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Artificial Intelligence in Architecture and Interior Design

edited by

and

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3129 | Submission Open

Keywords: AI-driven innovation; design paradigm shifts; spatial intelligence; architecture; interior design; generative design; intelligent decision-making; deep learning

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

Applying Artificial Intelligence in Construction Management

edited by Phuong Hoang Dat Nguyen,

Minsoo Baek

and Md Nazmus Sakib

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2416 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; machine learning/deep learning; computer vision; natural language processing; predictive analytics; smart construction; digital twins; cyber– physical systems; automation in construction

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

Recycled Aggregate Concrete as Building Materials

edited by Xuefei Chen

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2333 | Submission Open

Keywords: recycled aggregates; construction wastes; concrete; sustainable construction; circular economy

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

Sustainable Housing and Urban Planning: Enhancing Well-Being Through Environmental Design

edited by Siqi Jia,

Shengbiao Wu

,

Cheolhee Yoo

and Wanlu Ouyang

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1678 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban planning; sustainable building; sustainable development; environmental design; green building; thermal environment; urban built environment; urban climate

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

Smart and Sustainable Buildings: Advancing Towards Net-Zero and Intelligent Control

edited by

Hong Tang

,

Zhe Chen

, Wenzhuo Li and

Yanxue Li

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1430 | Submission Open

Keywords: ZEB design & materials; smart building control; building demand response; renewable energy integration; policy and economics of ZEB; human-centric approaches

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

Advances in Sustainable Pavement and Road Construction: Innovations with Asphalt and Recycled Materials

edited by Rudi van Staden

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1139 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable pavement materials; asphalt innovation; recycled construction materials; road infrastructure sustainability; life cycle assessment (LCA); circular economy in construction; low-carbon road technologies

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

Urban Landscape Management and Planning

edited by

,

,

, Lin Zhang,

and

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1060 | Submission Open

Keywords: landscape planning; landscape management; urban landscape; climate change; health behavior; stochastic model; machine learning; urban green space

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

Analysis, Calculations, Evaluations, and Controls of High-Rise/Large-Span Structures

edited by Meng Wang, Jiaxu Shen, Wenjin Zhang and Hua-Jian Jin

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1050 | Submission Open

Keywords: tall buildings/building clusters; bridges; wind turbines/wind farm; passive control; earthquake engineering; multi-hazard; constructional simulation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Art and Design for Healing and Wellness in the Built Environment: 2nd Edition

edited by

Zhen Liu

,

Mohamed Osmani

,

Yi Liu

and

Jose-Manuel Almodovar-Melendo

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 846 | Submission Open

Keywords: art therapy (AT); therapeutic and healing design; mental health; wellness; well-being; architecture and building; built environment; digital technology; smart cities; sustainable development

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

Research on Indoor Built Environments and Energy Performance

edited by Apple L.S. Chan

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 682 | Submission Open

Keywords: indoor environmental quality (IEQ); energy efficiency; smart buildings; sustainable design; thermal comfort; building performance; renewable energy; ventilation strategies

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

The Greening of the Reinforced Concrete Industry

edited by Jiangfeng Dong and Shucheng Yuan

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 502 | Submission Open

Keywords: recycled resources; sustainable materials; low-carbon; structural performance; repair; high-performance; durability

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

Structural Health Monitoring in Civil Engineering: From Damage Detection to Safety Assessment

edited by Wensong Zhou and

Shuang Hou

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 410 | Submission Open

Keywords: structural health monitoring; damage detection; vibration; machine vision; piezoceramics; acoustics and ultrasonics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Characterization and Electrical Properties of Construction Materials

edited by Jiacheng Zhang and Richard Ball

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 290 | Submission Open

Keywords: electrical properties; durability; pore structure; moisture transport; construction materials; self sensing; energy harvesting; structural health monitoring

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

Innovative Approaches to Sustainable Architecture

edited by

Giuliana Iannaccone

, Eugenia-Victoria Ellis,

Clara Pimenta Do Vale

and Dima Albadra

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 267 | Submission Open

Keywords: architecture; architectural engineering; bio-based materials; climate change; regenerative design; built environment; health and well-being; smart buildings; environmental impacts; biodiversity; evidence-based design; human-nature interaction

