Robert Graustein

Director

Bob’s global perspective, attention to detail, and over 20 years of experience inform his work designing projects in diverse geographic locations from Texas to Singapore. Working across varied sectors and scales, his portfolio includes urban plans, mixed-use developments, office towers, and academic facilities.

Mixed-Use Communities

Whether for a single building or an entire neighborhood, Bob seeks to establish new connections between program types and the public realm. Leading the expansion of KPF’s portfolio in Texas, Bob has been central to the design of a number of significant mixed-use developments in Austin and Dallas. Bank of America Tower at Parkside and the Knox Street Office combine state-of-the-art workplaces with hospitality-driven lobbies and retail opportunities while extending local greenery vertically through the buildings. The curved form of One Lady Bird Lake offers residents sweeping views of the Austin skyline while the building’s ground level connects to urban and recreational amenities. In Bellevue, Washington, the new Hom district is anchored by placemaking interventions and a vibrant public realm. Grounded by a central landscaped park, the multiple buildings of the Greenland Bund Centre are composed of a series of stepped volumes to reinforce the human scale.

Knox Street Office

Dallas, TX, USA

Bank of America Tower at Parkside

Dallas, TX, USA

One Lady Bird Lake

Austin, TX, USA

Environmentally Responsible Design

Attentive to both environmental and cultural context, Bob served as Design Director of the Satcom Tower, a LEED Platinum–certified headquarters building in Shenzhen’s high-tech district, and the TCC Hoping Industrial Eco Park, a multi-functional development that uses byproducts from manufacturing processes to power a living laboratory. As the Senior Designer of 18 Robinson he helped synthesize the unique conditions of contemporary Singapore to realize a sustainable retail and office tower that is GreenMark certified and features an innovative landscaped podium and rooftop Sky Gardens with planted trees, natural ventilation, and views across the city, exceeding the requirements of Singapore’s Land Replacement Policy.

18 Robinson

Singapore

TCC Hoping

Xiulin Township, Taiwan

Satcom Tower

Shenzhen, China

Industry Leadership

Bob has lectured at the University of Pennsylvania and has been a visiting Critic at NYIT and Pratt. He is part of the Visualization Leaders group at KPF.