Design and Architecture
Getting High Speed Rail Right; What Makes a House a Home?
High Speed Rail works when it connects people and businesses. Joe Mathews and Sam Lubell ask, will California’s bullet trains do that? What makes a house a home? A look at how designers create "homes" for absentee owners, and how the home-less create a sense of home.
By Frances Anderton • • 29m ListenHigh Speed Rail works when it connects people and businesses. Will California’s bullet trains do that? Joe Mathews and Sam Lubell consider Germany’s system, Anaheim’s ARTIC, LA’s Union Station and the road to connectivity. What makes a house a home? A social historian examines the 500-year evolution of home. LA designers talk about creating "homes" for absentee property owners; and KCRW’s Anna Scott reflects on how the home-less create a sense of home.
Photo: ARTIC, the Anaheim Regional Transportation Intermodal Center (Alex Hallajian)