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

Advances in Soil-Structure Interaction for Building Structures—2nd Edition

edited by

Yan Xi

, Jingshu Xu and Yu Tian

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 214 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil-structure interaction; deformation compatibility condition; contact surface; soil constitutive theory; substructure method; multiscale numerical simulation; computational method

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Innovative Smart Materials for Resilient Buildings and Transportation Systems

edited by

Mehdi Shokouhian

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 203 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart construction materials; self-healing composites; shape memory alloys and polymers; sustainable infrastructure; bio-responsive concrete; experimental validation; predictive modeling; machine learning in materials; resilient design

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

Advances in Building-Integrated Photovoltaics (BIPV) for Sustainable Buildings

edited by

Nuria Martín Chivelet

and

Jesús Polo

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 201 | Submission Open

Keywords: building-integrated photovoltaics (BIPVs); PV in buildings; BIPV modelling and simulation; BIM and BIPV; BIPV performance; sustainable energy retrofit; sustainable buildings

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

Machine Learning-Driven Modeling and Optimization in Structural Engineering

edited by Enming Li,

Bin Xi

and Chengkai Fan

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 194 | Submission Open

Keywords: mechanical properties; durability; green and low carbon; carbonation; structural design and optimization; structural engineering reliability analysis; CO2 emission reduction

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

Geopolymers and Low Carbon Building Materials for Infrastructures

edited by

Jinsheng Han

, Gonghui Gu,

Yurong Zhang

, Minghui Liu and Nani Bai

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 166 | Submission Open

Keywords: geopolymer; engineered geopolymer composites; low carbon materials; low carbon infrastructures; life cycle assessment; sustainable construction; fiber-reinforced composites

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

Digital Transformation in Construction: Advancing Leadership, Safety, Human–Machine Collaboration, and Sustainable Innovation

edited by Sainan Lyu,

Xiaoyan Jiang

, Beibei Zhang and

Peng Cui

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 144 | Submission Open

Keywords: digital transformation; construction industry; digital leadership; large language model; construction safety; smart construction; data-driven; artificial intelligence (AI); generative AI; digital twins; human– machine collaboration

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

Innovating Sustainable Built Environment Integrating Low-Carbon Energy, Energy Efficiency Solutions, and Environmental Considerations

edited by Cheng Zeng,

Xiaojing Han

, Yuanda Cheng,

Abdur Rehman Mazhar

and

Jun Lu

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 140 | Submission Open

Keywords: decarbonisation; energy efficiency; built environment; energy storage; renewable energy; digital modelling and optimisation; community energy systems; indoor environmental quality; building physics

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

Advanced Characterization and Evaluation of Construction Materials

edited by

Tianjie Zhang

and

Zhen Liu

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 115 | Submission Open

Keywords: materials characterization; microstructural analysis; mechanical testing; computational modeling; in-situ monitoring; durability assessment; machine learning; sustainable materials; lifecycle analysis; digital twin

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

Numerical Modeling and Mechanical Properties of Fiber-Reinforced Cementitious Composites (2nd Edition)

edited by

Juntao Zhu

and

Ke Li

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 101 | Submission Open

Keywords: fiber-reinforced cementitious composites; numerical methods; mechanical properties; multiscale modeling; experimental analysis; material modification

Sustainable Supply Chain Innovation in Construction: Leveraging AI and Emerging Technologies

edited by Manimuthu Arunmozhi and Ammar Al-Bazi

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 94 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable supply chain; project management; construction; circular economy; digitalisation; risk management; AI; blockchain; green logistics

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

Digitalization for Smart Building Environments

edited by

Kailai Sun

and Haneul Choi

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 92 | Submission Open

Keywords: building energy efficiency; artificial intelligence; digital twin; occupancy; building monitoring and control; HVAC

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

Research on the Reinforcement Treatment Technologies for Building Foundations

edited by Yingming Xiao and Quan Zhang

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 80 | Submission Open

Keywords: building foundations; ground improvement; geotechnical engineering; structural safety; sustainable construction; engineering case studies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Advanced Structural Performance of Concrete Structures

edited by Wei Zhou and Daiyu Wang

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 73 | Submission Open

Keywords: structural performance of concrete structures; high-performance fiber-reinforced concrete; fatigue performance; prefabricated structure; structural performance assessment; reliability analysis; finite element analysis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Innovations in 3D Printing of Concrete

edited by Chaofeng Wang

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 71 | Submission Open

Keywords: 3D concrete printing; additive construction; digital fabrication; sustainable construction; reinforcement strategies; structural performance; automation; artificial intelligence; materials innovation; construction robotics; large-scale applications

