About Us

We blend insight with innovation to elevate efficiency, sustainability, and impact.

Ghafari is a global architecture, engineering, and consulting firm that designs spaces where people and businesses thrive. We work together – planners and designers, architects and engineers, sustainability experts and technology champions – to spark new possibilities for our clients and for each other.

42+: We’ve been an innovator in our industry for over four decades.

Our Values

Every project starts with the client.

We believe in client partnerships built on mutual trust, and we have the 42-year track record to prove it.
Client Care
Our Values

Innovation is in our DNA.

Ghafari was founded on the promise of innovative tools and approaches. We are in constant search of better ways to plan and design spaces.
Innovation
Our Values

Sustainability and wellness are guiding influences in our work.

As we shape each project, we collaborate with our clients to instill sustainable strategies that will cultivate a sense of responsibility, wellness, and even cultural change.
Sustainability
Our Values

Our multidisciplinary team is greater than the sum of its parts.

Ghafari embraces an integrated design approach, drawing on our full complement of disciplines to tailor solutions for our clients.
Integrated Design Approach
Our Values

We strive to build an equitable workplace that celebrates diversity.

We believe that diversity enriches the value we deliver to our clients. We strive to provide an inclusive, equitable workplace that reflects the communities we serve.
Diversity, Equity + Inclusion

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Looking Back, Thinking Forward

We’re ahead of our time.

We have a proud legacy of innovation and client care, and we’re just getting started.

Impact + Involvement

Affiliated Industry Organizations
- Airports Council International North America
- American Association of Airport Executives
- American Concrete Institute
- American Council of Engineering Companies
- American Institute of Architects
- American Institute of Steel Construction
- American Society for Civil Engineers
- American Society for Healthcare Engineering
- American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Engineers
- Commercial Real Estate Women Network
- Construction Specifications Institute
- CoreNet Global
- Design-Build Institute of America
- Design Core Detroit
- Illinois Manufacturers’ Association
- Illuminating Engineering Society
Impact + Involvement

Affiliated Industry Organizations
- Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
- Institute of Packaging Professionals
- International Interior Design Association
- International Women’s Forum
- Lean Construction Institute
- National Fire Protection Association
- National Society of Professional Engineers
- National Council of Architectural Registration Boards
- National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying
- Power and Engineering Society
- Project Management Institute
- Society for Human Resource Management
- Society for Marketing Professional Services
- Society of American Military Engineers
- Urban Land Institute
Impact + Involvement

Community Support
- ACE Mentor Program
- AEC Cares
- American Heart Association
- American Red Cross
- Boy Scouts of America
- Canstruction
- Chicago Architecture Foundation
- Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan
- Crohn’s + Colitis Foundation
- Easter Seals Foundation
- Focus: HOPE
- Forgotten Harvest
- Gleaners Community Food Bank
- Greater Chicago Food Depository
Impact + Involvement

Community Support
- Habitat for Humanity
- HAVEN Crisis Support
- Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation
- Karmanos Cancer Institute
- Loyola High School Work Study
- Michigan Human Society
- National Multiple Sclerosis Society
- Share Our Strength's No Kid Hungry Campaign
- The Make-A-Wish Foundation
- The Miracle League of Michigan
- The Salvation Army Giving Tree
- St. Jude Children's Hospital
- St. Vincent and Sarah Fisher Center
- Susan G. Komen Foundation

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