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 Oakley & Parkes 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 Australian University Commission. Biography R.E.Featherstone (b. 1907, Hawthorn, Australia) began his education at Scotch College, and later Swinburne and West Melbourne Technical Colleges. He then began his internship with Edwin J & C L Ruck, while enrolled at The University of Melbourne for the diploma of Architectural Atelier. Upon completing his qualification, he stayed on at the University as an assistant instructor. He was employed by the firm Oakley & Parkes in 1930 and was involved in the design of Yule House(1932). During this period he retained his right to practice outside the firm and designed a residence for C M Werner, 13 Moorakyne Ave, Malvern. In April 1934 he left Oakley & Parkes to pursue an interest in interior decoration and furniture design in Europe. While in Europe, he was employed in the practice of H S Goodhart-Rendel a position which he held for several years as chief assistant working on cathedrals, hospitals and civic commissions. Upon his return to Melbourne he was employed once more at Oakley & Parkes and worked on the ANZAC House entry sequence (1938) and Phosphate House (1940). He then transferred to the practice of Stephenson & Turner, working on military and civilian hospitals. After the second world war Featherstone returned to The University of Melbourne as a lecturer, in charge of a short course of architectural design for returning servicemen. Then in 1947 when the Faculty of Architecture was established he maintained his position of senior lecturer. Three years later he left on a tour of Europe, America and the U.K. to study post-war building developments. This tour was the basis for his published report "Architectural education in Scandinavia, Western Europe, the