H
ouses with names provoke us to look at the buildings they denominate from an emotional as well as an
aesthetic perspective, bringing to their formal reality our
own subjective associations. A case in point is the Star
House in Bnaider, Kuwait, designed by AGi architects,
designers also of an urban house in Kuwait City called
���The Secret.��� Both the ���Star��� and the ���Secret��� are forcefully modern houses, but their names point to aura as
much as function. A beach house named ���The Star��� inevitably causes readers to think of ���Stella Maris,��� ���Star
of the Sea.��� Stars twinkle: the ���Star House��� has a dark
and a bright side.
HYLAND