Buildings

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 152 | 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 26005 | 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 | 5 articles | Viewed by 8533 | 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 6992 | 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 6037 | 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 2719 | 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)

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 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1460 | 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)

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 | 1 articles | Viewed by 863 | 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)

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 263 | 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 206 | 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 202 | 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 | 8 articles | Viewed by 11927 | 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 | 4 articles | Viewed by 2609 | 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)

Building Structural Design: Blast Analysis and Progressive Collapse Control

edited by

Hezi Grisaro

and

Sam Rigby

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 9 articles | Viewed by 25929 | Submission Open

Keywords: progressive collapse; blast loads; impact loads; protective structures; dynamic analysis; explosions; column removal; reinforced concrete; steel structures

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Robotics, Automation and Digitization in Construction

edited by

Kepa Iturralde

and

Thomas Bock

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 9 articles | Viewed by 22667 | Submission Open

Keywords: robots; automation; prefabrication; robot oriented design; data flow; data acquisition; digitization; computational design

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

Structural Health Monitoring and Vibration Control

edited by

Zuguang Ying

, Youwu Wang, Sumei Wang and

Yi-Qing Ni

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 18454 | Submission Open

Keywords: structural health monitoring; parameter estimation; vibration control; data processing; machine learning; neural network; smart structural dynamics; stochastic vibration

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Building Resilient Cities: Architecture and Urban Planning for Combating Extreme Hot and Cold Weather

edited by Sheng Liu and Yingzi Zhang

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 8 articles | Viewed by 16511 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate-resilient cities; climate-resilient buildings; extreme hot/cold events; low-carbon buildings and cities; architectural and urban planning practices; urban microclimate; building energy efficiency

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

Fiber-Reinforced Polymers and Fiber-Reinforced Concrete in Civil Engineering—2nd Edition

edited by Jianzhe Shi,

Lili Hu

, Hao Zhou,

Liangliang Wei

,

Weiqiang Wang

, Qin Zhang, Yaqiang Yang,

,

,

and

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 11 articles | Viewed by 14115 | Submission Open

Keywords: fiber-reinforced polymers; fiber-reinforced concrete; experiment; numerical simulation; infrastructure; sustainability

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

Climate Resilient Buildings: 2nd Edition

edited by

Michael A. Lacasse

and

Marzieh Riahinezhad

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 13655 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate resilient buildings; resilient design; resilient retrofit; overheating; extreme climate events

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

Enhancing Building Resilience Under Climate Change

edited by

Chengliang Fan

and Yundan Liao

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 8 articles | Viewed by 12975 | Submission Open

Keywords: building performance simulation; climate change effects; building resilience evaluation; building optimization; built environment; heat risk evaluation; nature-based solutions; building energy

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

Seismic Performance and Durability of Engineering Structures

edited by Jieqiong Wu, Renbo Zhang and Shenggang Chen

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 9110 | Submission Open

Keywords: engineering structures; seismic performance; durability design; durability assessment; environmental action; load effects

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Solid Mechanics as Applied to Civil Engineering

edited by Zhengwei Li and Chuantan Hou

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 8 articles | Viewed by 8270 | Submission Open

Keywords: solid mechanics; structural design; mechanical behavior; material performance; computational model; civil engineering

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Wind Load Effects on High-Rise and Long-Span Structures: 2nd Edition

edited by

Pedro Martinez-Vazquez

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 7823 | Submission Open

Keywords: analytical and experimental approaches to determine wind loads; structural performance against limit states; performance-based design initiatives; impact of extreme events; multi-hazards involving wind loading; aerodynamics and aeroelasticity; structural health monitoring and maintenance strategies; novel systems to optimize structural/aerodynamic response

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Innovative Approaches to Sustainability Management and Digital Integration in the Built Environment

edited by

Stefano Cascone

,

Eleonora Laurini

, Silvia Meschini and

Antonio Salzano

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 7577 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable construction; digital integration; building information modeling (BIM); engineering modeling; lifecycle management; construction innovation; smart infrastructure; environmental sustainability; process optimization; socioeconomic impacts

