With an award-winning architecture firm in Aspen since 1981,
Charles Cunniffe, FAIA, is a champion of thoughtful community-based design, educational opportunities, the arts and human welfare.
Charles and his firm have donated pro-bono design services to countless non-profits, and consistently give back to the community; earning the AIA Colorado Community Service by an Architect Award in 2011. CCA has also earned AIA Colorado West Firm of the Year, Mentor of the Year, and has been on OUTSIDE Magazine’s 100 ‘Best Places to Work’ in the US for four consecutive years.
Charles is currently the elected Pitkin County Representative on the Board of Trustees of Colorado Mountain College, is a Founding Board Member and Chairman of Governance of Jazz Aspen/Snowmass, served as President Elect and President of the American Institute of Architects Colorado West from 2013 through 2017, is a member of the Aspen Art Museum, the Urban Land Institute’s Small Scale Development Council, Rocky Mountain Institute’s National Solutions Council, Aspen Institute’s Society of Fellows, Aspen Science Center, the Aspen Rotary World Service Committee, and the Aspen Elks Lodge #224.
Charles Cunniffe Architects (CCA) has garnered national recognition, appearing in the Wall Street Journal, Architectural Digest Veranda, LUXE, Modern Luxury, and Architect Magazine amongst others. CCA has received numerous American Institute of Architects design awards and has earned Mountain Living Magazine’s ‘Home of the Year’ four times.