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Advanced Technologies for Sustainable Building
edited by Srijeet Halder and Anupam Satumane
submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | Viewed by 337 | Submission Open
Keywords: advanced building technologies; sustainable architecture; digital twins; mixed reality; Construction 4.0; cyber– physical systems; smart buildings; human-centered design; building automation; digital construction
Strategies for Architectural Conservation and Adaptive Reuse
edited by Tarek Teba
submission deadline 30 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 1165 | Submission Open
Keywords: architectural conservation; community-led design; heritage adaptive reuse; rural heritage; military heritage; industrial heritage; cultural landscape; inclusive conservation; creative placemaking for conservation; critical conservation; cartography; palimpsest; cultural mapping; HBIM; digital heritage
Shaping Architecture with Computation
edited by , , and Mohammad Saki
submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2005 | Submission Open
Keywords: architectural design; urban planning; design simulation; design analysis; computational design; parametric design; generative design; design iteration and exploration; BIM; AI-based design; virtual reality (VR); augmented reality (AR); extended reality (XR); digital twins; IoT (Internet of Things); building performance analysis
AI as a Tool for Architectural Design and Urban Planning
edited by and Janina Puig Costa
submission deadline 1 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 660 | Submission Open
Keywords: artificial intelligence; architectural design; urban planning; generative AI
Environmental Justice and Health in Architecture for Minorities and the Global South
edited by Abimbola Asojo
submission deadline 15 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 601 | Submission Open
Keywords: environment; health; Black Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC); global south; well-being
Assessing Values in Sustainable Heritage Conservation: Between Theory and Practice
edited by Marta García-Casasola and Blanca Del Espino Hidalgo
submission deadline 15 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 292 | Submission Open
Keywords: cultural values; heritage impact assessments; heritage intervention; contemporary architecture; good practices; conservation; heritage management; cultural sustainability; social sustainability; sustainable management; world heritage
Architectural Responses to Climate Change
edited by and Rebecca Jane McConnell
submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5557 | Submission Open
Keywords: climate change; adaption; architecture
Transforming Built Environment Performance through AI-Driven and Physics-Based Simulations
edited by Narjes Abbasabadi and Mehdi Ashayeri
submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4321 | Submission Open
Keywords: artificial intelligence (AI); machine learning (ML); physics-based simulations; performance modeling; predictive accuracy; building design optimization; operational efficiency; energy efficiency; model predictive control; occupant-centric control; fault detection and diagnosis; building-grid integration; reinforcement learning; computer vision; natural language processing (NLP)
Atmospheres Design
edited by Anna Barbara, Barbara Camocini, Reejy Mikhail and Yuemei Ma
submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 519 | Submission Open
Keywords: atmospheres; senses; time; ephemeral; design; architecture; interior design; exhibitions and event design
Building-Integrated Photovoltaics (BIPV): Innovations in Sustainable Architectural Design
edited by Qiuhua Duan
submission deadline 15 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 204 | Submission Open
Keywords: building-integrated photovoltaics (BIPV); sustainable architecture; renewable energy; energy efficiency; architectural integration; photovoltaic technologies; thermal management; life cycle analysis (LCA); environmental performance; cost– benefit analysis; transparent photovoltaics; smart building integration; energy performance simulation; building standards compliance; sustainable design
Architecture of Compromise: Everyday Architecture for the Polycrisis
edited by Benedikt Boucsein and Jan Engelke
submission deadline 15 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 143 | Submission Open
Keywords: everyday architecture; vernacular architecture; architecture of compromise; polycrisis; ecological urban development; urban design; sustainability in architecture; urban resilience; circular building principles; architectural production; socio-ecological transition
Adaptive Architectural Practice: Data, Materials, and Labour in a Changing Climate submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 205 | Submission Open
Keywords: contemporary architectural practice; climate change adaptation; construction labour and material availability; data-driven design; digital workflows; procurement innovation; practice-based research; case study analysis; interdisciplinary collaboration; sustainable construction
Architectural Theory and Design
edited by , Ufuk Ersoy and David Boyd
submission deadline 1 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 122 | Submission Open
Keywords: theories for practices; drawing and building; operative theories; architecture is construction; spatial closure/social processes; verification of theory by design; verification of design by theory; history; theory; design; designs for theory/theories for design
Net Zero Architecture: Pathways to Carbon-Neutral Buildings
edited by Jamal Alabid, and Thomas Spiegelhalter
submission deadline 8 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1028 | Submission Open
Keywords: Net Zero carbon; green energy; community-driven solutions; technology and innovation; lifecycle analysis
Integration of Acoustics into Architectural Design
edited by Miltiadis Katsaros, and Ioannis Timagenis
submission deadline 15 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 206 | Submission Open
Keywords: architectural acoustics; sound insulation; concert hall design; integration; psychoacoustics; human perception; adaptive reuse
Advances in Green Buildings submission deadline 15 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 182 | Submission Open
Keywords: green buildings innovations; carbon neutral/carbon positive solutions; climate responsive architecture; nature-based solutions; circular economy; AI-driven/data-driven energy management; circular economy; living buildings; carbon policies and regulations
Architecture in the Digital Age
