Social Housing: Definitions and Design Exemplars - Hardcover

Karakusevic, Paul; Batchelor, Abigail

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1859466265 ISBN 13: 9781859466261

Publisher: RIBA Publishing, 2017

Synopsis

Across Europe a new generation of practices are 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.

About this title

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.

Edition details

• Publisher: RIBA Publishing
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1859466265
• ISBN 13: 9781859466261
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 176