Florian Gruner, born in 1977 in Nürtingen, started his architectural studies in 1998 at the University of Hannover and continued them from 2000 to 2004 in Stuttgart. From 2002 to 2003, he pursued his studies abroad at TU Delft.
Following his studies, Florian Gruner worked at the Cheret & Bozic architectural firm in Stuttgart from 2005 to 2008. As an academic staff member, he supported the team of Prof. Dr. Thomas Jocher at the University of Stuttgart, Institute for Housing and Design (IWE) from 2009 to 2015. At a+r Architekten, Florian Gruner has taken on project management responsibilities since 2010, and in 2017, he was appointed senior architect.
Florian Gruner has been a partner at a+r Architekten since 2021. In the same year, he was appointed to the Association of German Architects (BDA).