Publications
Selected publications
- Housing Atlas: Europe 20th Century (Book - 2023)
- Cook's Camden: The Making of Modern Housing (Book - 2017)
- Homes fit for heroes: the politics and architecture of early state housing in Britain (Book - 2018)
- Architecture and the Welfare State (Book - 2014)
- High Density without High Rise: Housing Experiments of the 1950s by Patrick Hodgkinson (Chapter - 2014)
- Politics versus architecture: the Alexandra Road public enquiry of 1978-81 (Journal article - 2014)
- Politics, property and planning: building the Brunswick, 1958-74 (Journal article - 2013)
- Developing a new format for urban housing: Neave Brown and the design of Camden's Fleet Road estate (Journal article - 2012)
- Building the New Jerusalem: Architecture, Politics and Housing 1900-1930 (Book - 2008)
2023
Housing Atlas: Europe 20th Century
Pierini, O. S., Espegel, C., Gameren, D. V., & Swenarton, M. (2023). Housing Atlas: Europe 20th Century.
2021
Homes fit for Heroes Revisited
Swenarton, M. (2021). Homes fit for Heroes Revisited. In Hidden in Plain Sight: Politics and Design in State-Subsidized Residential Architecture (pp. 59-76). Zurich: Park Books.
2020
A Street with a Difference
Swenarton, M. (2020). A Street with a Difference. In G. Steixner, & M. Welzig (Eds.), Luxury for Everyone Milestones in European Stepped Terrace Housing (pp. 270-280). Basel: Birkhauser.
2018
Homes fit for heroes: the politics and architecture of early state housing in Britain
Swenarton, M. (2018). Homes fit for heroes: the politics and architecture of early state housing in Britain (second ed.). Abingdon: Routledge.
2017
Cook's Camden: The Making of Modern Housing
Swenarton, M. C. (2017). Cook's Camden: The Making of Modern Housing (1st ed.). London: Lund Humphries. Retrieved from https://www.lundhumphries.com/products/76991
2015
Ancient Wisdom and Modern Knowhow: Learning to Live with Uncertainty; James Stirling: Revisionary Modernist; Stirling and Gowan: Architecture from Austerity to Affluence
Swenarton, M. (2015). Ancient Wisdom and Modern Knowhow: Learning to Live with Uncertainty; James Stirling: Revisionary Modernist; Stirling and Gowan: Architecture from Austerity to Affluence. Journal of Architectural Education, 69(1), 144-147. doi:10.1080/10464883.2015.989079
2014
Politics versus architecture: the Alexandra Road public enquiry of 1978-81
Swenarton, M. (2014). Politics versus architecture: the Alexandra Road public enquiry of 1978-81. Planning Perspectives, 29(4), 423-446. doi:10.1080/02665433.2013.864956
Architecture and the Welfare State
Swenarton, M., Avermaete, T., & van den Heuvel, D. (Eds.) (2014). Architecture and the Welfare State. Abingdon: Routledge.
Double Vision
Swenarton, M. (2014). Double Vision. In I. Borden, M. Fraser, & B. Penner (Eds.), Forty Ways to Think About Architecture (pp. 180-184). Chichester: John Wiley.
High Density without High Rise: Housing Experiments of the 1950s by Patrick Hodgkinson
Swenarton, M. (2014). High Density without High Rise: Housing Experiments of the 1950s by Patrick Hodgkinson. In M. Swenarton, T. Avermaete, & D. van den Heuvel (Eds.), Architecture and the Welfare State (pp. 237-257). Abingdon: Routledge.
Paradise lost
Swenarton, M. (2014). Paradise lost. RIBA Journal, 83-84.
2013
Politics, property and planning: building the Brunswick, 1958-74
Swenarton, M. (2013). Politics, property and planning: building the Brunswick, 1958-74. Town Planning Review, 84(2), 197-226. doi:10.3828/tpr.2013.12
2012
Developing a new format for urban housing: Neave Brown and the design of Camden's Fleet Road estate
Swenarton, M. (2012). Developing a new format for urban housing: Neave Brown and the design of Camden's Fleet Road estate. The Journal of Architecture, 17(6), 973-1007. doi:10.1080/13602365.2012.746038
2011
Geared to producing ideas, with the emphasis on youth: the creation of the Camden borough architect's department under Sydney Cook
Swenarton, M. (2011). Geared to producing ideas, with the emphasis on youth: the creation of the Camden borough architect's department under Sydney Cook. The Journal of Architecture, 16(3), 387-414. doi:10.1080/13602365.2011.591601
Learning from architecture and conflict
Piquard, B., & Swenarton, M. (2011). Learning from architecture and conflict. The Journal of Architecture, 16(1), 1-13. doi:10.1080/13602365.2011.557897
Flourishing ideas: Edward Cullinan Architects in Edinburgh
Swenarton, M. (2011). Flourishing ideas: Edward Cullinan Architects in Edinburgh. Architecture Today, 216, 42-51.
Situating Stirling
Swenarton, M. (2011). Situating Stirling. Architectural Review, 229(1370), 81.
Stirling and the North
Swenarton, M. (2011). Stirling and the North. A, 14, 4-5.
2009
Research shortcomings in housing
Swenarton, M. (2009). Research shortcomings in housing. Building Research & Information, 37(1), 101-105.
2008
Building the New Jerusalem: Architecture, Politics and Housing 1900-1930
Swenarton, M. (2008). Building the New Jerusalem: Architecture, Politics and Housing 1900-1930. Garston: IHS-BRE.
2007
Feilden Clegg Bradley: the environmental handbook
Latham, I., & Swenarton, M. (Eds.) (2007). Feilden Clegg Bradley: the environmental handbook. London: Right Angle.
Houses of paper and brown cardboard: Neville Chamberlain and the establishment of the Building Research Station at Garston in 1925
Swenarton, M. (2007). Houses of paper and brown cardboard: Neville Chamberlain and the establishment of the Building Research Station at Garston in 1925. Planning Perspectives, 22(3), 257-281.
The Politics of Making
Swenarton, M., Troiani, I., & Webster, H. (Eds.) (2007). The Politics of Making. London: Routledge.
2003
Rammed earth revival: technological innocation and government policy in Britain, 1905-1925
Swenarton, M. (2003). Rammed earth revival: technological innocation and government policy in Britain, 1905-1925. Construction History, 19, 107-126.
2002
Jeremy Dixon and Eward Jones: buildsings and projects 1959-2002
Latham, I., & Swenarton, M. (Eds.) (2002). Jeremy Dixon and Eward Jones: buildsings and projects 1959-2002. London: Right Angle.
1989
Artisans and architects: the Ruskinian tradition in architectural thought
Swenarton, M. (1989). Artisans and architects: the Ruskinian tradition in architectural thought. Basingstoke: Macmilan.