Buildings

Large-Span, Tall and Special Steel and Composite Structures

edited by

Liqiang Jiang

,

Fengcheng Liu

and Tianxing Wen

submission deadline 7 Sep 2026 | 8 articles | Viewed by 5032

Keywords: structural engineering; large-span spatial structures; steel and steel composite structures; optimization design; computation technique; numerical methods for shape finding and optimization; high strength steel; construction material; structural design method; retrofit and repair; additively manufactured metal structures; damage assessment; performance-based design; intelligent steel structure design

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Advanced Green and Intelligent Building Materials

edited by

Xianhua Yao

, Decai Wang, Ruicong Han,

Min Zhang

, Ying Hao and Lihua Niu

submission deadline 10 Sep 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 11349 | Submission Open

Keywords: geopolymer; aerated concrete; green materials; asphalt-based materials; alkali-activated materials; modification method; microscopic analysis; simulation analysis

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

Advances in Timber Engineering: Design, Modification Techniques, Durability, Modeling and Sustainability

edited by

Fernando Junior Resende Mascarenhas

and

André Luís Christóforo

submission deadline 10 Sep 2026 | 8 articles | Viewed by 5009 | Submission Open

Keywords: timber engineering; wood modification; durability; engineered wood products; structural performance; numerical modeling; sustainability; life cycle assessment; timber structures

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Integration of Advanced Membrane Materials in Building Environmental Control Systems

edited by

Yilin Liu

, Liehui Xiao and

Guopei Li

submission deadline 10 Sep 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1179 | Submission Open

Keywords: advanced membrane materials; membrane characterization; building environmental control; thermal and humidity management; heat and mass transfer; energy efficiency; system performance; sustainable retrofit; smart buildings

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

Research on Properties and Microstructure of Concrete Materials

edited by

Chuanqing Fu

and Gonghui Gu

submission deadline 10 Sep 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 849 | Submission Open

Keywords: durability of concrete structures; geopolymers; high-performance concrete; low-carbon cementitious materials; concrete structure repair; marine concrete durability; concrete microstructure

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

Digital Technologies, AI and BIM in Construction

edited by

Saeed Reza Mohandes

submission deadline 15 Sep 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 9122 | Submission Open

Keywords: digital technologies in construction; artificial intelligence in construction; building information modelling (BIM); Industry 4.0 and 5.0 in construction; construction automation; digital twins in construction; human–robot collaboration; sustainability in construction; smart construction practices

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

Sustainable Buildings and Digital Construction

edited by Taha M. Salih Elhag

submission deadline 15 Sep 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 2606 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable design strategies; smart construction methods; lifecycle assessment; energy management; digital transformation of the built environment; construction automation; carbon footprints

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

Lighting Design for the Built Environment

edited by Geza Fischl,

Ronald Gibbons

and Ulrika Wänström Lindh

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 14652 | Submission Open

Keywords: lighting design; architectural lighting; urban lighting; human-centric lighting; sustainable lighting; smart lighting; digital twin; lighting technology; artificial intelligence; lighting education

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

Applications of Advanced Composites in Civil Engineering

edited by

,

, Junlong Yang,

and

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | 8 articles | Viewed by 8753 | Submission Open

Keywords: advanced composite materials; composite structures; mechanical performance; failure prediction; life-cycle analysis; damage detection; advanced manufacturing processes

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

Distributed Renewables for Climate-Responsive Buildings and Cities

edited by

Pengyuan Shen

,

Yuekuan Zhou

and

Yi Zhang

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 486 | Submission Open

Keywords: distributed renewable energy; climate-responsive buildings; urban energy systems; building-to-grid integration; energy resilience; climate change; demand response; peer-to-peer energy trading; urban microclimate; climate resilience

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

Diversified Development of Steel Structures: Cross-Disciplinary Applications and Enhancement of Safety and Resilience

edited by

Zhihua Chen

, Hai Zhang,

Hongbo Liu

and

Zhanzhong Yin

submission deadline 25 Sep 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 2478 | Submission Open

