Douglas Farr

Biography: Douglas Farr FAIA leads Chicago-based Farr Associates identified by the New York Times as "the most prominent of the city's growing cadre of ecologically sensitive architects." The award-winning firm has designed many of the Chicago regions most sustainable buildings including 13 LEED-Platinum-Certified projects and several net-zero buildings. In 2023, Planetizen readers named Doug one of "the 100 most influential urbanists of all time." Doug Co-Chaired the creation of LEED-Neighborhood Development and authored two books: Sustainable Urbanism (2008) and Sustainable Nation (2018). In 2023 he co-founded the Climate Action Museum, the world’s eighth museum devoted to climate. Doug is a sailor, dancer, and Burner. .