Doug Farr

Douglas Lynn Farr (born October 14, 1957) is an American architect and urban planner.

Farr was born in Detroit, Michigan and received his undergraduate degree in architecture from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, and later, his masters degree in architecture from Columbia University.

In 1990, Farr founded Farr Associates Architecture and Urban Design, Inc., a sustainable architectural and planning firm in Chicago, Illinois. The firm has designed three of the four LEED Platinum rated buildings in Chicago, including the Center for Neighborhood Technology, Chicago Center for Green Technology and Christy Webber Landscapes.

The firm is in the construction phase for two other monumental projects in Chicago. The first is the conversion of the historic Homan Square Power House that supplied heat and electricity to the Sears, Roebuck and Company headquarters, into a LEED Gold charter high school and community center. The other project is the LEED Platinum designed Yannell Zero Net Energy Residence, that will produce more energy than it consumes in a year.

Farr is on the board for the Congress for the New Urbanism, a member of the LEED Steering Committee and was the inaugural chair of the LEED for Neighborhood Development committee. He is the founder of the 2030 Communities Campaign that seeks to reduce vehicle miles traveled. He authored his first book in 2007: Sustainable Urbanism: Urban Design With Nature.

The Chicago Center for Green Technology took home the American Institute of Architects Top Ten COTE Award, Chicago Building Congress Merit Award and ASHRAE Award. In 2007, three Farr Associates projects earned the AIA Chicago Excellence in Architecture Sustainable Building Award.

Further reading

• Farr, Douglas (2007). Sustainable Urbanism: Urban Design With Nature. Hoboken: Wiley. ISBN 9780471777519
• Chicago MagazineRodkin, Dennis. "The Stalwart."Chicago Magazine April 2008: 93. Tribune Company.
• Concrete Thinker
• Grist.org
• Zwaniecki, Andrzej. "Sustainable Urbanism Responds to Market Needs." U.S. Department of State. May 21, 2008.

External links

• Farr Associates *Chicago Center for Green Technology
• Center for Neighborhood Technology
• Christy Webber Landscape

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