Keywords: steel structure; cross-disciplinary applications; safety and resilience; disaster resistance performance; extreme loads; performance optimization; strengthening and rehabilitation; intelligent monitoring

(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 | 6 articles | Viewed by 5790 | Submission Open

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

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

The Power of Knowledge in Enhancing Construction Project Delivery

edited by Ghada Gad and

Siddharth Banerjee

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 30489 | Submission Open

Keywords: knowledge management; knowledge extraction; project performance; disputes and claims management; KM for effective contract management; claim analysis; advancements in technology; data visualization; artificial intelligence; digital twins

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

Towards More Practical BIM/GIS Integration

edited by

Junxiang Zhu

, Ran Wei,

Yi Tan

and Mengtian Yin

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 25397 | Submission Open

Keywords: BIM/GIS integration; semantic web; graph theory; labelled property graph; infrastructure management; building permit; smart city; digital twin

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

Sustainable Building Thermal and Energy Management: Novel Materials and Advanced Cooling Strategies

edited by

Chi Yan Tso

and

Jianheng Chen

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 9 articles | Viewed by 20857 | Submission Open

Keywords: building sustainability; building materials; cooling strategies; thermal management; energy efficiency; thermal insulation; passive cooling; renewable energy; indoor thermal comfort; environmental impact

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

Advances in Urban and Construction Management Under the Sustainable Development Goals: Interdisciplinary Perspectives and Evidence

edited by

Xingwei Li

and Lili Tan

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 14148 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; big data; building information modeling (BIM); construction and demolition waste; construction management; decision making; organizational behavior; project management; smart city; smart construction; supply chain management; sustainable development goals; technological innovation; urban agglomeration; urban management; urban resilience

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

New Challenges in Digital City Planning

edited by

Qingming Zhan

and

Huimin Liu

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 8 articles | Viewed by 13746 | Submission Open

Keywords: digital city planning; artificial intelligence; digital twins; urban sustainability; data-driven urban analysis

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

Digital Transformation and Resilience in Construction Management: Technologies, Strategies, and Applications

edited by

Liupengfei Wu

,

Frank Ghansah

and

Linna Geng

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 8 articles | Viewed by 13293 | Submission Open

Keywords: digital construction; construction management; modular construction; resilience; sustainability in construction; digital transformation strategies; construction informatics

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

Advanced Research on Concrete Materials in Construction

edited by Wenlin Tu and

Shengqian Ruan

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 8 articles | Viewed by 13045 | Submission Open

Keywords: low-carbon materials; recycling; sustainability; mix design; mechanical performance; microstructure

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

Knowledge Management, Innovation, and Learning Dynamics in Capital Projects

edited by

Patrick S.W. Fong

and Qianwen Zhou

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 12868 | Submission Open

Keywords: capital projects; knowledge management; innovation; learning dynamics; project success; organizational learning; dynamic capabilities

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

From Theory to Practice: Artificial Intelligence Applications in the Built Environment

edited by

Yile Chen

,

Junming Chen

and

Yanyan Liang

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 14 articles | Viewed by 10883 | Submission Open

Keywords: built environment; urban or architectural space; construction management practices; architecture and management; artificial intelligence technology support; layout optimization

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

Advances in Phase Change Materials for Thermal Energy Storage in Buildings

edited by

Cagri Kutlu

,

Michele Bottarelli

,

Yuanlong Cui

, Mehmet Tahir Erdinç and

Yuehong Su

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 9334 | Submission Open

Keywords: thermal management of the buildings; innovative PCM applications; PCM integrated heat exchangers; thermal storage; renewable energy; HVAC

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

Alternative Additions in Concrete: Screening, Assessment, and Specifications for Durability

edited by Diego Jesus De Souza, Marcelo Henrique Farias de Medeiros, Maxime Ranger and Tao Liu

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 8947 | Submission Open

Keywords: concrete durability; supplementary cementitious materials; alkali-activated materials; mineral additions; alternative binders; standardization

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

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

edited by

Hong Tang

,

Zhe Chen

, Wenzhuo Li and

Yanxue Li

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 8438 | 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)

