Buildings

Reliability, Resilience and Sustainability for Construction and Infrastructure Systems

edited by

Zhenhao Zhang

,

Yue-Ling Long

and

Dong Li

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 4453 | Submission Open

Keywords: structural reliability; structural resilience; infrastructure sustainability; advanced analysis methods; quantitative evaluation

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

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 Oct 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3736 | 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)

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 31 Oct 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3703 | 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)

Building Safe, Equitable, and Inclusive Construction Workplaces for the Future

edited by

Aparna Samaraweera

,

Udara Ranasinghe

,

Sepani Senaratne

and Marcus Jefferies

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2228 | Submission Open

Keywords: workplace safety; gender equity; social inclusion; safety culture; equitable workplace culture; inclusive leadership; diverse workforce; diversity; equity; and inclusion (DEI); respectful culture

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

New Paradigms for Future-Oriented Safety and Resilience of Civil Engineering Structures and Infrastructure Systems

edited by Xu Wang, Yanru Wang, Lei Zhou and Yongguang Li

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2134 | Submission Open

Keywords: resilience; smart materials; structures; quantitative assessment; digital twins; climate change adaptation; infrastructure systems; artificial intelligence

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Urban Landscape Management and Planning

edited by

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,

, Lin Zhang,

and

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2115 | 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)

Buildings and Urban Microclimate Challenges: Impacts on Thermal and Wind Environments

edited by

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,

and

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1575 | Submission Open

Keywords: building form; building layout; local climate; ventilation path; street canyon effect; wind and thermal environment; thermal comfort; ENVI-met; CFD; GIS

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

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

edited by

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,

,

and

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1436 | 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)

From Automation to Intelligence: Enhancing Energy Performance of HVAC Systems

edited by

Yimin Chen

and

Yunyang Ye

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1279 | 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)

Building Response to Extreme Dynamic Loads

edited by

Chen Fang

,

Shuai Li

and Tewodros Yosef

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1137 | Submission Open

Keywords: extreme dynamic loading; building structures impact and blast effects; seismic and wind response; progressive collapse resistance; structural resilience and safety energy; dissipation systems; multi-hazard performance; structural-health monitoring; performance-based and resilience-based design

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Sustainable Urban–Rural Transitions: Integrating Smart Technologies and Inclusive Development from a Socio-Technical Perspective

edited by

Bing Chen

, Leilei Sun,

Genwei Hong

and Yina Sima

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1054 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainability; informatics; entrepreneurship and management; social inclusion; resilience; low-carbon; adaptive design; Artificial Intelligence (AI)

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

Integrated Design Synergizing Sustainability, Well-Being, and Smart Technologies for Healthy and Climate-Adaptive Built Environments

edited by

Juan Ren

and Xuan Ma

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 768 | Submission Open

Keywords: healthy buildings; thermal comfort; climate-adaptive design; low-carbon architecture; green building; urban built environment design; evidence-based design; smart technologies; sustainable materials

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

Emerging Technologies for Digital Transformation of Resilient Built Assets

edited by Qiuchen Lu and

Ya Wen

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 674 | Submission Open

Keywords: resilient built assets; digital transformation; risk and vulnerability assessment asset and facility management; digital twins; knowledge-based systems; artificial intelligence; real-time monitoring; decision support systems

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

Whole-Life Carbon and Integrated LCA of Buildings and Energy Systems for Decision Support

edited by

Jingchun Shen

, Alaa Khadra and

Ilham Ihoume

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 629 | Submission Open

Keywords: whole-life carbon; life cycle assessment (LCA); dynamic LCA; circular construction solution; LCA into photovoltatics; sustainability in positive energy districts

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

Characterization and Electrical Properties of Construction Materials

edited by Jiacheng Zhang and Richard Ball

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 497 | 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)

