John Alexander Carfrae

John Alexander Carfrae (1868–1947) was a Scottish architect of particular note in the field of innovative school design.

He was considered one of the best architects of his generation, but his works were rather limited as he was constrained to the standard board school formats.

In June 1892 Carfrae returned to Edinburgh to work in Sydney Mitchell and Robert Wilson's practice.

[1] When Robert Wilson died in 1901, Carfrae inherited both his office and the full role as architect to the Edinburgh School Board.

However, the city architect Ebenezer James MacRae still passed him two commissions: for Balgreen and Stenhouse schools.