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Low-Carbon Construction of Indoor Environments and Building Thermal Resilience Under Climate Change

edited by Chenqiu Du

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 92 | Submission Open

Keywords: thermal comfort; pollutant exposure; daylighting; comfort soundscape; indoor environments; moisture and mold in buildings; building thermal resilience

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

Analysis of Structural and Seismic Performance of Building Structures

edited by

María Victoria Requena García de la Cruz

and Madalena Ponte

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 80 | Submission Open

Keywords: seismic assessment; structural analysis; buildings; masonry; heritage; soil-structure interaction; reinforced-concrete; seismic retrofit

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Intelligent Preservation: AI-Driven Innovation in Cultural Heritage Buildings

edited by Wei Chen, Hui Wang,

Yichi Zhang

,

Xiaoling Dai

and Xiang Ren

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 72 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; architectural heritage; digital twin; heritage conservation; computer vision; machine learning; 3D reconstruction; cultural heritage management; generative AI; digital preservation

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

Digital Transformation and Automation in Construction Project Management

edited by

Conrad Boton

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 70 | Submission Open

Keywords: digital construction; project management; building information modeling (BIM); lean construction; construction automation; artificial intelligence (AI) in construction; robotics in construction; digital twins; construction risk management; project control

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

Recent Advances in Fibre-Reinforced Cementitious and Polymeric Composites for Construction

edited by Esmaeel Esmaeeli, Jianfei Chen and

Philip Collins

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 55 | Submission Open

Keywords: fibre-reinforced polymer (FRP); fibre-reinforced concrete (FRC); textile-reinforced mortar/concrete (TRM/TRC); structural strengthening and retrofitting; FRP internal reinforcement; bond and anchorage behaviour; durability and fatigue; fire and thermal performance; high strain-rate/impact/blast response; structural health monitoring (SHM) and digital twins

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Low-Carbon and Sustainable Building Structures

edited by

Bing Xia

, Kaijian Zhang, Yuxiang Tang, Dianchao Wang and Chunhui Wang

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 35 | Submission Open

Keywords: low-carbon structural design; low-carbon building materials; structural performance of low-carbon structures; design for deconstruction; component reuse; low-carbon structural optimization; carbon footprint and accounting; durability and resilience under extreme loads; sustainable construction and retrofit

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Real Estate, Housing, and Urban Governance—2nd Edition

edited by Jie Chen, Zisheng Song and

Wei Wang

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 30 | Submission Open

Keywords: real estate; housing; urban development; urban governance; urban environmental sustainability; migration; mobility and urbanization; urban– rural integration; big data; AI; and smart cities; building technology and building management; urban resilience

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

Large Language Models and Multimodal AI for Next-Generation Building Information Modeling (BIM): From Conversational Agents to Immersive Design Collaboration

edited by

Muhammad Shoaib Khan

,

Sisi Zlatanova

and

Jongwon Seo

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Submission Open

Keywords: building information modeling (BIM); large language models (LLMs); conversational AI; VR/AR-enabled collaboration; construction informatics; multimodal interaction; agentic AI for AEC

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

Advances in Environmentally-Friendly Building Materials in Construction

edited by

Ruby Mejía de Gutiérrez

and Rafael A. Robayo-Salazar

submission deadline 20 Jul 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4605 | Submission Open

Keywords: circular economy; sustainable and low-carbon building materials; eco-friendly materials and processes; utilization of by-products and waste materials in construction; construction and demolition wastes; recycled aggregates; alternative binders to Portland cement; geopolymers; 3D concrete printing; concrete durability; life cycle analysis

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

Artificial Intelligence in Material and Structural Optimization for Sustainable Infrastructure

edited by

Satish Paudel

,

Panagiotis G. Asteris

, T. Jeyakaran and Hakas Prayuda

submission deadline 20 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 2450 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence (AI); generative design; surrogate modeling; additive manufacturing in construction; resilient infrastructure; life-cycle assessment (LCA); sustainable construction materials

