Peter Steinbrueck

Peter Steinbrueck
Peter Steinbrueck at Seattle's Market Park, 1984
Member of the Seattle City Council, Position 3
In office November 4, 1997 – January 1, 2008
Preceded by	Richard McIver
Succeeded by	Bruce Harrell
Personal details
Born	(1957-10-14) October 14, 1957 (age 59) Seattle, Washington
Parents	Victor Steinbrueck (father)
Residence	Seattle, Washington
Alma mater	Lakeside School Bowdoin College University of Washington
Occupation	Architect

Peter Steinbrueck is an American architect and Seattle, Washington politician. He is a licensed architect in the State of Washington, and principal and founder of Steinbrueck Urban Strategies.

Steinbrueck was born and raised in Seattle, and is the son of noted architect Victor Steinbrueck (1911–1985). He graduated from Lakeside School, received his bachelor of arts degree in government from Bowdoin College, and a master of architecture degree from the University of Washington College of Built Environments.

Steinbrueck was a member of the Seattle City Council, first elected to the council on November 4, 1997, and immediately sworn in to fill an unfinished term. He was elected to full council terms in 1999 and 2003 and served through 2007. Steinbrueck served as council president during 2002 and 2003 and was succeeded by Jan Drago. He served as chair of the Housing and Human Services Committee in his first four years on the council, later the Parks, Education, and Libraries Committee, and in his final four years, he chaired the Urban Development and Planning Committee.

In late 2012, Steinbrueck announced his candidacy for Mayor of Seattle in the 2013 election but failed to move past the primary election. In June of 2017, Peter Steinbrueck announced his candidacy for Seattle Port Commissioner Position 4.

Steinbrueck has been a visiting instructor at the University of Washington’s College of the Built Environments, and is a frequent speaker, commentator, and writer on the emerging framework for advancing environmental sustainability of cities and regions. In 2009, Steinbrueck was named a Loeb Fellow in the Graduate School of Design at Harvard University, where he completed an academic year 2009-10 of independent research focused on the environment, climate change and urban sustainability in the United States.