Special Issues

Buildings runs special issues to create collections of papers on specific topics. The aim is to build a community of authors and readers to discuss the latest research and develop new ideas and research directions. Special Issues are led by Guest Editors who are experts in the subject and oversee the editorial process for papers. Papers published in a Special Issue will be collected together on a dedicated page of the journal website. For any inquiries related to a Special Issue, please contact the Editorial Office.

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Assessment, Reconstruction and Decision Procedures for the Preservation of Existing Structures after Earthquakes submission deadline 30 Nov 2023 | 13 articles | Viewed by 27981 | Submission Open
Keywords: case studies; existing structures; seismic design; assessment; NDT; structural updating; seismic risk; immediate response; numerical modeling; reconstruction
(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)
Safety and Optimization of Building Structures submission deadline 30 Nov 2023 | 25 articles | Viewed by 25516 | Submission Open
Keywords: structural optimization; mechanical safety; progressive collapse resistance; fire safety; life cycle; metaheuristic algorithms; risk prevention; sustainable development; reliability; optimal design
(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)
The Methods, Tools and Techniques for the Preservation of Existing Structures submission deadline 30 Nov 2023 | 8 articles | Viewed by 24520 | Submission Open
Keywords: existing structures; seismic design; assessment; NDT; heritage; numerical modeling; reconstruction; urban planning; monitoring
(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)
Experiment and Analysis of Building Structures
edited by , and Lucie Mynarzová
submission deadline 30 Nov 2023 | 8 articles | Viewed by 15185 | Submission Open
Keywords: experimental testing; non-destructive testing; building diagnostic techniques; structural engineering; building structures; mathematical analysis and FEM
(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)
Advances in Cement Composite Materials
edited by
submission deadline 30 Nov 2023 | 12 articles | Viewed by 13922 | Submission Open
Keywords: eco-friendly cement composites; self-healing concretes; high performance concretes; polymer or geopolymers concretes; fiber-reinforced concrete or biocomposites; cement composites based on secondary raw materials; properties of cement composites; life cycle assessment of cement composites
(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Materials, and Repair & Renovation)
New Trends in Seismic Performance Evaluation submission deadline 30 Nov 2023 | 5 articles | Viewed by 8574 | Submission Open
Keywords: seismic performance; advanced analysis methods; advanced experimental methods; seismic resilience evaluation; structural damage limits states; data-driven/physical-driven damage assessment
(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)
Data Analysis and Modelling of Buildings, Environments, Building Materials, and Sustainability submission deadline 30 Nov 2023 | 7 articles | Viewed by 8479 | Submission Open
Keywords: timber in cities; moisture transfer patterns; data modeling for buildings; data analysis methods for building durability; climate and constructions; machine learning for buildings; timber– bamboo materials
(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Materials, and Repair & Renovation)
Indoor Comfort in Residential Buildings: Research on Energy Efficiency and Thermal Perception submission deadline 30 Nov 2023 | 6 articles | Viewed by 7567 | Submission Open
Keywords: intervention strategies design and evaluation; reusing and retrofitting; relationship between energy efficiency and thermal comfort; architectural heritage; architectural and constructive solutions; indoor comfort; inhabitants’ experiences and thermal perception; numerical; analytical; and experimental analyses; materials characterization; maintenance; and preservation; new materials and innovative technologies; nearly zero-energy buildings
(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Energy, Physics, Environment, and Systems)
Green Lime Technologies in Construction Materials submission deadline 30 Nov 2023 | 2 articles | Viewed by 6358 | Submission Open
Keywords: lime binder; durability; additives; residues; energy-efficiency; user-friendly; repair of historic buildings; life cycle assessment; traditional technologies; carbonation; natural hydraulic lime
(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Materials, and Repair & Renovation)
Disaster Mitigation, Risk Reduction, and Resilience Design of Engineering Structures submission deadline 30 Nov 2023 | 9 articles | Viewed by 5784 | Submission Open
Keywords: structural engineering; disaster mitigation; resilience design; vulnerability and risk; damage assessment; earthquake engineering; structural fire engineering; blast resistance design; repair and retrofit; high performance materials; resilient structural systems; resilient components and connections; novel resilient techniques
(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)
Cement and Concrete Research submission deadline 30 Nov 2023 | 6 articles | Viewed by 5730 | Submission Open
Keywords: green concrete; supplementary cementitious materials; durability properties; replacement of concrete ingredients; experimental work; life cycle assessment
(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Materials, and Repair & Renovation)
Mechanical Performance of Steel and Composite Beams submission deadline 30 Nov 2023 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5628 | Submission Open