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Development and Application in Sustainable Construction and Building Materials

edited by

Jose M. Vercher

submission deadline 20 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 13 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable construction; advanced building materials; energy efficiency; recycled materials; waste-based materials; bio-based materials; life-cycle assessment; architectural heritage; vernacular building materials

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

Wind-Induced Vibration of High-Rise Buildings

edited by Bei Chen,

Yuji Tai

and

Weilin Li

submission deadline 26 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 129 | Submission Open

Keywords: wind load estimation; innovative vibration mitigation strategies; aerodynamics and aeroelasticity; structure dynamic performance enhancement; multi-hazard risk assessment and resilience; wind-induced vibration; novel systems to optimize structural/aerodynamic response

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Emerging Technologies and Workflows for BIM and Digital Construction

edited by

David Heesom

and

Wei Zhou

submission deadline 30 Jul 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 12657 | Submission Open

Keywords: building information modelling (BIM); emerging technology; digital twin artificial intelligence; virtual augmented reality; digital data; robotics

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

Sustainable Architecture and Healthy Environment

edited by Xueyan Zhang,

Shui Yu

and Jiayin Zhu

submission deadline 30 Jul 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1094 | Submission Open

Keywords: heat transfer performance of building envelopes; building thermal engineering; thermal application of biomass energy; healthy indoor environment; energy conversion and utilization technology; green and sustainable ecological building technology; indoor environmental air quality

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

Low-Carbon Materials and Advanced Engineering Technologies

edited by

Tian Su

, Chenxia Wang, Bo Xu and

Xuefeng Mei

submission deadline 30 Jul 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 996 | Submission Open

Keywords: low-carbon building materials; carbon capture and utilization; advanced engineering technologies; structural dynamic response; advanced management methods

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

Advanced Studies in Structural Performance, Durability, and Constractional Improvements of Reinforced Concrete Structures

edited by

Neda Asgarkhani

and Farzin Kazemi

submission deadline 30 Jul 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 961 | Submission Open

Keywords: reinforced concrete (RC) structures; structural performance; structural durability; constructional improvements; seismic performance; structural health monitoring; material degradation; concrete technology; high-performance concrete (HPC); fiber-reinforced concrete (FRC); corrosion resistance; service life prediction; retrofitting techniques; nonlinear analysis; structural rehabilitation; crack propagation; load-bearing capacity; sustainable construction materials; experimental testing; finite element modeling (FEM); life-cycle assessment (LCA); structural optimization; advanced cementitious materials; damage assessment; smart materials in RC; machine learning methods; data-driven methods; artificial neural networks; data-based predictive models

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Advances in Life Cycle Management of Buildings

edited by

Junwu Wang

, Han Wu and Zhangsheng Liu

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 9 articles | Viewed by 13264 | Submission Open

Keywords: cost and duration analysis in LCM; durable design in LCM; construction enterprise management; digital twins and BIM; smart devices and sensor technologies; soft computing in civil engineering; uncertainty analysis in LCM of civil engineering; risk management in LCM of civil engineering; decision support in LCM of civil engineering; green construction and sustainable management

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

Innovative Solutions for Enhancing Seismic Resilience of Buildings

edited by

Himan Hojat Jalali

and Arman Mamazizi

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6504 | Submission Open

Keywords: structural resilience damage control; damper; rocking mechanism; low-damage system; repairable seismic system; self-centering seismic system

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Study on Concrete Structures—2nd Edition

edited by

Haijun Zhou

,

Rujin Ma

, Rui Zhou and Cong Ma

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5058 | Submission Open

Keywords: concrete material; concrete structure; mechanical behavior; experimental technique; modeling technique; concrete structural system; structural monitoring; durability and improvement

