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Structural Engineering in Building

edited by

and Juan Bojórquez

submission deadline 10 Apr 2026 | 13 articles | Viewed by 35419 | Submission Open

Keywords: structural design of buildings; earthquake engineering; wind engineering; infrastructure under natural hazards; experimental tests; structural resilience of buildings; application of artificial intelligence to structural engineering; energy dissipation devices; optimal structural design; life cycle costs

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Recent Advances in Intelligent Infrastructure and Construction Engineering

edited by Ye Zhang and

Shuai Han

submission deadline 10 Apr 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 10700 | Submission Open

Keywords: automation in construction; deep learning; natural language processing; BIM; monitoring; digital twins; intelligence

(This special issue belongs to the Section Construction Management, and Computers & Digitization)

New Insights on the Intelligent Preservation of Architectural Heritage

edited by Ming Guo and Guoli Wang

submission deadline 10 Apr 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 9285 | Submission Open

Keywords: architectural heritage; preventive protection; digital twins; artificial intelligence; quantum computing; augmented reality interactions; intelligent monitoring; restoration and defect repair; structural analysis; liquid neural networks

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Materials, and Repair & Renovation)

Building Structure Health Monitoring and Damage Detection

edited by

Fidel Lozano

and

Edison Atencio

submission deadline 10 Apr 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1554 | Submission Open

Keywords: structural health monitoring; damage detection; structural integrity; dynamic structural response; artificial intelligence; real-time monitoring

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Green Materials and Energy-Efficient Solutions for the Built Environment

edited by

Mohammad Hajmohammadian Baghban

and Davoud Tavakoli

submission deadline 10 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 986 | Submission Open

Keywords: low-carbon construction; energy efficiency; sustainable building materials; green infrastructure; nanomaterials in construction; thermal insulation and PCM; recycled and waste-based materials; building envelope performance; life cycle assessment (LCA); resilient and adaptive systems; low-carbon construction modeling; 3D printing technologies for sustainable construction; sustainable materials for restoration

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Materials, and Repair & Renovation)

Sustainable and Resilient Affordable Housing in Architecture Design and Urban Plans

edited by

Giovanna Mangialardi

and

Umberto Berardi

submission deadline 15 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1014 | Submission Open

Keywords: housing policies; housing projects; publicness; regenerate; housing sustainability; social and public housing; affordability; inclusion; circular economy; reuse

(This special issue belongs to the Section Architectural Design, Urban Science, and Real Estate)

Sustainable Development: Recycling and Reuse of Waste Materials in the Construction Industry—2nd Edition

edited by

Zengfeng Zhao

submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 10087 | Submission Open

Keywords: recycled aggregates and sustainability; construction and demolition wastes; 3D printing concrete containing recycled materials; sustainable cementitious materials based on waste materials; life cycle assessment of concrete using recycled materials; recycled aggregates and sustainability; construction and demolition waste；

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Materials, and Repair & Renovation)

High-Rise Building Design: Phenomena and Analyses Involved

edited by

Marcelo Greco

and João Paulo Correia Rodrigues

submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 7970 | Submission Open

Keywords: mechanics of structures; safety; comfort; experimental analysis; dynamics of structures; nonlinear analysis; strengthening of structures

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Urban Building and Green Stormwater Infrastructure

edited by Wei Zhang

submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6718 | Submission Open

Keywords: building drainage; green stormwater infrastructures; stormwater management; runoff pollution; building and community; sustainable assessment; model uncertainty analysis; sponge city; extreme precipitation; climate change

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Energy, Physics, Environment, and Systems)

AI-Powered Structural Health Monitoring: Innovations and Applications

edited by

Yanda Shao

, Qilin Li and

Fei He

submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3520 | Submission Open

Keywords: structural health monitoring (SHM); artificial intelligence (AI); machine learning (ML); computer vision; smart structure; digital twin; physics-informed machine learning; sensor fusion anomaly detection

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Research on Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering, Geotechnical Engineering and Mining Sciences in Construction—3rd Edition

edited by

Xiaoyu Bai

, Nan Yan and

Jianyong Han

submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 2479 | Submission Open

Keywords: rock mechanics; geotechnical engineering; urban underground engineering; soil mechanics; ground improvement technology; intelligent geotechnical engineering; geotechnical engineering testing techniques; geomaterials properties; numerical simulation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Advancements in Net-Zero-Energy Buildings

edited by

Amirhossein Balali

,

Shen Wei

,

Antonios Kanellopoulos

,

Shady Attia

,

Gloria Pignatta

and

Hamidreza Alavi

submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1277 | Submission Open

Keywords: net-zero-energy buildings; passive design; advanced construction materials; sustainable construction management; BIM; AI-driven decision-support systems; low-carbon buildings