Keywords: steel beams; composite beams; machine learning; stainless steel; fire resistance
(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)
Materials Engineering in Sustainable Buildings
edited by
submission deadline 30 Nov 2023 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3933 | Submission Open
Keywords: natural building materials; structural retrofitting and strengthening; energy efficiency additive; 3D printing in construction risk management; seismic engineering; structure/subsoil interactions; experimental studies; structural modelling; soil stabilization
(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Materials, and Repair & Renovation)
Sustainable Materials for Building Construction and Rehabilitation submission deadline 30 Nov 2023 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3689 | Submission Open
Keywords: sustainable and recycled building materials; supplementary cementitious materials; concrete and cementitious composites; innovative and composite construction materials; data-driven modelling for building materials; additive manufacturing of building materials; building retrofitting and rehabilitation; structural deterioration and novel repair methods; materials for heritage buildings renovation; fibre-reinforced materials for structural strengthening
(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Materials, and Repair & Renovation)
Study on Building Simulation submission deadline 30 Nov 2023 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3503 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Construction Management, and Computers & Digitization)
Advanced Research on Ceramic Construction Materials and Cements
edited by George N. Angelopoulos, and
submission deadline 30 Nov 2023 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3451 | Submission Open
Keywords: advanced construction materials; ceramics in construction; ancient construction materials and conservation; sustainable concrete; low-carbon cement; green construction materials; advanced processes in construction
(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Materials, and Repair & Renovation)
Emerging Technologies and Approaches for Construction Safety Management
edited by , and
submission deadline 30 Nov 2023 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3091 | Submission Open
Keywords: safety training; education; and learning; human behavior and safety; design for safety; accident analysis and prevention; safety planning; innovative technologies in construction safety; health and safety for migrant workers; safety climate and culture; automation and computing in safety management
(This special issue belongs to the Section Construction Management, and Computers & Digitization)
Next-Generation Intelligent and Resilient Structures submission deadline 30 Nov 2023 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3041 | Submission Open
Keywords: artificial intelligence; vibration control and isolation; structural health monitoring; metamaterial; seismic resilience; inerter; negative stiffness damper; nonlinear energy sink; smart materials and structures
(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)
Recent Research Progress of UHPC in Structural Engineering submission deadline 30 Nov 2023 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3021 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)
Impact of Physical Environments on Occupant Comfort
edited by , and
submission deadline 30 Nov 2023 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2722 | Submission Open
Keywords: quality of built environment; acoustic environment; lighting environment; thermal environment; occupant evaluations; energy consumption; carbon footprint
(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Energy, Physics, Environment, and Systems)
Promoting Construction Worker Professionalization under Industry 4.0
edited by Hongyang Li, Beibei Zhang, Su Yang and Yingmiao Qian
submission deadline 30 Nov 2023 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2535 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Construction Management, and Computers & Digitization)
Property Economics in the Post-COVID-19 Era
edited by
submission deadline 30 Nov 2023 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2302 | Submission Open
Keywords: post-COVID-19 era; property economics; property market; property price; property investment; ESG and green building; housing economics; housing affordability; REITs; property asset securitization; risk management; property valuation; construction economics
(This special issue belongs to the Section Architectural Design, Urban Science, and Real Estate)
Accelerated Carbonation Technologies for Construction and Building Materials submission deadline 30 Nov 2023 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2236 | Submission Open
Keywords: carbon; carbonation curing; cementitious materials; low-carbon cement; low-carbon concrete; life cycle assessment (LCA); CO2 sequestration; calcium carbonate; value-added products; mineralization
(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Materials, and Repair & Renovation)
Fibre-Reinforced Polymer Composites in Civil Engineering submission deadline 30 Nov 2023 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1715 | Submission Open
Keywords: repair and rehabilitation; strengthening structural elements; sustainable construction; fibre-reinforced polymer; durability; stiffness; tensile behaviour; machine learning; artificial intelligence; 3D printing; blast protection; complex concrete structures; fatigue loading and crack; non-destructive tests
(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Materials, and Repair & Renovation)
Building Information Modeling/Management (BIM) Driven Circular Economy