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

Structural Engineering in Building

edited by

Eden Bojórquez

and Juan Bojórquez

submission deadline 10 Apr 2026 | 12 articles | Viewed by 29001 | 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 | 4 articles | Viewed by 7467 | 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 | 6 articles | Viewed by 5046 | 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 | 1 articles | Viewed by 683 | 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)

Digital Technologies in Construction and Built Environment

edited by

Lu Gao

, Zia Din and

Jingran Sun

submission deadline 10 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 181 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence (AI); large language models (LLMs); digital twins; building information modeling; reality capture; visual understanding; Internet of Things (IoT); construction robotics; augmented/virtual reality (AR/VR); construction automation

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

Green Materials and Energy-Efficient Solutions for the Built Environment

edited by

Mohammad Hajmohammadian Baghban

and Davoud Tavakoli

submission deadline 10 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 124 | 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)

From Automation to Intelligence: Enhancing Energy Performance of HVAC Systems

edited by

Yimin Chen

and

Yunyang Ye

submission deadline 10 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 110 | Submission Open

Keywords: building automation; HVAC systems; energy efficiency; intelligent control; digital twin; IoT (Internet of Things); machine learning/artificial intelligence; fault detection and diagnostics; predictive maintenance; occupant-centric control; smart buildings; energy management systems; building to grid; renewable energy integration

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

Advances in Green Building and Environmental Comfort

edited by

Hee Joo POH

submission deadline 15 Apr 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 2858 | Submission Open

Keywords: CFD application in built environment; total building performance; building information modelling; building energy analysis and simulation; indoor environmental quality; sustainable energy management; green development; digitalisation in the built environment; integrated energy and environmental modeller; built environment engineering principles and practice

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

Sustainable and Resilient Affordable Housing in Architecture Design and Urban Plans

edited by

Giovanna Mangialardi

and

Umberto Berardi

submission deadline 15 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 341 | 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)

Research on the Sustainability of Building Materials: From Laboratory Tests to Real Construction Projects

edited by Philippe Devillers

submission deadline 15 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 50 | Submission Open

Keywords: bio-based materials; geo-based materials; recycled materials; reuse materials; ecodesign; sustainable architecture; advanced manufacturing techniques

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

Towards Sustainable Construction: New Trends in Building Renovation, Energy Efficiency and Innovative Materials

edited by

Daniel Ferrández Vega

,

Paulo Santos

and

Alicia Zaragoza Benzal

submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | 9 articles | Viewed by 19232 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable construction materials; energy efficiency in buildings and thermal behaviour; building conservation techniques; gypsum; lime mortars; cement composites; wood; steel and concrete; building pathology and rehabilitation strategies; circular economy for a sustainable construction; life-cycle assessment of buildings and building components; passive conditioning of buildings; new technologies applied to buildings

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

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

edited by

Zengfeng Zhao

submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 7345 | 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 6001 | 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 5221 | 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 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1879 | 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)

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 | Viewed by 450 | 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)

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 | Viewed by 274 | 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)

Fire Resilience and Safety Innovations in Buildings

edited by

Md Kamrul Hassan

,

Anthony Chun Yin Yuen

and Delwar Hossain

submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 182 | Submission Open

Keywords: fire-resistant materials; passive fire protection; active fire suppression systems; fire safety regulations; evacuation planning; smoke control systems; structural fire resilience; building fire codes; thermal insulation performance; fire detection technology; smart fire monitoring; AI-based fire prediction; IoT in fire safety; autonomous evacuation systems; post-fire recovery strategies; wildland– urban interface fire risk; BIM-based fire simulation; climate-adaptive fire design; resilient infrastructure systems; sustainable fire safety engineering; electric vehicles parking; 2D flame retardants; MXene; CFD; MD

(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 145 | 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

Innovative Design and Optimization of Steel Structures

edited by

Joanna Nseir

, Xiang Yun and Dario Redaelli

submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 122 | Submission Open

Keywords: steel structures; optimization; reuse and sustainability; structural performance; lightweight systems; experimental testing; BIM and digital workflows; 3D printing; hybrid construction; performance-based design

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

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

edited by Peng Xu

submission deadline 25 Apr 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 9028 | 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 | 1 articles | Viewed by 621 | 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)

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