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DOUGLAS FARR (FAIA, F-CNU, LEED-AP)\xa0is an architect, urbanist, author,\xa0and passionate advocate for sustainable design\xa0thinking. Doug is the founding principal and president of Farr\xa0Associates, a Chicago-based firm that plans and designs lovable, aspirational\xa0buildings and places. Doug co-chaired the development of\xa0the U.S. Green Building Council\u2019s LEED for Neighborhood Development (LEED-ND)\xa0and has served on the boards of the Congress for the New Urbanism, Bioregional, EcoDistricts, and Elevate\xa0Energy. A\xa0native Detroiter,\xa0he is an architecture graduate of the University of Michigan and Columbia University.\xa0Doug wrote\xa0Sustainable Urbanism: Urban Design With Nature\xa0(November 2007, Wiley) and\xa0Sustainable Nation: Urban Design Patterns for the Future\xa0(April 2018, Wiley).In 2017, Planetizen\xa0readers named him one of "the 100 most\xa0influential urbanists of all time.\u201d