Victor Eugene Steinbrueck (December 15, 1911 - February 14, 1985) was an American architect, best known for his efforts to preserve Seattle's Pioneer Square and Pike Place Market.

After apprenticing at a number of private firms in Seattle and serving in the military during World War II, he joined the Faculty of Architecture at the University of Washington in 1946.

[4] He also initiated his own practice and, over the next two decades, designed a series of regional-modernist residences, built with indigenous materials suited to the climate.

Working as a consultant to John Graham & Company, Steinbrueck played a key role in the design work of the Space Needle,[7] inspired by a wooden sculpture in his home by David Lemon called The Feminine One, which emulates the shape of a female dancer in motion and giving the tower's support structure its shape.

Victor Steinbrueck died at Seattle's University Hospital on February 14, 1985, at the age of 73 during an operation following a heart attack.