ROGER GRUNKE, AIA, CBC
Registered Architect and state certified Building Contractor with experience in historic preservation, rehabilitation, contextual new-commercial and new-residential design, landscape-design, re-zonings, grant writing, teaching and urban advocacy.
| University of Florida / Bachelor of Architecture professional degree | 1972 |
| Historic American Building Survey—Nantucket Institute | 1968 |
| Florida Department of State / Palm Beach County Site Nominations | 1970 |
| Landmark Architecture of Palm Beach Survey | 1969-1972 |
| Walden Fellowship recipient | 1972 |
| European work / study | 1972- 1977 |
| National Endowment for the Arts “Architect-in-the-School” | 1979- 1983 |
| Architectural Registration Internship Program | 1983- 1986 |
| Florida Architectural Registration | 1986 |
| Atelier Group, Inc. (interior design partnership) | 1986- 1989 |
| Roger Grunke and Associates (residential design and investment partnership) | 1990- 1998 |
| Florida Building Contractor License | 1993 |
| Grunke + associates (sole proprietor) | 1998- present |
| Adjunct instructor: International Academy of Design, Tampa, FL | 2000 |
| Adjunct instructor: Art Institute of Tampa 2005-2007 |
Publications
Roger GRUNKE’s designs, construction and op-ed articles have been featured in Southern Living Magazine; Florida Home and Garden Magazine; Tampa Tribune Flair Magazine; and the AIA Florida Caribbean Architect Magazine. GRUNKE is a regular contributor to community newspapers and e-magazines. The Tampa Community Design Center’s publication Respectful Rehab featured his pen-and-ink illustrations of Tampa’s historic housing styles.
Community Engagement
GRUNKE is a Commissioner for the City of Tampa’s Barrio Latino Architectural Review and is active in the Historic Hyde Park Neighborhood Association’s Land-use Committee. He is co-founder of the Tampa Bay AIA Architectural Heritage Committee and President of Friends of Kiley Garden.
Awards
“Palms Connection Shopping Plaza” – award of merit / Tampa Hillsborough Planning Commission, 1991; “Hyde Park Gateway”—Outstanding Achievement New Infill / Florida Trust for Historic Preservation, 2007; “Bern’s Accessory Structure”—award of merit / Tampa Hillsborough Planning Commission, 2008, and Outstanding Achievement New Infill / Florida Trust for Historic Preservation, 2008.