Paul Karakusevic founded Karakusevic Carson Architects to raise the architectural design standards and ambitions for the quality of the UK’s social and public housing. 

Over the past 20 + years, he has worked alongside residents and local government to improve the design and delivery of truly affordable homes and neighbourhoods which reflect the needs of real communities; designing and crafting dwellings that give residents dignity and help to improve quality of life and chances for future generations. To date, the studio has completed 10 major London Council housing projects. Multi-award winning schemes which have provided exemplary homes and have advanced a new era of Public housing.

In 2017, Paul co-authored the book ‘Social Housing – Definitions and Design Exemplars’, published by RIBA and then in 2022, co-authored ‘Public Housing Works’, published by Lund Humphries; a book charting the last two decades of public housing design in the UK, told through the studio’s housing and masterplanning projects. In 2023, he co-authored ‘Retrofit Social Housing: A practical guide for local authorities & registered providers of social housing’.