Frank Gordon was born in Atcham, Shropshire, in 1928 and he enrolled at the Architectural Association in 1949. As part of his final year’s studies, in 1954/55, he joined the first cohort of the newly formed AA Department of Tropical Architecture (DTA). After graduation he entered the practice of James Cubitt and Partners but little is known to us of his subsequent career. His death is recorded in Shrewsbury in 2009 

Sources: 

• Architectural Association Student Register 1945-1972, AA Archives
• Architectural Association Diploma Roll Book, 1924-1963, AA Archives
• Architectural Association Members List 1961
• Department of Tropical Architecture, student listing, Otto Koenigsberger Collection, Box OK27, AA Archives
• General Register Office: United Kingdom: Reference: Volume 6a, Page 920
• GreyPower Deceased Data: compiled by Wilmington Millennium; West Yorkshire England:, England and Wales Death Indexes