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

A Digital Innovation Framework for Construction Management and Built Environment

edited by

Syed Mahmood Ahmed

, Yasmeen Ahmed and

Rizwan Farooqui

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1800 | Submission Open

Keywords: management of contracts in construction projects; public– private partnerships in construction project; laws and logistics in construction management; construction science and management; tenders and documents in project management; innovation in structural design and visualization; contemporary civil engineering technologies; higher education for the building construction industry; construction; and materials science; policies and procedures for construction management sustainability in construction technology; trends of vernacularism in construction technologies; curricula building for construction industry-related education; retrofitting and energy efficiency in buildings through modern tools; sustainability in architectural design and planning; interior architecture; post-occupancy building comfort management; hazard management and planning by architects; affordable housing; theories of architecture and the evolution of architectural character in the post-industrialization era; landscape architectural theories and criticism; disaster risk reduction (DRR) and management; landscape architecture; interior architecture; information communication technologies; regional trends and practices in construction management; collaboration in construction management

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

Research on Structural Analysis and Design of Civil Structures—2nd Edition

edited by

Ping Zhu

and

Zhe Zhang

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 121 | Submission Open

Keywords: structural analysis; structural design; performance evaluation; structural optimization; numerical analysis; performance prediction

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Indoor Environmental Quality in Non-Residential Buildings

edited by

Simone Secchi

,

Aminhossein Jahanbin

and

Giovanni Semprini

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 113 | Submission Open

Keywords: indoor environmental quality (IEQ); non-residential buildings; indoor air quality (IAQ); thermal comfort; acoustic comfort; lighting comfort; ventilation; HVAC systems; CFD simulation; machine learning and AI; productivity and health

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

Advances in Aluminium Alloy Structural Applications

edited by

Evangelos Efthymiou

,

Davor Skejic

and Alberto Mandara

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 58 | Submission Open

Keywords: aluminium alloys; aluminium manufacture; aluminium-related codification; analysis procedures; design methods; innovative aluminium joints and connections; aluminium constructional applications; reliability assessment; execution of aluminium structures; case studies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Research on Health, Wellbeing, and Urban Design—2nd Edition

edited by

Wei-Ling Hsu

, Kuo-Shun Sun and

Hsin-Lung Liu

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 31 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban ecological infrastructure; spatial spillover; village revitalization; rural housing; polycentricity; carbon footprint; resilience; sustainability; green buildings

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

AI-Driven Health Monitoring and Management of Building and Energy Structures

edited by

Huaping Wang

, Pengfei Cao and

Ping Xiang

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 28 | Submission Open

Keywords: structural health monitoring; smart structure and system; optical fiber sensor; AI techniques; smart management of structures; data fusion and model updating

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Intelligent Assessment and Retrofitting of Existing Building Structures for Sustainable and Resilient Cities

edited by

Kuangyu Dai

,

Lei Li

and

Yumeng Qiao

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 11 | Submission Open

Keywords: existing building structures; structural health monitoring; digital twin; machine learning; structural resilience; seismic strengthening; sustainable upgrading; building information modeling (BIM); computer vision; high-performance materials

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Digital Twins in Construction, Engineering and Management

edited by

De-Graft Joe Opoku

,

Robert Osei-Kyei

,

Qiuchen Lu

and

Maxwell Fordjour Antwi-Afari

submission deadline 15 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 421 | Submission Open

Keywords: digital twin; facility management; buildings; infrastructure projects; building information modelling (BIM); Internet of Things; artificial intelligence

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

Urban Air Pollution and the Built Environment: Sources, Impacts, and Solutions

edited by Celine Siu Lan Lee and

Hao Wang

submission deadline 23 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 141 | Submission Open

Keywords: air pollution; indoor air quality; built environment; building design; indoor– outdoor exchange; urban; public health

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

Advanced Studies in Low-Carbon Building Materials

edited by Ran Zhang,

Junfeng Gao

,

Zahid Hossain

and

Zhanping You

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5173 | Submission Open

Keywords: asphalt mixture; low-carbon materials; green technology; durability; performance evaluation; functional pavement materials; recycled asphalt mixture

