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How Architecture Tells - 9 Realities that will Change the Way You See (Hardcover)
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How Architecture Tells - 9 Realities that will Change the Way You See (Hardcover)
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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 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.
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