Jack DeBartolo II, FAIA
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Jack DeBartolo II, FAIA
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A Conversation With Jack DeBartolo II, FAIA

"From a planning point of view the Church is introverted. It complements itself instead of complementing the community."

Jack DeBartolo II, FAIA is a world-renowned architect who has been an active architect for over 50 years. His roots go back to the founding of Anderson DeBartolo Pan, Inc. and his father-son private practice, DeBartolo Architects. In this interview Jack discusses the things he's learned from working as an architect for churches, intentionally creating community, facility utilization, finding sacredness in buildings, and he gives us his encouragement to young pastors and architects as they look ahead.
Jack Debartolo III
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Jack Debartolo 3
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"Pastors are starting to realize, 'I've just built a building for X-million-dollars, I'm paying the environmental costs, the air-conditioning, the electricity, the development of the site, not to mention the parking lot, and [our church] is using it maybe 10% of the available time.'"

Jack DeBartolo 3, AIA is the Principal Architect for DeBartolo Architects, where he has extensive experience designing churches, institutions, educational facilities and residential housing. He also serves as a professor at Arizona State University's graduate architectural program. In this interview Jack talks about genuine architecture, the relationship between architecture and the Church, adaptive reuse in church buildings, collaboration with church buildings, competition in the Church, sharing ideas, and the shift from mega church to community. You won't want to miss Jack's thoughtful and relevant insights.

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