This text looks at the Lawson-Westen House - the first major residence thatric Owen Moss has completed since the Petal House, also in Los Angeles,hich led to him being mis-cast as an unpredictable practical joker. He isow regarded equal in skill to Frank Gehry.;The house was designed for aouple who cook together and entertain frequently. The vertical funnel ofpace above the food preparation area that results, is a dominant form in theuilding's composition and one of the major ordering devices in theuilding's circulation system. It is also a complex geometric feat, relyingn shifting grids and subtle subdivisions, revealing a geometrically basedrder of Moss's own devising.