How Architecture Tells 9 Realities That Will Change the Way You See

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The general reading public is likely to think of architecture as
buildings. But, with this book, Robert Steinberg would like to help
readers understand that architecture shapes lives. Architecture can
help communities integrate and thrive. Architecture can touch us,
influencing how we feel, and how we interact with others. In short,
architecture can fundamentally improve our quality of life.
As a young graduate architect fresh from Berkeley, Steinberg began
to discover the potential of architecture to shape communities.
Working with his father, an architect who had studied with Mies van
der Roe (and whose father was also an architect), one of Steinberg’s
first projects was to draft and redraft a parking garage in downtown
Silicon Valley, CA. As he mediated between the two architects in
charge of the project—his father and the city architect—he noticed
that with each evolution, the garage became more beautiful and
refined. And with each improvement, this garage became more able
to succeed in the goal of reviving the dying downtown core of Silicon
Valley.
The garage was a huge success, and Steinberg began to codify
what he had learned. Thanks to the garage, he wrote the first of
what would become the 9 Realities of Architecture: Architecture is
the Pursuit of Perfection—a magnificent take-away from a humble
parking garage project. As Steinberg eventually rose to become CEO
Title: How Architecture Tells
Size: 8.6” x 10.6” Portrait
Pages: 296pp
Binding: Hardbound
Publication Date: Fall 2021
ISBN: 978-1-954081-31-4
Price: $60.00
World Rights: Available
of his firm and grew it into a global practice with six regional offices
including Austin and New York, and a major office in Shanghai, he
used his drive for creating thriving communities to eventually touch
the lives of countless people around the world.

• ISBN

  9781954081314

• Title

  How Architecture Tells 9 Realities That Will Change the Way You See

• Author

  Robert Steinberg, FAIA, Gerald Sindell, foreword by Hon. Penny Pritzker

• Publisher

  ORO EDITIONS

• Publication year

  2021

• Binding

  Hardcover

• Language

  English