Built Environment and Thermal Comfort

edited by

María Luisa de la Hoz Torres

and

Antonio Jesús Aguilar Aguilera

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 8 articles | Viewed by 7443 | Submission Open

Keywords: indoor/outdoor thermal comfort; adaptive thermal comfort; natural ventilation; mixed ventilation; thermal comfort and sleeping; energy efficiency; personal comfort models; climate change; human behavior

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

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

edited by Siqi Jia,

Shengbiao Wu

,

Cheolhee Yoo

and Wanlu Ouyang

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6914 | 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)

Computational Lighting Design for Comfort, Energy Efficiency, and Carbon Reduction

edited by

Seyed Morteza Hosseini

,

Mohammadjavad Mahdavinejad

and

Julian Wang

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6729 | Submission Open

Keywords: integrated lighting systems; intelligent sensing and control; BIM and IoT for integrated lighting design; lighting retrofitting strategies; advanced building facade design; life cycle assessment and cost analysis; comfort and efficiency; hybrid lighting; daylighting of workspaces; health, safety, and environment

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

Dynamic Response Analysis of Structures Under Wind and Seismic Loads

edited by Junfeng Zhang,

Ilaria Fiore

and Ke Li

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 6720 | Submission Open

Keywords: wind load; seismic load; dynamic response; structural design; damage assessment; vibration control technologies; fragility analysis; reliability analysis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Climate Change and the Built Environment: Pathways to Resilience, Sustainability, and Equity

edited by

Chang Xia

,

Anqi Zhang

and

Yifu Ou

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 6382 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change; built environment; climate adaptation; climate mitigation; urban planning and design; data-driven methods

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

Advancing Urban Analytics and Sensing for Sustainable Cities

edited by

Zhewei Liu

,

Yue Yu

,

Chao Xu

and Hanlin Zhou

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6363 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban analytics; geospatial science; smart cities; urban sensing; sustainability

Advances in Mechanical Behavior of Prefabricated Structures

edited by Yangqing Liu and Jike Tan

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6080 | Submission Open

Keywords: precast concrete structures; steel structures; composite structures; hybrid structures; wind power structures; experimental study; numerical simulation; theoretical study

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

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 Sep 2026 | 8 articles | Viewed by 5883 | 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)

Urban Mobility and Transport Systems: Challenges and Innovations for Sustainable Cities

edited by Roberto Murcio and Honghan Bei

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5196 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban mobility; transport inequality; sustainable cities; built environment; transport infrastructure; transport–land use integration; smart mobility (EVs, AVs, MaaS); active travel (walking and cycling); urban transport planning; building design and mobility

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

Lifecycle Approaches to Sustainable Building Materials: Recycling and Performance Optimization

edited by

Hanwen Cui

, Hao Fu,

Weiwei Wu

and

Changjun Zhong

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 9 articles | Viewed by 4753 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable and low-carbon building materials; green and ecofriendly building materials; recycled building materials; life cycle impact analysis; circular economy; innovative building materials

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

Advanced Characterization and Evaluation of Construction Materials

edited by

Tianjie Zhang

and

Zhen Liu

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 4568 | 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)

Properties and Applications of Sustainable Construction Materials

edited by

Jiyang Wang

, Linghua Shen and Jintao Liu

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4423 | Submission Open

Keywords: high- and ultra-high-performance concrete; textile-reinforced concrete; low-carbon concrete; smart concrete; recycled aggregate concrete; repair and rehabilitation; dynamic properties; seismic behavior

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

Advances in Deconstruction and the Sustainable Management of Construction Waste: Towards a Circular Economy

edited by

Terri-Ann Berry

,

Kim L. de Graaf

,

Ferdinand Oswald

and Mohamed Elkharboutly

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 4312 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable waste management; building circularity; sustainable building design; zero waste construction; construction material recovery; C&D waste reuse; hazardous C&D waste management; embodied and operational carbon sustainable reuse of waste soils; deconstruction methods