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

Planning and Development of Resilient Cities

edited by

,

,

,

and Liu Wu

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6617 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban resilience; adaptive design; sustainable development; natural disaster risk management; urban infrastructure; community participation; urban renewal; policy innovation; smart city technology

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

Advances in Cementitious Materials

edited by

Yang Lu

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6278 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable and resilient cementitious materials; advancing performance; enhanced durability; low-carbon solutions

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

Analysis, Conservation, and Refurbishment Methods of Heritage Architecture Based on Modern Technology

edited by

Giorgia Predari

and Carlo Costantino

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 5878 | Submission Open

Keywords: heritage buildings and structures; building information modeling; building automation systems; eco-friendly retrofitting methods; virtual reality and visualization technologies; digital twins; sensors; smart structures; and intelligent control; artificial intelligence; neural networks

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

The Effects of Urban Climate on the Energy Performance and Carbon Emissions of Buildings

edited by Lihua Zhao,

Lei Yuan

, Yueer He and Meng Tian

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5777 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban climate; energy-efficient buildings; green building technology; energy modeling; carbon emissions; renewable energy

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

Advances in Building Structure Analysis and Health Monitoring

edited by

Gongfa Chen

,

David H. Bassir

and

Shuai Teng

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 5091 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; building structures; structural health monitoring; machine learning; predictive maintenance; deep learning; structural analysis; damage detection; data-driven models; smart buildings

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Computational Mechanics Analysis of Composite Structures

edited by Linxin Peng, Jiahua Yang, Peng Tang and

Xiaodan Teng

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4937 | Submission Open

Keywords: composite materials; computational mechanics; high-performance computing; multi-scale modeling; artificial intelligence and machine learning

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Building Foundation Analysis: Soil–Structure Interaction—2nd Edition

edited by Qiang Xie,

Yuxin Ban

, Xiang Fu and Rini Asnida Binti Abdullah

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3666 | Submission Open

Keywords: building foundations; geotechnical engineering; soil– structure interaction; building behaviour; pile foundations; machine learning; numerical modelling; geophysical

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Safety Assessment and Structural Analysis of Reinforced Concrete Buildings

edited by Wei Huang, Zhi Zhou and Wuchao Zhao

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3256 | Submission Open

Keywords: reinforced concrete structures; structural analysis; durability; load-bearing capacity; seismic; finite element analysis; construction

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

People-Centered Livability: Reconciling Subjective Well-Being with Urban and Rural Spatial Structures

edited by

Rui Li

, Qipeng Liao,

Hong Xu

and Yawei Zhang

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3006 | Submission Open

Keywords: human-centred design; livability assessment; urban and rural spatial structures; sense of well-being; spatial justice; place attachment; environmental behaviour research; human settlement quality; smart governance; resident satisfaction

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

Sustainable Development in Building: High-Performance Materials with Solid Waste

edited by

Yuan Feng

,

Baifa Zhang

and Jianglin Li

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2851 | Submission Open

Keywords: solid waste; sustainable building materials; advanced performance; low-carbon binders; life cycle assessment; performance enhancement; material characterization; case studies

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

Healthy and Affordable Zero-Emission Buildings: A Challenge for the Near Future

edited by Cristina Becchio and

Marta Bottero

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2626 | Submission Open

Keywords: zero-emission buildings; healthy buildings; affordable housing; human comfort and well-being; climate change mitigation; decarbonization

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

Next-Generation Building Materials and Technologies for a Sustainable Built Environment

edited by Yong Ding and

Danlin Hou

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2386 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart building technologies; passive building design; high-performance building materials; renewable energy systems; building information modeling (BIM); building energy modeling (BEM); life cycle assessment (LCA); energy efficiency; sustainability; insulation; ventilation