edited by , Fenghong Wang and
submission deadline 30 Nov 2023 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1388 | Submission Open
Keywords: building information modeling/management (BIM); city information modeling/management (CIM); digitization; digital economy; circular economy; digital technology; business models (new technologies; innovative design); sustainable development
(This special issue belongs to the Section Construction Management, and Computers & Digitization)
High-Performance Concrete: Constituents, Properties and Applications submission deadline 30 Nov 2023 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1255 | Submission Open
Keywords: high-performance concrete; mechanical properties; constitutive model; constructional application; constituents; durability; sustainability; 3D concrete printing; carbon storage
(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Materials, and Repair & Renovation)
Innovations in Sustainable and Resilient Building Materials and Technologies submission deadline 30 Nov 2023 | Viewed by 264 | Submission Open
Keywords: sustainability; resilience; building; design; construction; optimization; retrofit; energy; concrete; steel
(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Materials, and Repair & Renovation)
Integrated Digital Delivery (IDD) for Building Projects: Opportunities, Innovations, and Best Practices for Design, Fabrication, Construction, and Asset Management submission deadline 30 Nov 2023 | Viewed by 188 | Submission Open
Keywords: building information modeling (BIM); integrated digital delivery; digitalisation; built environment industry; interoperability; emerging technologies
(This special issue belongs to the Section Construction Management, and Computers & Digitization)
Big Data Technologies in Construction Management
edited by and
submission deadline 30 Nov 2023 | Viewed by 158 | Submission Open
Keywords: construction management; project management; construction safety and health; big data analytics; artificial intelligence; natural language processing; internet of things; data sensing; data visualization; technology adoption
(This special issue belongs to the Section Construction Management, and Computers & Digitization)
Structural Analysis for Reinforced Concrete
edited by
submission deadline 30 Nov 2023 | Viewed by 146 | Submission Open
Keywords: structural analysis; reinforced concrete; mechanical behavior; composite structures; seismic performance
(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)
Open-Challenges and Recent Advances in Buildings’ Vulnerability Assessment Under Natural Hazards
edited by Carlo Del Gaudio, , Ioanna Ioannou, Daniela D. De Gregorio, , Giulio Zuccaro and
submission deadline 30 Nov 2023 | Viewed by 143 | Submission Open
Keywords: fragility curves; vulnerability model; residential RC buildings; masonry buildings; damage data; multiple hazards; cascading effects; mitigation/adaptation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)
Building Aesthetics and Technical Systems: Exploring the Intersection of Design and Functionality
edited by
submission deadline 30 Nov 2023 | Viewed by 136 | Submission Open
Keywords: built environment; aesthetics; technical systems; sustainability; building design; interdisciplinary approach
(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Energy, Physics, Environment, and Systems)
Structural Health Monitoring of Masonry Buildings: Current Practice and Future Challenges submission deadline 5 Dec 2023 | 6 articles | Viewed by 5041 | Submission Open
Keywords: masonry; vibration-based monitoring; dynamic identification; data fusion; damage assessment; built heritage conservation; digital twins; model updating; seismic monitoring
(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)
Cold-Formed Steel Structures
edited by
submission deadline 7 Dec 2023 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5553 | Submission Open
Keywords: High strength CFS structures; Stability of CFS beams and columns; Seismic response of CFS structures; FS portal frames; Web crippling of CFS sections; Fire and seismic performance of CFS framed shear walls; Hysteretic behaviour of CFS wall panels; Fire furnace tests on CFS members; Cold-formed stainless steel sections; CFS cladding systems; Sustainability of CFS structures 
(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)
Built Heritage Conservation in the Twenty-First Century submission deadline 10 Dec 2023 | 11 articles | Viewed by 22264 | Submission Open
Keywords: built heritage; restoration and conservation; adaptive-reuse; materiality research; theory of cultural heritage
(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Materials, and Repair & Renovation)
Challenges in Civil and Earthquake Engineering Addressed by Data-Driven/AI Approaches submission deadline 10 Dec 2023 | 7 articles | Viewed by 8802 | Submission Open
Keywords: machine learning approaches; artificial intelligence and data-driven; earthquake engineering; seismic safety assessment; risk analysis; ground motion modelling; multi-hazard assessment; structural health monitoring; resilience studies; performance-based design and assessment
(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)
Advanced Technologies in Foundations Engineering and Construction Materials submission deadline 10 Dec 2023 | 8 articles | Viewed by 8290 | Submission Open
Keywords: piles and injection technology; the design and issues of energy piles; the testing and design of piles; foundation reconstruction; sustainable pavement materials; reinforced foamed concrete; foamed concrete applications; water retention layers; foamed concrete sub-base structures
(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Materials, and Repair & Renovation)