Co-Designing Sustainable Built Environments with Human-Centric Generative AI

edited by

Tsung-Hsien Wang

and Jihyun Park

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 407 | Submission Open

Keywords: generative AI in design; AI for climate-responsive sustainable environments; human-in-the-loop systems; machine learning for building performance evaluation; adaptive design workflows; indoor environmental quality; healthy builiding building certification systems

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

Carbon-Neutral and Zero Energy Buildings with Renewable Energy Systems

edited by

Bae Sangmu

, Jiyoun Lim and Hyun-Jung Choi

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 335 | Submission Open

Keywords: zero energy building; renewable energy systems; smart grid; life cycle assessment; data-driven; carbon-neutral; building energy

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

Computational and Data-Driven Modeling for Materials, Design and Construction

edited by Sivakumar Kulasegaram, Abdullah Alshahrani and

Honghong Song

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 276 | Submission Open

Keywords: physics-informed machine learning; digital twins for infrastructure; data-driven structural modelling; AI-assisted structural optimization; sustainable construction materials; fibre-reinforced concrete; experimental– numerical integration; fracture and damage mechanics; machine learning in civil engineering; sustainable construction materials

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

Urban Heritage and Spatial Regeneration in the Age of Intelligence

edited by Weizhen Chen,

Yue Cheng

,

Yinying Tao

and Pan He

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 247 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban heritage; urban regeneration; artificial intelligence; spatial justice; behavioral spatial decision-making; gentrification; landscape planning and design; digital twin; social equity; environmental psychology; heritage tourism

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

Advanced Studies in Nonlinear Dynamics, Numerical Modelling and Applications in Masonry Structures

edited by

Jan Kubica

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 239 | Submission Open

Keywords: masonry; numerical modelling; nonlinear dynamic; material models; strengthening materials and techniques; historical masonry; seismic or dynamic action

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Energy Flexibility and Sustainable Building Systems

edited by

Sheikh Khaleduzzaman Shah

and Xueyan Zhang

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 235 | 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)

Advances in Bonding, Fatigue, and Durability of FRP Composites for Building Applications

edited by

Kun Liang

, Lijie Chen, Peng Wang and

Ke-Fan Weng

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 210 | Submission Open

Keywords: FRP composites; bond performance; fatigue; interface mechanics; durability; environmental degradation; hybrid modeling; multiscale analysis

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

Advances in Acoustic Materials and Noise Control in Buildings

edited by

Ancuța-Elena Tiuc

, Daniela-Roxana Tămaş-Gavrea and Raluca Iștoan

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 209 | Submission Open

Keywords: noise control in buildings; building acoustics; sound absorption and insulation; vibrational damping; acoustic modeling and simulation; sustainable building materials; micro-perforated panels; indoor environmental quality; indoor acoustic comfort; building performance optimization

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

Recent Advances in 3D-Printed Concrete: Materials, Processing, Reinforcement, and Digital Optimization

edited by Muhammad Saeed Zafar,

Muhammad Noman

and

Siham S. Al Shanti

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 199 | Submission Open

Keywords: 3D concrete printing; rheology; printability; reinforcement; mechanical performance & durability; machine learning; artificial intelligence; data driven modelling

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

Advanced Cement-Based Materials for Sustainable Infrastructure

edited by

Fei Liu

,

Changjun Zhou

and Baomin Wang

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 178 | Submission Open

Keywords: hydration mechanism; cement-based composite materials; sustainable and low-carbon binders; rapid repair materials; durability and structural rehabilitation; eco-friendly repair technologies

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

Safety Assessment and Emergency Management for the Built Environment

edited by

Feiyue Wang

,

Dingli Liu

and

Zhengyang Wang

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 176 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban safety; built environment; emergency management; risk assessment; resilience; disaster prevention; smart cities; evacuation; critical infrastructure

