Background
Horsbrugh, Patrick was born on June 21, 1920 in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Son of Charles Bethune and Marion Rose (McQueen) Horsbrugh. came to the United States, 1960.
architect educator environologist
Horsbrugh, Patrick was born on June 21, 1920 in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Son of Charles Bethune and Marion Rose (McQueen) Horsbrugh. came to the United States, 1960.
Following the conflict he studied in Britain and the United States before embarking on teaching career that spanned numerous major American universities.
Born in Belfast, he took an interest in architecture at a young age, but his studies were interrupted by military service during World World War World War II He also competed for Great Britain at the art competitions at the 1948 Summer Olympics. As a researcher, he coined the term "environics" to cover the study of the environmental implications of modern architecture development and taught courses on the subject until his retirement. He held the title of professor emeritus at the University of Notre Dame until his death in January 2014.
Patrick decided by the age of twelve to pursue a career in architecture and moved to Dorset to further his studies.
During World World War II he served in the British Army and the Royal Air Force before being transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy to act as an observer on the country"s first aircraft carrier. He also volunteered at the Middlesbrough Survey and Planning office during his leave times.
After seven years of military service he studied at a student-run private school known as the Architectural Association School of Architecture and eventually ended up on scholarship in Rome, where he was convinced to study landscape architecture at Harvard University. After teaching at Harvard for several years, Horsbrugh lectured at North Carolina State University as a visiting professor in 1952.
During this same year, High Paddington was published by Sergei Kadleigh, with Horsbrugh"s assistance, describing a vertically built town suitable for eight thousand individuals.
After a stint at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, he spent five years teaching at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, which was at the time the maximum number of years that a foreigner could be employed with the University of Nebraska system. Although the law was rescinded at the end of his tenure, he had already signed a contract with the University of Texas at Austin, where in 1965 he had planned and hosted a conference on the environmental impact of modern architecture. He spent two and a half more years at the institution prior to arriving at the University of Notre Dame in 1968 to teach environics, a term that he had coined in 1954 to encompass the studies of the interplay between the environment and architecture.
During his career he also lectured at the University of California, Berkeley, the University of Florida, the University of Georgia, and Pennsylvania State University.
He retains the status of professor emeritus at the University of Notre Dame, where he returned in 1984. He resided in South Bend, Indiana until his death in January 2014, at the age of 93.
Co-chairman International Earth Day, 1978. Vice president Channel Tunnel Association, 1974-1994. Member Indiana curriculum advisory county Indiana Board Education, 1986.
With Royal Artillery, 1938-1941. With Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, 1941-1946. Fellow American Institute of Architects (regional and urban design committee), Royal Society Arts, Royal Geography Society, British Interplanetary Society.
Member Royal Institute British Architects, Royal Town Planning Institute, American Planning Association, Ancient Monument Society, Society Industrial Archaeology, Society Protection Ancient Bldgs, GeorgianGroup, National Trust (Great Britain), American Society Landscape Architects (honorary), American Society Interior Designers (honorary), Irish Georgian society, Railway Development Society, Christopher Wren Society (founder, London 1995), Northern Ireland Partnership.