Intelligent and Computer Technologies Application in Construction II submission deadline 10 Dec 2023 | 5 articles | Viewed by 7267 | Submission Open
Keywords: intelligent construction; construction robotics; internet of things; computer vision; blockchains; deep learning; artificial intelligence; 3D printing; building information modeling; digital twin
(This special issue belongs to the Section Construction Management, and Computers & Digitization)
Advanced Studies in Nearly Zero-Energy Buildings and Optimal Design submission deadline 10 Dec 2023 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5225 | Submission Open
Keywords: nearly zero-energy buildings; net-zero-energy buildings; design optimization; cost-optimal analysis; uncertainty and sensitivity analysis; nZEBs renovation; nZEB Policies
(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Energy, Physics, Environment, and Systems)
Seismic Analysis of Multistoried Buildings submission deadline 10 Dec 2023 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5038 | Submission Open
Keywords: energy dissipation systems; multistoried; building; earthquake resistance; FEM; numerical modelling; regular buildings; irregular buildings
(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)
New Advances in Soil-Structure Systems submission deadline 10 Dec 2023 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2927 | Submission Open
Keywords: soil-structure system; interface mechanical behaviour; laboratory test; physical model test; field test; numerical modelling; theoretical analysis; machine learning; ground improvement; smart monitoring
(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)
Advances in Building Environment and Energy Conservation
edited by
submission deadline 10 Dec 2023 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2188 | Submission Open
Keywords: global and local climate change; advanced building materials; natural ventilation; grid-interactive efficient buildings; urban heat mitigation; responsive building components; BIPVs
(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Energy, Physics, Environment, and Systems)
Built Environments and Environmental Buildings submission deadline 10 Dec 2023 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1781 | Submission Open
Keywords: civil and environmental engineering; buildings and constructions sustainability; building inspection and maintenance; risk mitigation in structures and infrastructures; life-cycle analysis; buildings and bridges assessment; rehabilitation and strengthening
(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Energy, Physics, Environment, and Systems)
Conservation of Building Materials submission deadline 10 Dec 2023 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1338 | Submission Open
Keywords: construction materials; historic materials; degradation; corrosion; durability; protection; cleaning; consolidation; repair
(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Materials, and Repair & Renovation)
Recent Scientific Developments in Sustainable Building Materials and Structures
edited by , Zhibin Ling and
submission deadline 10 Dec 2023 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1324 | Submission Open
Keywords: wood modification; bamboo scrimber; recycled concrete; fiber reinforced composite; bio-based building materials; thermal insulation; maintenance free material; self-healing material
(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)
Concrete Structural Safety and Health Monitoring
edited by , Hongyou Cao and
submission deadline 10 Dec 2023 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1311 | Submission Open
Keywords: concrete structures; damage detection; structural health monitoring; machine learning; computational intelligence; signal processing; building monitoring
(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Materials, and Repair & Renovation)
Health Monitoring of Building Structures: Emerging Technologies and Approaches submission deadline 10 Dec 2023 | 1 articles | Viewed by 760 | Submission Open
Keywords: structural health monitoring (SHM); sensor technologies; data analytics and processing; machine learning and artificial intelligence; monitoring systems; damage detection and localization; non-destructive evaluation (NDE); predictive maintenance
(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)
Research on Construction Innovation and Digitization
edited by and
submission deadline 10 Dec 2023 | Viewed by 152 | Submission Open
Keywords: construction automation; digital construction; computer-assisted construction; management BIM (building information modelling); lifecycle management; construction supply chains; smart construction; advances in digital technologies for the built environment
(This special issue belongs to the Section Construction Management, and Computers & Digitization)
Advances in Fire Safety Performance of Buildings
edited by
submission deadline 10 Dec 2023 | Viewed by 141 | Submission Open
Keywords: fire safety; high rise buildings; smoke control; faç ade fires; fire modelling; evacuation; human behaviour; FDS; CFD
(This special issue belongs to the Section Architectural Design, Urban Science, and Real Estate)
Advances in the Implementation of Circular Economy in Buildings submission deadline 15 Dec 2023 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4844 | Submission Open
Keywords: circular economy; built environment; integrated design; design for adaptability; design for disassembly; reversible buildings; recovery and reuse; business models; circularity index; design strategies and tools
(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Energy, Physics, Environment, and Systems)
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