Jeff has over 30 years of experience in all aspects of project design, management and construction. His projects range from unique public and private buildings to bespoke single and multi-family housing developments, to work on large educational and institutional facilities.

In addition to having been a Senior Project Architect with former AIA Firm of the Year, Centerbrook Architects, Jeff has also worked with other firms in the greater Hartford area. In 2004, he founded Jahnke Architecture, LLC. In October 2024, Jahnke Architecture, LLC became HAPi – Hartford Architecture Partners, inc. In addition to working on many projects in and around greater Hartford, Jeff has dedicated numerous years designing buildings in the coastal hazard zone of North Carolina’s Outer Banks and the Connecticut coastline. This, coupled with his experience as a Field Forensic Architect, performing air & water infiltration and wind uplift testing to verify quality assurance of building envelope systems makes Jeff a uniquely qualified architect.    

Mr. Jahnke has been an adjunct Professor of Architecture and Interior Design at Paier College of Art (2007-2009) and University of Hartford (2008-present). He earned a 5 Year Bachelor of Architecture from New York Institute of Technology in Old Westbury New York (1991). Prior to receiving his formal education, Jeff spent four years (1982-1986) traveling throughout much of Asia while serving in the US Naval Submarine Service.

Affiliations

- Registered Architect: Connecticut, North Carolina, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Hawaii, California
- American Institute of Architects
- National Council of Architectural Registration Boards
- Past board member of Hartford’s West End Civic Association (WECA)
- Past co-chair of the WECA Architectural Resources Commission
- Chair for The City of Hartford’s Historic Properties and Preservation Commissions