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

Intelligent Monitoring and Assessment of the Service Performance of Engineering Structures

edited by Xue Zhang

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

Keywords: structural health monitoring; service performance assessment; damage detection; model– data integration and validation; intelligent sensing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Climate Change and Building Energy Demand: Impacts and Adaptation Strategies

edited by Octavian-Gabriel Pop,

Ligia Mihaela Moga

,

Dan Doru Micu

and

Tania Rus

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 151 | Submission Open

Keywords: intelligent building services control systems; environmentally friendly design; global warming potential; life cycle assessment; indoor environmental quality; climate change; building energy demand; heating and cooling loads; future weather scenarios; thermal comfort; energy efficiency; adaptation strategies; passive and low-energy design; resilient built environment; decarbonization pathways

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

The Building Skin: Daylight, Flourishing Environments, and Performance

edited by

Henriqueta Teixeira

,

Maria da Glória Gomes

,

Laura Aelenei

and

Francesca Diglio

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 133 | Submission Open

Keywords: building performance; indoor comfort; building envelope; energy efficiency; simulation; thermal performance; facade; adaptive facade; daylighting; smart building

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

Research on the Reduction and Sequestration of Carbon Emissions in Construction Materials and Structures

edited by

Jun-Mo Yang

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 120 | Submission Open

Keywords: low-carbon construction materials; carbon emission reduction; CO2 sequestration; sustainable concrete; construction materials; carbon-neutral construction; recycled materials; carbon capture and utilization; sustainable structures; cement replacement materials

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

Reliability and Fire Resistance of Building Structures

edited by

Amit H. Varma

and

Shivam Sharma

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 114 | Submission Open

Keywords: fire resistance; structural performance-based fire design; nonlinear analysis; large-scale testing; reliability under fire; progressive collapse; connection behavior under fire; system level analysis under fire

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Research on Promoting the Social Sustainability of Urban Neighbourhoods—2nd Edition

edited by

Fanglei Zhong

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 89 | Submission Open

Keywords: social sustainability; urban neighbourhood; resilience; Sustainable Development Goals

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

Advance in BIM-Based Technologies for Sustainable Building Performance Predictions—2nd Edition

edited by

Woon Seong Jeong

and

Sang-Guk Yum

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 77 | Submission Open

Keywords: building design; construction processes; construction management; building information modeling; off-site construction; modular construction; design for manufacturing and assembly; sustainable construction methods and technologies; digital twins in the construction industry; artificial intelligence in scheduling; simulation-based methods for construction scheduling and virtual construction

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

Innovative Trends and Future Prospects of Sustainable Green Building Materials

edited by

Pedro Muñoz-Velasco

submission deadline 10 Nov 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 6517 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainability; construction; building; materials; energy; environment; impact

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

Advances and Applications in Timber Structures: 2nd Edition

edited by Zeli Que

submission deadline 10 Nov 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1242 | Submission Open

Keywords: timber; EWP; CLT; connect; wooden structure; seismic mechanism

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Sustainable Building Technologies: Equipment Performance, Built Environment, and Building Retrofit

edited by

Xinbo Xu

, Xue Zhai and Guoquan Lv

submission deadline 10 Nov 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 765 | Submission Open

Keywords: building equipment performance; built environment; building retrofit; HVAC system; radiant cooling; thermal comfort; energy efficiency; intelligent building control; human-centered design

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

Advances in Disaster Prevention and Resilience for Cold Regions Engineering

edited by

Yunhu Shang

,

Shengyi Cong

and Peiyong Qiu

submission deadline 10 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 142 | Submission Open

Keywords: cold regions engineering; disaster prevention; freeze& ndash; thaw cycles; frost heaving; thaw settlement; permafrost degradation; resilient design; engineering surveying and mapping

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Advances in Urban Heat Island and Outdoor Thermal Comfort

edited by Hongchi Zhang,

Huimin Liu

, Yihan Wu and Jun Zhao

submission deadline 15 Nov 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 2775 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban heat island; human health; thermal comfort; urban form; built environment; climate monitoring and modelling; sustainable urban design; human behavior

(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 Nov 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1206 | 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)

