Jack DeBartolo 3 (Texas 1969) studied architecture at the University of Arizona, Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he received honors for his Master's thesis in 1994. From 1994 to 1996 DeBartolo worked with an innovative desert architect, William Bruder, making architecture that strives to be timeless yet timely and poetic yet pragmatic. In September 1996, he joined his father, forming the studio of DeBARTOLO architects, where he partners in the making of 'significant' architecture. The studio is dedicated to challenge the normative path, creating potent architecture through the innovative use of materials within the discipline of restraint.

DeBartolo's passion in architecture stems from a deeply rooted desire for significance, bringing order and relation into human experience, through the thoughtful use of materials, space and light. He is particularly interested in an architecture that 'moves and awakens the dormant spirit within man'. His master's research addressed the critical nature of 'sacredness' in architecture - fundamentally orchestrated by the ethereal variety of natural light. His past and present experiences drive him towards architecture that attempts to transcend the mundane in search for the extraordinary among the ordinary. DeBartolo believes there is a great art in making significant spaces through the rigorous orchestration of common materials brought together in poetic order.

education
1994 Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Master of Science in Architecture
1993 Harvard University Graduate School of Design, design studios: spring/fall
1992 The University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, Bachelor of Architecture