← About McAfee³

Charles F. McAfee, FAIA, NOMAC

McAfee³ Founder

Charles Francis McAfee, a native Kansan, founded the firm in 1963, and since then has had a distinguished career that includes many award-winning achievements. He has been recognized for contributions to the architectural industry and for outstanding and innovative architectural designs.

Charles F. McAfee, FAIA has won many design awards from the Kansas Society of the American Institute of Architects and he directed the Flight Science Station National Standard Designs for approximately seventy locations for the Federal Aviation Administration. He lead the team in becoming one of four firms leading the program, design and construction management for the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. Through his professional and civic activities he has diligently strived for the betterment of society as a whole. As a Fellow member of the American Institute of Architects (AlA) and an active member of the National Organization of Minority Architects (NOMA), McAfee is known as a talented architect and lecturer. He has served on many design award juries, including the Honor Awards Jury, the Jury on Institute Honors for The American Institute of Architects and on the Architectural Jury for the Association of School Business Officials. McAfee has also been guest lecturer for regular sessions and special seminars at Kansas State, Nebraska, Tuskegee, Illinois, Prairie View, Kansas, Southern, Hampton, Morgan State, and Howard Universities.

In 1999, Charles McAfee received the coveted AIA’s Whitney M. Young Jr. Award for mentoring young architects and as a prominent role model for social justice and social action. He also is a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects. Charles is a graduate of the University of Nebraska College of Architecture.