doug Farr is a nationally recognized architect, urbanist, and author. He is the Founder of 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.” 

Doug 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. Doug has also been named one of Planetizen’s 100 Most Influential Urbanists

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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