George Rae (architect)
George Rae (born 1901) was an Australian architect. He designed some of Brisbane's best interwar apartment buildings. A number of his works are listed on the Queensland Heritage Register.[1]
Early life
George Rae was born on 8 March 1901 in at 20 Avon Street, Glasgow, Scotland, son of Alexander Don Renwick Rae and his wife Agnes McLean McPherson.[2][3]
Career
From 1927 to 1931, George Rae worked for Atkinson, Powell and Conrad. From 1931 to 1933, he was in partnership with Lange Leopold Powell.[1]
In his early thirties and one of Brisbane's most successful young architects, Rae had established his own architectural practice in Brisbane in 1933. Rae designed a variety of buildings, including new forms of architectural construction to Brisbane such as picture theatres and residential flats. His more substantial purpose-designed flat buildings are amongst the most important of their type and their period in Brisbane.[1]
Works
His works include:[1]
- Gympie and Widgee War Memorial Gates erected in 1920[4]
- Toowong Soldiers' Memorial erected c. 1922[5]
- Carrington (corner of Warry Street and Gregory Terrace, Spring Hill) erected in 1933
- Highview (on Dornoch Terrace, Highgate Hill) designed in 1933-34
- Casa del Mar (44 Moray Street, New Farm) erected in 1934
- Greystaines (240 Kingsford Smith Drive, Hamilton) constructed in 1934
- Green Gables (one of the Julius Street Flats) (corner of Julius and Moray streets, New Farm) erected in 1935.
References
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Attribution
This Wikipedia article was originally based on "The Queensland heritage register" published by the State of Queensland under CC-BY 3.0 AU licence (accessed on 7 July 2014, archived on 8 October 2014).
