Introduction
Essay
Paul Karakusevic: A new era for social housing
Founding Partner of Karakusevic Carson Architects
After years of it being marginalised and viewed as an option of last resort, architects and designers are once again re-engaging with the ‘social and public housing sectors.’ Across Europe, a new generation of projects are playing a critical role in the reinvention of building and housing typologies, and piloting new delivery methods.
In the UK, record property prices and a considerable, well-documented housing shortage has brought about a crisis in affordability, partially a consequence of asset value being consistently prioritised over supply. Some have called it a “national emergency”1 and it has led to a reversal in the trend ...
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