Consulting for Architects · Heritage

Placing architects & designers since 1984.

Consulting for Architects opened in New York in 1984 — the nation’s first firm to staff architects on a project basis. We grew with the profession: a Boston office in 1990, then in 1994 our New York office became an Autodesk Authorized Training Center with the launch of AutoCAD Release 13, with a Chicago office following in 1995. In 1998 we added an Autodesk reseller business — rolling out AEC reseller and training operations across the offices, putting countless design professionals through our classrooms, and earning more than a dozen national Autodesk honors.

In the wake of September 11, 2001, we consolidated and returned to our roots — staffing the architecture firms we’d spent two decades serving. That CAD expertise didn’t go anywhere; it became the calibration behind every CFAeX Knowledge Assessment.

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Four decades, in brief.

1984
Founded in New York — the nation’s first firm to staff architects on a project basis.
1990
Boston office opens — its Autodesk training operation later running as a service of the Boston Society of Architects.
1994
The New York office becomes an Autodesk Authorized Training Center, beginning with AutoCAD Release 13.
1995
Chicago office opens.
1998
CFA launches its Autodesk reseller business; AEC reseller and ATC operations roll out across the offices.
1998–2002
More than a dozen national Autodesk honors — for instruction, A/E/C curriculum, and regional sales.
2001
In the wake of September 11, CFA consolidates and returns to its staffing roots.
2002
Autodesk CEO Carol Bartz and AEC vice president Phil Bernstein present Building Information Modeling at CFA’s New York event space.
Former Autodesk Authorized Training Center & Premier Reseller · 1998–2002
1999
Highest National Individual Instructor Rating
Autodesk, Inc.
1999
Autodesk President’s Club
Autodesk, Inc.
2002
AEC Impact Award
Autodesk, Inc.
2002
Top Group of National Instructors — A/E/C
Autodesk, Inc.

The complete list.

2002

  • AEC Impact Award
  • ATC Top National List — Student Enrollment & Individual Instructor
  • Outstanding Achievement — Eastern & Central Region
  • Top Group of National Instructors — A/E/C Curriculum

2001

  • ATC Sales & Impact Award for Volume / Growth
  • Autodesk Director’s Award for ATC / NY

1999

  • ATC Highest National Individual Instructor Rating
  • ATC Highest National Student Enrollment
  • Eastern Region Top Reseller — A/E/C & 3D VIZ Sales
  • Outstanding Achievement — Eastern & Central Region
  • President’s Club, FY ’99

1998

  • ATC Top National List — Student Enrollment & Individual Instructor
  • Eastern Region VIP Achievement, Q4
  • Outstanding Achievement — Eastern & Central Region
  • President’s Club
  • Top Group of National Instructors — A/E/C Curriculum

These honors date from CFA’s time as an Autodesk Premier Reseller & Authorized Training Center (1998–2002), each issued by Autodesk, Inc. CFA is not a current Authorized Autodesk Training Center, Reseller, or Partner, and is not sanctioned by Autodesk, Inc. or Certiport. AutoCAD® and Revit® are registered trademarks of Autodesk, Inc. CFAeX certifications are CFA’s own credential.

That pedigree is the exam.