Fascinating house

　　 Architecture is a material and social art that is the most 　　profound of all the arts because we live inside it. 　　 The Danish philosopher Kierkegaard once observed, "The 　　highest and most beautiful things in life are not to be heard 　　about, nor read about,nor seen but, if one will, are to be 　　lived."Architecture, designed to be "lived" in, or experienced, 　　as part of the fabric of a larger community and as expressions of 　　the needs of its inhabitants, can produce an unexpected set of 　　relationships and opportunities that become manifested as social 　　and spatial events. 　　 It is the experiential quality of these events,the 　　juxtaposing and arrangement of objects and forms that, when 　　precisely crafted and well positioned, can produce 　　extraordinarily beautiful meanings that are recognized within the 　　participant or community. 　　 The meaning of the works revealed in this book,FASCINATING 　　HOUSE is conveyed in each ofthe projects moments of complexity, 　　diversity,beauty, and richness. Within these moments,architecture 　　emerges as an art form, critically engaged with the visual, 　　social, and historical culture of which it is an active part.