Robert Pearce Steel Hubbard [also known as Robert P. S. Hubbard] was born in Glasgow, Scotland on 27 January 1910 and was the son of Robert Sowter Hubbard (1872-1935) a ship designer. Form 1927 to 1932 he studied at the University of Liverpool, School of Architecture during which time he gained work experience in the office of MacGinnis & Walsh in Boston, Massachusetts.
In 1932 he was awarded the Rome Scholarship in Architecture. He abandoned the scholarship in c.1934 and moved from Rome to Palestine where he worked in the practice of Albert Clifford Holliday (1897-1960). In 1935 he married Frances Margaret Bruce (1911-1994), a Rome Scholar in Sculpture. By 1937, Hubbard had returned to Britain and was junior partner in the architectural practice Harrison, Barnes & Hubbard in London. Following World War Two Hubbard and Austen St. Barbe Harrison (1891–1976) were engaged on a reconstruction programme for the island of Malta.
Hubbard was awarded the RIBA Recognised Schools Bronze Medal in 1930 and was elected an Associate of the Royal Institute of British Architects (ARIBA) in 1934.
His address was given as 3 Southampton Place, London and 12 Holly Mount, Hampstead, London in 1939; and 30 Hampstead Grove, Hampstead, London in 1965. He died on 4 September 1965
A replanning scheme for Malta; the University of Accra in Ghana; and Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Aden.
‘Obituary’. The Builder 17 September 1965 p. 604
Sharples, Joseph, Powers, Alan and Shippobottom, Michael. Charles Reilly & the Liverpool School of Architecture 1904-1933. Catalogue of an exhibition at the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, 25 October 1996 - 2 February 1997. Liverpool: Liverpool University Press, 1996 p. 172 [Contains other references to Hubbard, unfortunately, this very informative catalogue is not indexed]