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7 February 2025
Buildings | Selected Editor’s Choice Articles Published in the First Half of 2023 from the Section “Building Materials, and Repair & Renovation”
1. “Challenges and Current Research Trends for Vernacular Architecture in a Global World: A Literature Review”
by José María Fuentes Pardo
Buildings 2023, 13(1), 162; https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings13010162
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2075-5309/13/1/162
Citations: 28
2. “Potential Use of Oyster Shell Waste in the Composition of Construction Composites: A Review”
by Poliana Bellei, Isabel Torres, Runar Solstad and Inês Flores-Colen
Buildings 2023, 13(6), 1546; https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings13061546
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2075-5309/13/6/1546
Citations: 18
3. “Performance Improvement of Recycled Concrete Aggregates and Their Potential Applications in Infrastructure: A Review”
by Shuxia Han, Songbo Zhao, Dong Lu and Daiyu Wang
Buildings 2023, 13(6), 1411; https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings13061411
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2075-5309/13/6/1411
Citations: 13
4. “Research Status and Prospects for the Utilization of Lead–Zinc Tailings as Building Materials”
by Rui Li, Ziyi Yin and Hang Lin
Buildings 2023, 13(1), 150; https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings13010150
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2075-5309/13/1/150
Citations: 18
5. “Investigating the Influence of Thermal Conductivity and Thermal Storage of Lightweight Concrete Panels on the Energy and Thermal Comfort in Residential Buildings”
by Dileep Kumar, Morshed Alam and Abhijeet Jayeshbhai Doshi
Buildings 2023, 13(3), 720; https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings13030720
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2075-5309/13/3/720
Citations: 14
6. “Bending Properties and Vibration Characteristics of Dowel-Laminated Timber Panels Made with Short Salvaged Timber Elements”
by Lorenzo Giordano, Mohammad Derikvand and Gerhard Fink
Buildings 2023, 13(1), 199; https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings13010199
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2075-5309/13/1/199
Citations: 10
7. “Current Trends in Stone Consolidation Research: An Overview and Discussion”
by B. Sena da Fonseca
Buildings 2023, 13(2), 403; https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings13020403
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2075-5309/13/2/403
Citations: 11
8. “Experimental and Theoretical Investigation of Viscoelastic Damper by Applying Fractional Derivative Method and Internal Variable Theory”
by Yeshou Xu, Qi He, Ying-Qing Guo, Xing-Huai Huang, Yao-Rong Dong, Zhong-Wei Hu and Jinkoo Kim
Buildings 2023, 13(1), 239; https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings13010239
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2075-5309/13/1/239
Citations: 14
9. “Prospects for the Use of Textile-Reinforced Concrete in Buildings and Structures Maintenance”
by Jeanette Orlowsky, Markus Beßling and Vitalii Kryzhanovskyi
Buildings 2023, 13(1), 189; https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings13010189
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2075-5309/13/1/189
Citations: 7
10. “Portland/Sulfoaluminate Cement Blends for the Control of Early Age Hydration and Yield Stress”
by Noura Khalil, Georges Aouad, Joelle Kleib and Sebastien Rémond
Buildings 2023, 13(2), 409; https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings13020409
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2075-5309/13/2/409
Citations: 5
11. “Assessment of Thermal and Mechanical Properties of Cement-Based Materials—Part 1: Crumb Rubber Concrete”
by Alexandra Cojocaru, Dorina Nicolina Isopescu, Sebastian George Maxineasa and Sergiu George Petre
Buildings 2023, 13(2), 324; https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings13020324
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2075-5309/13/2/324
Citations: 7
12. “Optimizing Truss Structures Using Composite Materials under Natural Frequency Constraints with a New Hybrid Algorithm Based on Cuckoo Search and Stochastic Paint Optimizer (CSSPO)”
by Nima Khodadadi, Ehsan Harati, Francisco De Caso and Antonio Nanni
Buildings 2023, 13(6), 1551; https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings13061551
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2075-5309/13/6/1551
Citations: 11
13. “Durability Performance and Thermal Resistance of Structural Self-Compacting Concrete Improved with Waste Rubber and Silica Fume”
by Robert Bušić, Ivana Miličević, Tihomir Dokšanović and Marin Grubišić
Buildings 2023,13(5), 1331; https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings13051331
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2075-5309/13/5/1331
Citations: 5
14. “Sustainable Retrofitting Criteria in Heritage Buildings: Case Study in Seville (Spain)”
by María Cimiano-Prados, Manuel Alejandro Pedreño-Rojas, Jan Fořt and María Jesús Morales-Conde
Buildings 2023, 13(7), 1635; https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings13071635
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2075-5309/13/7/1635
Citations: 5
15. “Characterization of Mortar from Casa Barbot (Portugal), a Case Study from the Beginning of the 20th Century”
by Hamid Maljaee, António Santos Silva and Ana Velosa
Buildings 2023, 13(1), 232; https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings13010232
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2075-5309/13/1/232
Citations: 3