Research outputs
2025
Patriots and Partisans
Pepper, S. (2025). Patriots and Partisans. In Warfare and Politics (pp. 79-104). Taylor & Francis. doi:10.5117/9789089647474_ch06
Patriots and Partisans: Popular Resistance to the Occupation of the Venetian Terraferma by the Forces of the League of Cambrai1
Pepper, S. (2025). Patriots and Partisans: Popular Resistance to the Occupation of the Venetian Terraferma by the Forces of the League of Cambrai1. In Warfare and Politics Cities and Government in Renaissance Tuscany and Venice (pp. 79-103). doi:10.5117/9789089647474_CH06
2019
Herbert Rowse
Jackson, I., Pepper, S., & Richmond, P. (2019). Herbert Rowse. Historic England.
2017
Sword and Spade: Military Construction in Renaissance Italy
Pepper, S. (2017). Sword and Spade: Military Construction in Renaissance Italy. In Warfare in Early Modern Europe 1450 1660 (pp. 109-128).
High Social Housing in London c.1940-1970
Pepper, S. M. (2017). High Social Housing in London c.1940-1970. In P. Guillery, & D. Kroll (Eds.), Mobilising Housing Histories Learning from London's Past for a Sustainable Future. RIBA Publishing.
Books, buildings and social engineering: Early public libraries in Britain from past to present
Black, A., Pepper, S., & Bagshaw, K. (2017). Books, buildings and social engineering: Early public libraries in Britain from past to present. doi:10.4324/9781315569680
2016
War stories
Pepper, S. (2016). War stories. Social History, 41(2), 125-135. doi:10.1080/03071022.2016.1144314
2014
The Beginnings of High-Rise Social Housing in the Long 1940s: The Case of the LCC and Woodberry Down Estate
Pepper, S. M. (2014). The Beginnings of High-Rise Social Housing in the Long 1940s: The Case of the LCC and Woodberry Down Estate. In M. Swenarton, T. Avermaete, & D. van den Heuvel (Eds.), Architecture and the Welfare State. Routledge.
Defending the frontiers of Venice : fortification and defensive strategy in the Friuli before Palmanova
Pepper, S. M. (2014). Defending the frontiers of Venice : fortification and defensive strategy in the Friuli before Palmanova. In L'architettura militare di Venezia in terraferma e in Adriatico fra XVI e XVII secolo. Atti del Convegno internazionale di studi (Palmanova, 8-10 novembre 2013). Olschki.
2012
From civic place to digital space: The design of public libraries in Britain from past to present
Black, A., & Pepper, S. (2012). From civic place to digital space: The design of public libraries in Britain from past to present. Library Trends, 61(2), 440-470. doi:10.1353/lib.2012.0042
2011
Owatonna (Minnesota) builds a library
Pepper, S. (2011). Owatonna (Minnesota) builds a library. Library Trends, 60(1), 54-70. doi:10.1353/lib.2011.0031
2010
Aspects of operational art: Communications, cannon, and small war
Pepper, S. (2010). Aspects of operational art: Communications, cannon, and small war. In European Warfare 1350 1750 (pp. 181-202). doi:10.1017/CBO9780511806278.011
Warfare and Operational Art: Communications, Cannon and Small War
Pepper, S. (2010). Warfare and Operational Art: Communications, Cannon and Small War. In F. Tallett, & D. Trim (Eds.), European Warfare 1350-1750 (pp. 181-202). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
2009
Stepney and the politics of high-rise housing: Limehouse fields to John Scurr house, 1925-1937
Pepper, S., & Richmond, P. (2009). Stepney and the politics of high-rise housing: Limehouse fields to John Scurr house, 1925-1937. London Journal, 34(1), 33-54. doi:10.1179/174963209X398135
Homes unfit for heroes: The slum problem in London and Neville Chamberlain's Unhealthy Areas Committee, 1919-21
Pepper, S., & Richmond, P. (2009). Homes unfit for heroes: The slum problem in London and Neville Chamberlain's Unhealthy Areas Committee, 1919-21. Town Planning Review, 80(2), 143-171. doi:10.3828/tpr.80.2.3
2008
Cottages, flats and reconditioning: Renewal strategies in London after world war one
Pepper, S., & Richmond, P. (2008). Cottages, flats and reconditioning: Renewal strategies in London after world war one. Construction History, 23, 99-117.
Upward or outward? Politics, planning and council flats, 1919-1939
Pepper, S., & Richmond, P. (2008). Upward or outward? Politics, planning and council flats, 1919-1939. Journal of Architecture, 13(1), 53-90. doi:10.1080/13602360701875901
2007
Ville idéale - ville ex nihilo - ville militaire
Pepper, S. (2007). Ville idéale - ville ex nihilo - ville militaire. In I. Warmoes, & V. Sanger (Eds.), Vauban, Bâtisseur du Roi-Soleil (pp. 223-226). Paris: Musée des Plans-reliefs.
2006
Storehouses of knowledge: The free library movement and the birth of modern library architecture
Pepper, S. (2006). Storehouses of knowledge: The free library movement and the birth of modern library architecture. In Cambridge History of Libraries in Britain and Ireland 1850 2000 (pp. 584-608). doi:10.1017/CHOL9780521780971.048
The Face of the Siege: Fortification, Tactics and Strategy in the Early Italian Wars."
Pepper, S. (2006). The Face of the Siege: Fortification, Tactics and Strategy in the Early Italian Wars.". In C. Shaw, & K. Devries (Eds.), Italy and the European Powers: The Impact of War, 1500-1530 (Vol. 38, pp. 33-56). Leiden: Brill.
Working Class Flats in the 1930s: Steel versus Concrete
Pepper, S., & Yeomans, D. (2006). Working Class Flats in the 1930s: Steel versus Concrete. In M. Dunkeld, & and others (Eds.), 2nd International Conference of Construction History Vol. 3 (pp. 2515-2526). Cambridge, MA: Spon for Construction History Society.
2003
Artisans, architects and aristocrats: professionalism and renaissance military engineering
Pepper, S. (2003). Artisans, architects and aristocrats: professionalism and renaissance military engineering. In J. B. Trim (Ed.), The Chivalric Ethos and the Development of Military Professionalism (pp. 117-147). Leiden: Brill.
2002
Body, diagram, and geometry in the Renaissance fortress
Pepper, S. (2002). Body, diagram, and geometry in the Renaissance fortress. In G. Dodds, & R. Tavernor (Eds.), Body and Building: Essays on the Changing Relation of Body and Architecture (pp. 114-125). Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press.
2001
L'evoluzione dell'architettura militare negli stati italiani
Pepper, S. (2001). L'evoluzione dell'architettura militare negli stati italiani. In C. Conforti, & R. Tuttle (Eds.), Storia dell'architettura italiana: il secondo cinquecento (pp. 482-507). Milano: Electa.
2000
Sword and Spade: Military Construction in Renaissance Italy
Pepper, S. (2000). Sword and Spade: Military Construction in Renaissance Italy. Construction History, 16, 13-22.
1997
Further thoughts on design research
Pepper, S. (1997). Further thoughts on design research. Architectural Research Quarterly, 2(4), 6-9. doi:10.1017/S1359135500001536
1981
Ossulston street: Early lcc experiments in high-rise housing, 1925-29
Pepper, S. (1981). Ossulston street: Early lcc experiments in high-rise housing, 1925-29. London Journal, 7(1), 45-64. doi:10.1179/ldn.1981.7.1.45