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

Challenges in Structural Repairs and Renovations

edited by

Hrvoje Smoljanović

,

Ivan Balić

,

Nikolina Živaljić

and Boris Trogrlić

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2331 | Submission Open

Keywords: structural repair; application of new materials; experimental research; numerical analyzes; new calculation techniques

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Seismic and Durability Performance of Steel Connections

edited by

Linfeng Lu

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2205 | Submission Open

Keywords: steel connections; seismic performance; corrosion degradation; durability; post-earthquake retrofit; prefabricated structures; modular construction; failure mechanisms; environmental effects; performance-based design

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Capacity Assessment of Corroded Reinforced Concrete Structures

edited by

Charis Apostolopoulos

,

Konstantinos Koulouris

and

Maria Basdeki

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2141 | Submission Open

Keywords: steel corrosion; concrete durability; corroded RC structures; mechanical properties of rebar; steel– concrete bond loss; pitting corrosion; assessment of bearing capacity

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Material Innovation and Technology Enhancement: Synergistic Pathways for Building Decarbonization

edited by Yichao Zhang and

Yanfeng Fang

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2059 | Submission Open

Keywords: alkali-activated cementitious materials; recycled aggregates; phase-change materials; high-performance building envelopes; building integrated photovoltaics; renewable energy integration; solid waste utilization; green building

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

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 Apr 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2010 | 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)

Heritage Architecture Sustainable Management: Analysis, Conservation, and Refurbishment

edited by Josep Lluís i Ginovart and Cinta Lluis-Teruel

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1989 | Submission Open

Keywords: construction methods; intervention criteria; construction analysis; diagnosis; methodologies; reuse of elements; natural ventilation; orientation; active and passive energies; exterior enclosures

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Advances in Composite Structures for Sustainable Building Solutions

edited by

,

,

, Jingyang Zhou,

and Zhihao Hao

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1907 | Submission Open

Keywords: composites; fiber; concrete; structural design; structural health monitoring; sustainability; low carbon

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

The Challenges of and Research Trends in the Durability, Corrosion, and Cracking of Reinforced Concrete

edited by Babak Jamhiri

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1607 | Submission Open

Keywords: reinforced concrete durability; corrosion mitigation; crack detection; predictive modeling; self‑healing composites

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

Built Environment and Thermal Comfort

edited by

María Luisa de la Hoz Torres

and

Antonio Jesús Aguilar Aguilera

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1499 | 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)

Modeling and Mechanical Analysis of Materials and Structures in Civil Engineering

edited by

Peng Wu

and Aiguo Zhao

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1341 | Submission Open

Keywords: engineering structures; composite structures; metamaterials; functionally graded materials; multi-field coupling; fatigue and fracture; analytical solutions; optimization design

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Advanced Studies in Smart Construction

edited by

Changwan Kim

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 966 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart construction; automation and robotics; ai and big data; construction decision-making; construction safety; off-site construction

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

Advanced Studies in Steel Structure

edited by

Antonio Agüero

, Pedro Martin-Concepcion and

Ana Almerich-Chulia

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 853 | Submission Open

Keywords: steel; buckling; class 1-4; fire resistance; hybrid testing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Research on State Assessment and Strengthening Technique of Building Structure

edited by

Denghu Jing

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 821 | Submission Open

Keywords: state assessment; strengthening technique; existing buildings; structural forms; material performance degradation; increased floor load; structural modifications; seismic requirements; innovative methods; latest developments

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Advances in Engineering Structure Inspection, Monitoring Technologies, and Post-Disaster Diagnosis, Maintenance, and Operation

edited by

Lingkun Chen

, Qing Zeng, Qikai Sun and

Tao Wang

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 668 | Submission Open

Keywords: structural damage identification; physical information data mining; computer-vision-based structural health monitoring; digital twin; multi-source information fusion; intelligent operation; maintenance and diagnostics; intelligent design and construction; disaster resilience; UAV-robotics; physics-informed neural networks (PINN); operation and maintenance; urban renewal; green building

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

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