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

Research on Corrosion Resistance of Reinforced Concrete

edited by Subbiah Karthick,

Han-Seung Lee

and

Jitendra Kumar Singh

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5152 | Submission Open

Keywords: steel; zinc; aluminum; magnesium; corrosion; inhibitor; coating; concrete; electrochemical impedance spectroscopy; potentiodynamic polarization; cyclic polarization; open circuit potential; nano-technology; advanced materials and processes; X-ray diffraction; scanning electron microscopy; atomic force microscopy; raman spectroscopy; X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy; reinforcement corrosion; building and construction; repair materials; material science and technology

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

Computational Design for Low-Carbon and Climate-Responsive Architecture and Urban Environments

edited by Xuan Ma,

Juan Ren

and Qian Zhang

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3082 | Submission Open

Keywords: computational design; low-carbon architecture; climate-responsive urban planning; parametric and generative design; performance-based simulation

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

Research on Concrete Filled Steel Materials in Building Engineering

edited by

Vipul Patel

and

Kashyap A. Patel

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2115 | Submission Open

Keywords: concrete-filled steel tubular (CFST) structures; steel– concrete composite materials; nonlinear structural analysis; finite element modelling; structural performance and durability; sustainable construction materials; advanced building engineering

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

Energy and Climate Policy in Practice: Insights from Sustainable, Smart and Resilient Buildings

edited by

Mehrdad Rabani

,

Guilherme Coelho

and Mehran Rabani

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 256 | Submission Open

Keywords: energy policy implementation; climate-responsive buildings; sustainable building practices; smart building technologies; resilient design strategies; lived experiences in buildings; AI in building performance; policy-practice gap; indoor environmental quality

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

Sustainable Energy in Buildings and Built Environments

edited by

Amirhossein Balali

, Elham Delzendeh, Nazanin Moazzen, Soheila Kookalani and

Petros Ampatzidis

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 211 | Submission Open

Keywords: building energy; sustainability; BIM; passive design; circular economy

Advanced Structural Health Monitoring and Enhancement for Heritage Longevity

edited by

Roko Žarnić

,

Vlatka Rajčič

and

Kyriakos Lampropoulos

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 181 | Submission Open

Keywords: structural health monitoring (SHM); cultural heritage preservation; non-invasive techniques; digital twin technology; damage detection; data-driven maintenance; seismic and environmental resilience; monitoring systems for monuments; sustainable conservation; AI in heritage engineering

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Innovative Chemical Technologies and Sustainable Processing in Green Building Materials

edited by Majda Pavlin and Sara Tominc

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 44 | Submission Open

Keywords: green building materials; sustainable construction; innovative chemical technologies; low-carbon materials; technologies for toxic elements removal; waste valorization; bio-based materials; circular economy

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

Urban Housing and Real Estate in Transition

edited by

Bo Li

, Xinyue Fu, Ruopeng Huang and

Chi Jin

submission deadline 1 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 170 | Submission Open

Keywords: real estate markets; urban renewal; housing financialization; urban governance; climate adaptation; migration and mobility; built environment; housing affordability; smart buildings; energy transition

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

Structural and Geotechnical Seismic Isolation Systems Using Sustainable Materials

edited by

Angela Fiamingo

,

Andrea Floridia

and Glenda Abate

submission deadline 17 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 41 | Submission Open

Keywords: earthquake engineering; seismic isolation; sustainable materials; structural resilience; soil– structure interaction; hybrid isolation systems; life cycle assessment; sustainable construction; geotechnical systems; renewable and recycled materials

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Design, Construction and Maintenance of Underground Structures—2nd Edition

edited by

Sulei Zhang

, Xiaoming Guan and Chang Liu

submission deadline 28 Sep 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 826 | Submission Open

Keywords: underground space; tunnel structure; stability analysis; mechanical performance; safety evolution

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Selected Papers from the "World Sustainable Built Environment Conference 2026—WSBE26"

edited by

Usha Iyer-Raniga

,

Pabasara Wijeratne

and

Janappriya Jayawardana

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 321 | Submission Open

Keywords: circular economy; circular construction; circular design; education; sustainable design; end-of-life; SDGs; operational sustainability; capacity building; policy and governance; digital tools; sustainability assessments