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

Mechanical Properties of Asphalt and Asphalt Mixtures: 2nd Edition

edited by

Guoqiang Liu

, Yanqiu Bi, Xiaokang Zhao and Rui Li

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 4291 | Submission Open

Keywords: asphalt binder; asphalt mixture; recycled asphalt pavement; high-modulus asphalt concrete; discrete element method; finite element method; rheological characteristics; durable pavement; energy conservation; vehicle exhaust purification

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

Advanced Technologies for Structural Health Monitoring in Engineering Structure

edited by

Yiqiang Xiang

, Yong Xia,

Xinqun Zhu

, Jinfeng Wang and Jixing Cao

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 4253 | Submission Open

Keywords: structural health monitoring (SHM); bridges, buildings, dams, tunnels, space structures, heritage structures and other structures; real-time perception of monitoring data and integration of sky–ground–space monitoring technologies; methods for assessment of structural conditions; optimization design and layout of SHM systems; deep integration of big data and artificial intelligence; SHM-aided life-cycle performance assessment; digital twin technology and applications; monitoring and early alarming of various disasters; advanced sensing approaches; lightweight structure monitoring systems for in-service bridge groups; intelligent safety operation and maintenance and resilience enhancement; innovation and field applications of SHM; use of robotics, drones visualisation and other automatic technologies in monitoring; key issues in SHM

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Low-Carbon Urban Planning: Sustainable Strategies and Smart Cities

edited by

He Zhang

,

Rui Wang

and

Lie You

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 3696 | Submission Open

Keywords: low-carbon city; data-driven; carbon neutrality; carbon emission; low-carbon technology; policy management

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

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 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3456 | 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

Stability and Performance of Building Foundations

edited by

,

,

and

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3445 | Submission Open

Keywords: foundation stability; machine learning in foundation design; geosynthetic-reinforced foundations; soil–structure interaction; load transfer mechanism; foundation performance and monitoring; seismic foundation response; design optimization for building foundations; bearing capacity

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

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 30 Sep 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3332 | 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)

Building Ventilation and Air Quality: Integrated Approaches for Human Health, Energy Efficiency and Sustainable Environment

edited by

Muhammad Azher Hassan

,

Tariq Mehmood

and Chenhua Wang

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3272 | Submission Open

Keywords: indoor air quality; outdoor air quality; AI/ML applications; smart buildings; thermal comfort; pollutants removal; energy efficient ventilation

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

Sustainable Energy in Built Environment and Building

edited by

Weixiu Shi

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2782 | 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)

Advances in Vibration Control of Civil Structures

edited by

Zhouquan Feng

,

Konstantinos Kapasakalis

and

Haoran Zuo

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 2762 | Submission Open

Keywords: vibration control seismic isolation; energy dissipation; wind-induced vibration; damping materials and devices; active and semi-active control; structural performance evaluation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

The Role of Windows and Building Facades in Energy Efficiency and Indoor Environments

edited by

Seung-Yeong Song

and Soo-Jin Lee

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2175 | Submission Open

Keywords: high-performance building envelopes; advanced window, glazing, and shading device systems; dynamic and smart window technologies; thermal environment performance assessment; daylighting and visual environment performance analysis; ventilation strategies and indoor air quality; building energy efficiency; façade control strategies and optimization; building performance simulation; sustainable façade materials and design

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

Energy Efficiency and Thermal Comfort in Green Buildings

edited by

Anxiao Zhang

,

Shen Wei

, Ling Zhu,

Yixin Tian

and Qi Zhen

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2006 | Submission Open

Keywords: energy efficiency; thermal comfort; green buildings; urban microclimate; occupant behavior modeling; smart building control; passive design strategies; healthy buildings

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

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 30 Sep 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1969 | 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)

Advances in Heat Pump Systems: Key to Sustainable HVAC and Building Energy Efficiency

edited by

Maria Koukou

and Michail Gr. Vrachopoulos

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1847 | Submission Open

Keywords: heat pumps; natural refrigerants; additive manufacturing; smart control; circularity; demand-side flexibility; energy storage

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

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