Alaina Gunter

Alaina Gunter, is a recent graduate of the Master of Architecture program at the College of Architecture, Planning, and Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Arlington. Before receiving her Masters, she gained her BFA in Theatre Performance from University of Houston and worked for various non-profits, including serving two terms with AmeriCorps. While she learned a lot from this work, her love of architecture and historic buildings lured her back to school. While at UTA, she worked for two and a half years as a Graduate Teaching Assistant for the History of Architecture and Interiors classes. She also completed coursework in Historic Preservation and participated in research on the Victorian architecture of Galveston, Texas. She won an honorable mention at the 2023 UTA Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (JEDI) awards for her research on strategies for revitalizing historic downtowns via the Main Street Program.

After graduation she joined Komatsu Architecture in Fort Worth, where she is part of the Historic Preservation Studio. She works mostly on restoring historic Texas courthouses, which allows her to study the wide range of construction techniques and materials used from the Victorian era to the 1970s. She has experience with master planning, conditions assessments, and has written several grants for the Texas Historic Courthouse Preservation Program run by the Texas Historical Commission. She is currently working toward becoming a licensed architect.