About: Rae Featherstone

Rae Edwin Featherstone (1907-1987) was an Australian architect best known for serving as staff architect at Melbourne University. His early work with the firm influenced his later stylistic approach, which was firmly rooted in an early modernist style. He worked for H S Goodhart-Rendel in Europe as Chief Assistant, after which he returned to Australia, working for Stephenson & Turner, and retaining the right to practice on his own. His work on the house Blue Peter (1956) won him national recognition when it was published in the book Best Houses in Australia. He was then appointed his position of senior lecturer at The University of Melbourne, finally achieving the position of staff architect. He later consulted for the .