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Energy, Physics, Environment, and Systems)

Green and Resilient Materials and Technologies for Future-Oriented Built Environments

edited by

Piotr Smarzewski

and

Tomasz Rudnicki

submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 268 | Submission Open

Keywords: green concrete; eco-efficient binders; biocomposites; reuse of construction and demolition waste in new applications; LCA and CBA frameworks for evaluating performance and sustainability; climate-resilient materials and self-repairing systems; smart technologies (sensors; AI; and digital twins) in construction and asset management

Recent Developments and Future Perspectives in Heating, Ventilation and Air-Conditioning Systems of Buildings

edited by Peng Xu

submission deadline 25 Apr 2026 | 9 articles | Viewed by 14114 | Submission Open

Keywords: HVAC system and equipment; building energy efficiency; simulation and HVAC system optimization; thermal comfort and indoor environment quality; building energy consumption and load forecasting; renewable energy in buildings; data center cooling; artificial intelligence (AI) applications in HVAC systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Energy, Physics, Environment, and Systems)

BIM and Smart Technologies in Building Design, Construction, and Lifecycle Management

edited by Mingkai Li, Xingyu Tao, Boyu Wang and

Hao Liu

submission deadline 26 Apr 2026 | 8 articles | Viewed by 4861 | Submission Open

Keywords: building information model (BIM); large language models (LLMs); digital twin; AR/VR; AI and deep learning; 3D scanning; IoT; blockchain; IT in construction; construction robotics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Construction Management, and Computers & Digitization)

Robotics, Automation and Digitization in Construction

edited by

Kepa Iturralde

and

Thomas Bock

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 10 articles | Viewed by 28223 | Submission Open

Keywords: robots; automation; prefabrication; robot oriented design; data flow; data acquisition; digitization; computational design

(This special issue belongs to the Section Construction Management, and Computers & Digitization)

Building Structural Design: Blast Analysis and Progressive Collapse Control

edited by

Hezi Grisaro

and

Sam Rigby

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 9 articles | Viewed by 27701 | Submission Open

Keywords: progressive collapse; blast loads; impact loads; protective structures; dynamic analysis; explosions; column removal; reinforced concrete; steel structures

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Building Resilient Cities: Architecture and Urban Planning for Combating Extreme Hot and Cold Weather

edited by Sheng Liu and Yingzi Zhang

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 9 articles | Viewed by 19991 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate-resilient cities; climate-resilient buildings; extreme hot/cold events; low-carbon buildings and cities; architectural and urban planning practices; urban microclimate; building energy efficiency

(This special issue belongs to the Section Architectural Design, Urban Science, and Real Estate)

Structural Health Monitoring and Vibration Control

edited by

Zuguang Ying

, Youwu Wang, Sumei Wang and

Yi-Qing Ni

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 19961 | Submission Open

Keywords: structural health monitoring; parameter estimation; vibration control; data processing; machine learning; neural network; smart structural dynamics; stochastic vibration

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Climate Resilient Buildings: 2nd Edition

edited by

Michael A. Lacasse

and

Marzieh Riahinezhad

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 15070 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate resilient buildings; resilient design; resilient retrofit; overheating; extreme climate events

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Energy, Physics, Environment, and Systems)

Enhancing Building Resilience Under Climate Change

edited by

Chengliang Fan

and Yundan Liao

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 8 articles | Viewed by 15015 | Submission Open

Keywords: building performance simulation; climate change effects; building resilience evaluation; building optimization; built environment; heat risk evaluation; nature-based solutions; building energy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Energy, Physics, Environment, and Systems)

Seismic Performance and Durability of Engineering Structures

edited by Jieqiong Wu, Renbo Zhang and Shenggang Chen

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 9 articles | Viewed by 11400 | Submission Open

Keywords: engineering structures; seismic performance; durability design; durability assessment; environmental action; load effects

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Solid Mechanics as Applied to Civil Engineering

edited by Zhengwei Li and Chuantan Hou

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 10 articles | Viewed by 10016 | Submission Open

Keywords: solid mechanics; structural design; mechanical behavior; material performance; computational model; civil engineering

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Innovative Approaches to Sustainability Management and Digital Integration in the Built Environment

edited by

Stefano Cascone

,

Eleonora Laurini

, Silvia Meschini and

Antonio Salzano

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 8891 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable construction; digital integration; building information modeling (BIM); engineering modeling; lifecycle management; construction innovation; smart infrastructure; environmental sustainability; process optimization; socioeconomic impacts

