Social Housing

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Definitions and Design Exemplars

By Paul Karakusevic and Abigail Batchelor

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Social Housing presents 24 exemplar case studies across Europe where a new generation of architects and practices are redefining social housing. It explores evolving client needs, innovative funding methods, and the delivery of high-quality design at scale, emphasising the significant role of housing in city-making. The book includes interviews and testimonies that highlight shifting tenure definitions and diverse housing typologies, challenging professionals to reconsider conventional housing models.
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Ideal for architects, housing professionals, urban planners, and students interested in contemporary social housing design and policy across Europe.

Weaving together exemplar case studies, essays and interviews with social housing pioneers and clients, this book demonstrates real-life best practice responses to the challenges associated with housing provision, with a focus on design ideas.

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Across Europe, a new generation of practices is transforming social housing. Responding to continued high demand, changing clients, and new funding methods, architects are once again addressing how homes are delivered at scale, achieving high standards of design and a new focus on city making.

Bringing together 24 exemplar case studies and featuring a range of interviews and testimonies, Social Housing explores the best new housing at a pivotal time for the sector. Considering shifting definitions of tenure and featuring a variety of typologies and emerging themes, the projects together offer a challenge to housing professionals to rethink how we build and highlight the vital role of housing in the life of our cities.

“Providing an astute survey of exemplar projects from the UK and across Europe, it should be essential reading for all architects and clients working in the sector.” - Ellis Woodman, Director, Architecture Foundation

“Good social housing is re-emerging across Europe in the hands of committed architects and clients. This is a repository of the best ideas in real-life projects.” - Hugh Pearman, Editor, RIBA Journal

“This book is invaluable in showcasing impressively what can be achieved in designing and planning new social housing even now, but also in making clear the hoops councils are forced to jump through to provide it, and offering examples from elsewhere in Europe.” - Owen Hatherley, journalist

“A fascinating overview of social housing today. Complete with the essential nitty gritty details of plans, sections, budgets, and timeframes, it's both a practical manual and optimistic manifesto for what it's possible to achieve, against all the odds.” - Oliver Wainwright, architecture and design critic, The Guardian

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The International Journal of Housing Policy praises the book's thoughtful layout, featuring projects arranged by theme alongside historical insights and interviews with influential figures like Neave Brown. The review highlights the balance between restoring urban legibility and learning from past architectural ingenuity, noting the book as a valuable resource for understanding urban-scale strategies in housing provision.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781859466261

Publisher: RIBA Publishing

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 01 June 2017

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: RIBA Publishing

Illustration: 105 Illustrations

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Width: 210.0mm

Height: 297.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 176

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Abigail Batchelor Arts & Culture Education & Reference Non-Fiction Paul Karakusevic

About the Author

Paul Karakusevic, director of Karakusevic Carson Architects, established the practice with the ambition of improving the quality of social housing in London. The focus for the practice is the delivery of successful and sustainable neighbourhoods, mixed-tenure housing and civic buildings that reflect both their unique, local sense of place and the real needs of the communities involved. In addition to his nationally and internationally recognised experience with the practice, Paul is a Design Advisor to the HCA/GLA, Urban Design London and Design Council/CABE and lends his experience to audits, critiques and review and awards panels of major initiatives and projects across the UK. Abigail is an associate at Karakusevic Carson. An architect and urbanist who trained at the University of Sheffield and London School of Economics, she is a housing specialist with over 15 years’ experience in the UK and the Netherlands. She has taught the Housing and Urbanism masters at the Architectural Association and is a lecturer at London Metropolitan University. Abigail is particularly interested in the domestic realm in relation to development and the meanings of place within a globalised market.