edited by Tilanka Chandrasekera and Mallikarachchige Nishan Rasanga Wijetunge
submission deadline 15 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 179 | Submission Open
Keywords: computational design; parametric design; generative design; Building Information Modeling (BIM); digital fabrication; robotic construction; Virtual Reality (VR); Augmented Reality (AR); artificial intelligence in architecture; smart cities; responsive environments; Artificial Internet of Things (AIoT); digital aesthetics; algorithmic design; digital pedagogy; architectural education; interdisciplinary design; cultural heritage preservation; 3D scanning; ethical design; sustainable design; digital divide; cyber– physical systems; post-digital architecture; design methodologies
Resilience and Sustainability in Architecture and Urban Planning: Policies, Practices, Strategies and Visions, 2nd Edition submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 398 | Submission Open
Keywords: hazard-resistant construction; post-disaster reconstruction; sustainable design and planning; urban planning for disaster resilience; building codes; planning regulations; infrastructure planning; housing design
Contemporary Architectural Practice: Precarity, Power and Transformation
edited by Brian Schermer and
submission deadline 5 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 145 | Submission Open
Keywords: design practice; expertise; agency; labor; pedagogy; regulation; transformation
Healthy Habitats—Innovative Approaches to Creating Built Environments That Support Health and Wellbeing
edited by Nils Jäger
submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 941 | Submission Open
Keywords: health; wellbeing; architecture
Architectural Lighting Design in the Future: Advancements in 3D Simulation and Rendering Technologies
edited by
submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 89 | Submission Open
Keywords: lighting design; architectural lighting; lighting simulations; rendering software; 3D simulations
Resilience and Social Value in the Built Environment: New Frontiers in Co-Production and Place-Based Adaptive Innovation
edited by Maria Christina Georgiadou and
submission deadline 16 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 144 | Submission Open
Keywords: architecture; construction; engineering; built environment; climate adaptation; community engagement; digitalisation; equality; diversity and inclusion; resilience; social value; stakeholder engagement
Intelligent Ecologies in Architectural Research and Practice
edited by
submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 159 | Submission Open
Keywords: architectural design and theory; computational and generative design and digital fabrication; landscape architecture and landscape urbanism; urban ecology and urban design and planning; regenerative design; adaptive and responsive design; environmental and knowledge visualization; participatory design; architecture for emergency and vulnerability; sustainable architecture; architectural heritage; circular and low-carbon architecture
Interdisciplinary and Multi-Scalar Design and Research Models in Architectural Practice and Education
edited by and
submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 9440 | Submission Open
Keywords: interdisciplinary design practices; architectural education; radical inclusivity; interdisciplinary collaboration; co-production; pedagogical strategies; digital mapping; augmented reality; urban community development; design computation; fabrication techniques; collaborative learning environments; spatial design; social responsiveness; technological fluency; AI in architecture and built environment; AR/VR mapping; gamification
Sustainable Built Environments and Human Wellbeing, 2nd Edition submission deadline 1 Mar 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1650 | Submission Open
Keywords: sustainable built environments; sustainable infrastructure; sustainable design; health; human wellbeing; quality of life; urban heat island mitigation; climate change; regenerative design; energy efficiency; carbon neutrality; net-zero carbon emissions; green infrastructure; green roofs and walls; blue infrastructure; water-sensitive design; indoor environmental quality; occupant comfort; inclusive design; universal design; mixed-use and walkable neighbourhood; active transport and age-friendly transport; active ageing; ageing-in-place
Back to the Future: Utopias, Dystopias, and the New Mega Structuralism of 2020s
edited by Raffaele Pernice and Leonardo Zuccaro Marchi
submission deadline 1 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 199 | Submission Open
Keywords: contemporary history/theory of architecture and urbanism; utopian planning; radical scenarios; climate change adaptation; technological innovation; artificial habitats; floating islands; megastructures; case study analysis; sustainable design; eco– urban design; visionary architecture
Advancing Resilience in Architecture, Urban Design and Planning submission deadline 15 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 173 | Submission Open
Keywords: advancing resilience; resilient architecture; urban resilience; urban design and planning; disasters; climate change adaptation
After the Global Turn: Current Colonial, Decolonial and Postcolonial Perspectives in Architecture
edited by
submission deadline 15 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 24 | Submission Open
Keywords: colonialism; colonization; settler colonialism; empire; decolonial; postcolonial; global history  ; transnational  ; race  ; migration  ; gender  ; indigenous
From Participatory Design to Transformative Resilience
edited by Robert Brown, , Hiba Mohsen and
submission deadline 15 May 2026 | Viewed by 417 | Submission Open
Keywords: change; dialogic; enabling; enacting; envisioning; participatory design; transformative resilience
Sustainable Energy in the Built Environment and Building
edited by and Yingbo Zhang
submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 7 | Submission Open
Keywords: building energy efficiency; smart building controls; renewable integration; digital twins; occupant-centric design; envelope optimization; demand-controlled ventilation; energy storage integration; district energy systems; machine learning in buildings
Computational Design for Low-Carbon and Climate-Responsive Architecture and Urban Environments
edited by Xuan Ma, and Qian Zhang
submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 134 | Submission Open
Keywords: computational design; low-carbon architecture; climate-responsive urban planning; parametric and generative design; performance-based simulation
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