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

Building Energy Efficiency Assessment and Retrofit Technologies

edited by Linyan Chen,

Joseph H. K. Lai

and

Fan Zhang

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 160 | Submission Open

Keywords: building energy performance assessment; energy efficiency retrofit; building retro-commissioning strategies; building energy simulation; building energy modeling; smart building technologies; life-cycle assessment; occupant comfort and behavior; policies and strategies

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

Selected Papers From the “8th International Conference on Mechanical Models in Structural Engineering—CMMoST 2025”

edited by

Enrique Hernández Montes

,

Iván Ubero-Martínez

,

Michele Palermo

, Andres Saez and Biljana Šćepanović

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 79 | Submission Open

Keywords: structural engineering; numerical models; finite element method (FEM); nonlinear analysis; multi-scale modeling; constitutive modeling; damage and fracture mechanics; continuum mechanics; computational mechanics; earthquake engineering

Engineering and Technological Heritage in the Digital Era: Documentation, Preservation, Interpretation and Futures

edited by

Junshan Liu

,

Danielle Willkens

, Miaole Hou, María Viñals and

Antonio Galiano-Garrigós

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 63 | Submission Open

Keywords: engineering heritage; technological heritage; digital heritage; heritage building information modeling (HBIM); digital twins; reality capture; heritage asset management; structural diagnosis and monitoring; immersive visualization and interpretation; conservation and risk management

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

Sustainable Energy in Built Environment and Building

edited by

Weixiu Shi

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 23 | Submission Open

Keywords: integration of renewable energy systems in buildings and built environments; low-carbon energy storage and load management; sustainable energy in district-level built environments; policy; economics; and market mechanisms for sustainable building energy; human behavior; stakeholder collaboration; and social equity; Life-Cycle Assessment (LCA) and sustainability benchmarking; adaptation and resilience of building energy systems

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

Optimizing Colour Design and Daylight Performance in Buildings

edited by

Jaka Potočnik

and

Mitja Košir

submission deadline 10 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 18 | Submission Open

Keywords: daylight; colour design in buildings; biophilic design; non-image forming effects; buildings

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

Automation and Intelligence in the Construction

edited by

Pablo Martinez

submission deadline 15 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 47 | Submission Open

Keywords: construction automation; intelligent construction; AI-driven systems; robotics; digital twins; BIM; intelligent decision-making

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

Architectural History, Modern Built Heritage, Conservation Repair and Renovation

edited by

Hechi Wang

,

Zhanfang Hu

and

Linhua Hu

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1400 | Submission Open

Keywords: architectural history; arts and humanities; architectural culture; architectural heritage; modern built heritage; conservation and rehabilitation of historical buildings and sites; digital cultural heritage conservation; artificial intelligence and heritage conservation; urban renewal; sustainable conservation

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

Advanced Prediction and Mitigation of Building Vibrations and Noise: Integrating Safety and Sustainability

edited by

Chao Zou

and Ziyu Tao

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1735 | Submission Open

Keywords: vibration and noise prediction; propagation and mitigation; technological advances in testing; vibration comfort; noise disturbance; long-term performance

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Building Materials, Smart Construction, and Green Innovations for the Future Building Industry

edited by

,

,

,

and

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 169 | Submission Open

Keywords: concrete materials; high-performance concrete; smart construction technologies; intelligent construction and monitoring; building information modeling (BIM); digital twin; automation and robotics in construction; green construction; low-carbon building; sustainable stragety

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

Energy Flexibility and Sustainable Building Systems

edited by

Sheikh Khaleduzzaman Shah

and Xueyan Zhang

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 32 | Submission Open

Keywords: energy flexibility; sustainable buildings; AI for building; demand response; renewable energy integration; heat pumps and thermal storage; smart energy management

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

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