Doug Farr

About Doug Farr

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.” Doug was personally deemed one of Planetizen’s 100 Most Influential Urbanists of All Time. 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 urban planning best-seller Sustainable Urbanism: Urban Design with Nature (2008) and Sustainable Nation: Urban Design Patterns for the Future (2018). In 2020 Doug launched Carbon Free Chicago, a 30-year campaign for the equitable transition away from fossil fuels. In 2022 Doug Co-Curated the ENERGY REVOLUTION exhibit at the Chicago Architecture Center. At any given time the firm’s current projects represent the state-of-the-practice in high-performance buildings and walkable urbanism.

Experience

1. Founder

   Climate Action Museum

   Jun 2023 — Present · Chicago, IL, US

   I was honored to work with a dedicated group of volunteers to open Chicago\'s Climate Action Museum, free and open to the public six days a week. Our mission is to make action on climate mitigation an everyday part of mainstream culture. A visit to CAM trains guests to see things through a climate lens and highlights the unique list of climate actions that we each have agency over. climateactionmuseum.org

Education

• Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning & Preservation

  Masters of Science, Architecture

  1984 — 1987

• University of Michigan

  Bachelor of Science (BS), Architecture

  1975 — 1980