(This special issue belongs to the Section Construction Management, and Computers & Digitization)

Wind Load Effects on High-Rise and Long-Span Structures: 2nd Edition

edited by

Pedro Martinez-Vazquez

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 8766 | Submission Open

Keywords: analytical and experimental approaches to determine wind loads; structural performance against limit states; performance-based design initiatives; impact of extreme events; multi-hazards involving wind loading; aerodynamics and aeroelasticity; structural health monitoring and maintenance strategies; novel systems to optimize structural/aerodynamic response

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Analysis, Conservation, and Refurbishment Methods of Heritage Architecture Based on Modern Technology

edited by

Giorgia Predari

and Carlo Costantino

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 7461 | Submission Open

Keywords: heritage buildings and structures; building information modeling; building automation systems; eco-friendly retrofitting methods; virtual reality and visualization technologies; digital twins; sensors; smart structures; and intelligent control; artificial intelligence; neural networks

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Materials, and Repair & Renovation)

Advances in Cementitious Materials

edited by

Yang Lu

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 7444 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable and resilient cementitious materials; advancing performance; enhanced durability; low-carbon solutions

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Materials, and Repair & Renovation)

Planning and Development of Resilient Cities

edited by

,

,

,

and Liu Wu

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 7382 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban resilience; adaptive design; sustainable development; natural disaster risk management; urban infrastructure; community participation; urban renewal; policy innovation; smart city technology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Construction Management, and Computers & Digitization)

Advances in Building Structure Analysis and Health Monitoring

edited by

Gongfa Chen

,

David H. Bassir

and

Shuai Teng

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 8 articles | Viewed by 7020 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; building structures; structural health monitoring; machine learning; predictive maintenance; deep learning; structural analysis; damage detection; data-driven models; smart buildings

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

The Effects of Urban Climate on the Energy Performance and Carbon Emissions of Buildings

edited by Lihua Zhao,

Lei Yuan

, Yueer He and Meng Tian

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6787 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban climate; energy-efficient buildings; green building technology; energy modeling; carbon emissions; renewable energy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Energy, Physics, Environment, and Systems)

Computational Mechanics Analysis of Composite Structures

edited by Linxin Peng, Jiahua Yang, Peng Tang and

Xiaodan Teng

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5555 | Submission Open

Keywords: composite materials; computational mechanics; high-performance computing; multi-scale modeling; artificial intelligence and machine learning

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Building Foundation Analysis: Soil–Structure Interaction—2nd Edition

edited by Qiang Xie,

Yuxin Ban

, Xiang Fu and Rini Asnida Binti Abdullah

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4647 | Submission Open

Keywords: building foundations; geotechnical engineering; soil– structure interaction; building behaviour; pile foundations; machine learning; numerical modelling; geophysical

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Safety Assessment and Structural Analysis of Reinforced Concrete Buildings

edited by Wei Huang, Zhi Zhou and Wuchao Zhao

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3939 | Submission Open

Keywords: reinforced concrete structures; structural analysis; durability; load-bearing capacity; seismic; finite element analysis; construction

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Materials, and Repair & Renovation)

People-Centered Livability: Reconciling Subjective Well-Being with Urban and Rural Spatial Structures

edited by

Rui Li

, Qipeng Liao,

Hong Xu

and Yawei Zhang

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3712 | Submission Open

Keywords: human-centred design; livability assessment; urban and rural spatial structures; sense of well-being; spatial justice; place attachment; environmental behaviour research; human settlement quality; smart governance; resident satisfaction

(This special issue belongs to the Section Architectural Design, Urban Science, and Real Estate)

Sustainable Development in Building: High-Performance Materials with Solid Waste

edited by

Yuan Feng

,

Baifa Zhang

and Jianglin Li

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3694 | Submission Open

Keywords: solid waste; sustainable building materials; advanced performance; low-carbon binders; life cycle assessment; performance enhancement; material characterization; case studies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Materials, and Repair & Renovation)

Next-Generation Building Materials and Technologies for a Sustainable Built Environment

edited by Yong Ding and

Danlin Hou

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3603 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart building technologies; passive building design; high-performance building materials; renewable energy systems; building information modeling (BIM); building energy modeling (BEM); life cycle assessment (LCA); energy efficiency; sustainability; insulation; ventilation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Energy, Physics, Environment, and Systems)

