Victor Steinbrueck
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Victor Steinbrueck (1911, Mandan, North Dakota - 1985) was an American architect based in Seattle, Washington, and best known for his efforts to preserve the city's Pioneer Square and Pike Place Market.
Steinbrueck came to the city in 1913, graduated from the University of Washington in 1935, a period which included a stint in the Civilian Conservation Corps. After working in a number of private Seattle firms and serving in the military during World War II, he joined the faculty of the university and designed a series of regional-modernist residences, built with indigenous materials suited to the climate.
In the early 1960s Steinbrueck, among others, successfully fought developers' plans to obliterate Seattle's most significant historic districts. His own projects were guided by a strong sense of public spirit and social consciousness: low-income housing, the inclusion of social services, and a number of city parks co-designed with landscape architect Richard Haag, including the one that now bears his name.
He also did much of the design work for the Space Needle. His son, Peter Steinbrueck, has an architect degree (although not licensed nor practicing) and is a member of the City Council.
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- Steinbrueck, Victor Eugene (1911-1985) at HistoryLink.org
- Victor Steinbrueck, Life & Ideas
