Early FOG

I have always preferred the work of the early Frank O. Gehry over the later Frank.

The early Frank, the pre-Bilbao Frank, is an architect hell-bent on expressive form within a limited budget.

A beautiful example is the unbuilt Wagner House of 1978. The simple play of geometry against a steep slope produced a building with a tremendous sense of movement -- as if the whole structure has begun to tumble down the hill.

In homage, I have constructed a simple 3D model: