Doug Farr

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Douglas Lynn Farr 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 his master's from Columbia Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation.[http://www.chicagolife.net/articles/show/524 Chicago Life]

In 1991, Farr founded Farr Associates Architecture and Urban Design, Inc., a sustainable architectural and planning firm in Chicago, Illinois.[http://www.chicagolife.net/articles/show/524 Chicago Life]

Farr is Vice Chair of the board for the Congress for the New Urbanism,{{citation needed|date=March 2013}} a member of the LEED Steering Committee{{citation needed|date=March 2013}} and was the inaugural chair of the LEED for Neighborhood Development committee.{{citation needed|date=March 2013}} He is the founder of the 2030 Communities Campaign that seeks to reduce vehicle miles traveled.{{citation needed|date=March 2013}} In 2007 he authored Sustainable Urbanism: Urban Design With Nature.