Challenges in Structural Repairs and Renovations

edited by

Hrvoje Smoljanović

,

Ivan Balić

,

Nikolina Živaljić

and Boris Trogrlić

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3304 | Submission Open

Keywords: structural repair; application of new materials; experimental research; numerical analyzes; new calculation techniques

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Healthy and Affordable Zero-Emission Buildings: A Challenge for the Near Future

edited by Cristina Becchio and

Marta Bottero

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3247 | Submission Open

Keywords: zero-emission buildings; healthy buildings; affordable housing; human comfort and well-being; climate change mitigation; decarbonization

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Energy, Physics, Environment, and Systems)

Advances Testing and Computation Methods for Disaster Mitigation of Engineering Structures—2nd Edition

edited by

Liqiang Jiang

,

Yi Hu

, Wenwen Chen and Jie Li

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 3073 | Submission Open

Keywords: structural engineering; natural hazard; testing technique; computation technique; AI-aimed simulation; construction material; structural design method; retrofit and repair; vulnerability and risk; damage assessment; performance-based design

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Material Innovation and Technology Enhancement: Synergistic Pathways for Building Decarbonization

edited by Yichao Zhang and

Yanfeng Fang

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2586 | Submission Open

Keywords: alkali-activated cementitious materials; recycled aggregates; phase-change materials; high-performance building envelopes; building integrated photovoltaics; renewable energy integration; solid waste utilization; green building

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Materials, and Repair & Renovation)

Seismic and Durability Performance of Steel Connections

edited by

Linfeng Lu

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2580 | Submission Open

Keywords: steel connections; seismic performance; corrosion degradation; durability; post-earthquake retrofit; prefabricated structures; modular construction; failure mechanisms; environmental effects; performance-based design

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Heritage Architecture Sustainable Management: Analysis, Conservation, and Refurbishment

edited by Josep Lluís i Ginovart and Cinta Lluis-Teruel

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2515 | Submission Open

Keywords: construction methods; intervention criteria; construction analysis; diagnosis; methodologies; reuse of elements; natural ventilation; orientation; active and passive energies; exterior enclosures

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

The Challenges of and Research Trends in the Durability, Corrosion, and Cracking of Reinforced Concrete

edited by Babak Jamhiri

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2470 | Submission Open

Keywords: reinforced concrete durability; corrosion mitigation; crack detection; predictive modeling; self‑healing composites

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Materials, and Repair & Renovation)

Advances in Composite Structures for Sustainable Building Solutions

edited by

,

,

, Jingyang Zhou,

and Zhihao Hao

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2425 | Submission Open

Keywords: composites; fiber; concrete; structural design; structural health monitoring; sustainability; low carbon

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Capacity Assessment of Corroded Reinforced Concrete Structures

edited by

Charis Apostolopoulos

,

Konstantinos Koulouris

and

Maria Basdeki

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2302 | Submission Open

Keywords: steel corrosion; concrete durability; corroded RC structures; mechanical properties of rebar; steel– concrete bond loss; pitting corrosion; assessment of bearing capacity

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Advances in Engineering Structure Inspection, Monitoring Technologies, and Post-Disaster Diagnosis, Maintenance, and Operation

edited by

Lingkun Chen

, Qing Zeng, Qikai Sun and

Tao Wang

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2202 | Submission Open

Keywords: structural damage identification; physical information data mining; computer-vision-based structural health monitoring; digital twin; multi-source information fusion; intelligent operation; maintenance and diagnostics; intelligent design and construction; disaster resilience; UAV-robotics; physics-informed neural networks (PINN); operation and maintenance; urban renewal; green building

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Materials, and Repair & Renovation)

Advanced Studies in Smart Construction

edited by

Changwan Kim

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1828 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart construction; automation and robotics; ai and big data; construction decision-making; construction safety; off-site construction

(This special issue belongs to the Section Construction Management, and Computers & Digitization)

Building Structural Health: Advanced Technologies and Applications in Monitoring and Evaluation

edited by

,

,

and

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1576 | Submission Open

Keywords: nondestructive testing; structural health monitoring; civil engineering; smart sensors; damage detection; machine learning; signal processing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Advanced Studies in Steel Structure

edited by

Antonio Agüero

, Pedro Martin-Concepcion and

Ana Almerich-Chulia

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1141 | Submission Open

Keywords: steel; buckling; class 1-4; fire resistance; hybrid testing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Research on State Assessment and Strengthening Technique of Building Structure

edited by

Denghu Jing

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1082 | Submission Open

Keywords: state assessment; strengthening technique; existing buildings; structural forms; material performance degradation; increased floor load; structural modifications; seismic requirements; innovative methods; latest developments

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

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