Sustainable Environment of Building Energy Systems

edited by

Xue Tian

,

Yuxin Wu

and

Wenxuan Zhao

submission deadline 15 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 71 | Submission Open

Keywords: building energy efficiency; net-zero buildings; building physics; sustainable energy systems; indoor environmental quality (IEQ); carbon neutrality; smart building technologies; passive design

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

Intelligent Monitoring for Health and Safety in Built Environments

edited by

Mahmoud Habibnezhad

submission deadline 17 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 135 | Submission Open

Keywords: intelligent monitoring; health and safety; built environment; smart sensing systems; IoT-enabled monitoring; artificial intelligence; machine learning; large language models; indoor environmental quality; structural safety; worker safety; computer vision; digital twins; predictive risk assessment

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

Challenges in Implementing Emerging Technologies in the Building Construction Industry

edited by Qiming Li,

Yantao Yu

, Bo Xiao, Xiaer Xiahou and Jianbo Zhu

submission deadline 20 Nov 2026 | 14 articles | Viewed by 43770 | Submission Open

Keywords: intelligent construction; building information modeling (BIM); carbon emissions; building lifecycle; construction automation

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

Advances in Safety and Health at Work in Building Construction

edited by

Riza Yosia Sunindijo

,

Janet Mayowa Nwaogu

and Xiaowei Wang

submission deadline 20 Nov 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 21056 | Submission Open

Keywords: construction safety; occupational health and diseases; worksite hazards; safety culture and climate; mental health and well-being; injury prevention; construction 4.0; ergonomics

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

Innovative Research Applied to Building Structures: From Materials Development to Structural Application

edited by

Chong Rong

,

Marco Carlo Rampini

, Liangkun Wang, Yue Liu and Xuan Chen

submission deadline 20 Nov 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 3336 | Submission Open

Keywords: innovative building materials; structural component design; structural system; artificial intelligence technology; inspection and monitoring; retrofitting and upgrading; architectural structural resilience; application to case studies

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

Large-Span, Tall and Special Steel and Composite Structures

edited by

Liqiang Jiang

,

Fengcheng Liu

and Tianxing Wen

submission deadline 20 Nov 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 2945 | Submission Open

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)

Age-Friendly Built Environment and Sustainable Architectural Design

edited by

Branko Gabrovec

,

Francesca Pagliaro

and Domen Zupančič

submission deadline 20 Nov 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2797 | Submission Open

Keywords: public health; age-friendly environment; well-being; building; frailty

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

Foundation Treatment and Building Structural Performance Enhancement—2nd Edition

edited by

Jiangbo Xu

, Peng Sha, Zhi-Feng Wang,

Jiangshan Li

and Song Feng

submission deadline 20 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 204 | Submission Open

Keywords: foundation treatment technology; structural performance enhancement; low-carbon technology; intelligent and digital engineering; intelligent machinery; building materials; safety and stability; engineering applications of new materials

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Multi-Hazard Resilience for Sustainable Building Structure

edited by Wei Liu

submission deadline 20 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 171 | Submission Open

Keywords: multi-hazard resilience; sustainable structures; performance-based design; seismic isolation and damping; structural health monitoring; post-event damage assessment; multi-sensing data fusion; digital twins; uncertainty quantification; low-carbon recovery

(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)

Advanced Materials and Intelligent Monitoring Technologies for Resilient Buildings

edited by

Bei He

and Kang Yang

submission deadline 20 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 119 | Submission Open

Keywords: advanced materials; smart monitoring technologies; self-healing materials; high-performance materials; digital resilience; cement and concrete composites; structural helath monitoring

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

Visual Detection Technology and Its Application in Urban Building Safety Monitoring

edited by Tengyue Li

submission deadline 20 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 77 | Submission Open

Keywords: visual detection technology; urban building; safety monitoring; visual data; building cracks; UAV image processing; deformation analysis; AI-based image analysis

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

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