Chris Jarrett is Associate Director and Associate Professor of the Architecture Program. He is currently one of three Project Director's of Georgia Tech's entry in the 2007 Solar Decathlon sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy. From 1999-2003, he was US Director of the International Architectural Educational Exchange [IAEE], a collaborative exchange program with universities in Paris, Lisbon, Berlin, Innsbruck, and Barcelona. He is the author of over 30 conference papers across five continents and twelve countries. His research links contemporary environmental theory and sustainable urban development, and was a selected presenter at the AIA National Convention in Philadelphia (2000). An advocate for alternatives to high-entropy design, his current focus is on green housing. He has received grants from the Graham Foundation, Georgia Humanities Council, the Georgia Tech Foundation and the Board of Regents for a research project titled, 'Sustainable Rehabilitation of Industrial Urban Sites.' In 2000, he received an Award of Excellence from the American Institute of Architects (1997).

He teaches architectural design studios and seminars traversing a range of environmental design issues including green tectonics, eco-criticism, environmental art, post-modern environmentalism, and new media + ecology. He received the Outstanding Teacher Award from the College in 1998. He has served as a paper reviewer for the US Green Building Council, the US Department of Education, Places, and the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA). He is a member of the International Association for the Study of Traditional Environments (IASTE), International Council for Research and Innovation in Building and Construction (ICRIBC), and the Environmental Design Research Association (EDRA). He has served as a design critic at SCI-Arc, UCLA, USC, Woodbury, Clemson, Auburn, and in the School of Environmental Design at the University of Georgia.

As a former partner in Jarrett+Suharnoko, he received numerous awards, including First Place in the Shinkenchiku-Sha International Design Competition, titled 'East Meets West,' sponsored by the Central Glass Company in Tokyo, Japan (1991); Second Place in the House for the Next Millennium Competition sponsored by the Contemporary Arts Center in Cincinnati, OH (1993); an Honorable Mention in the Hermosa Beach Pier Competition, sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce in Hermosa Beach (1993); an Award of Excellence from the Department of Community Development, City of Claremont, California (1993); and a Merit Award from the Young California Architect's Competition, sponsored by the Architectural Foundation of San Francisco and AIA San Francisco (1991).

Jarrett received his Bachelor of Architecture from the University of Oregon (1983) and M.S. Arch from Columbia University (1986). Before joining Georgia Tech in 1994, he was adjunct Assistant Professor at the University of Southern California. He also worked as an architect in New York for Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (1986-87) and Kohn, Pedersen Fox Architects (1987-88).