Jack Fanning is currently the fulltime woodshop technician and an adjunct faculty member at the Tyler School Department of Architecture. His personal architectural interests lie in the creative exploration of materials through tectonic and spatial investigations. Jack's work is inextricably linked to the specific qualities of materials, surfaces, textures and forms and the relationship these qualities have to space, light and mass. The work not only finds meaning in its precision, craft, and methods of assemblage, but also in its referential nature. Such references stem from a range of interests, sources and inspirations rooted in the nature of place and the art of making. Jack's work emphasizes the value he places on using various means of representation as an investigative process and innovative tool in his design.

Prior to his position at Temple, Jack has taught as a design critic at Umbau School of Architecture in Virginia, and served as a juror at the University of Pennsylvania, Drexel University, and James Madison University. Previous work experiences include George Yu Architects in Los Angeles and Onionflats, a design-build firm located in Philadelphia. Jack has also participated in selective design workshops and studios with architects Lebbeus Woods and Raimund Abraham. He has eaten danish with Peter Zumthor.