8 May 2024
Buildings 2022 Best Paper Award—Winners Announced
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We are pleased to announce the winners of the Buildings 2022 Best Paper Award. All the papers published from 1 January to 31 December in 2022 in Buildings (ISSN: 2075-5309) were considered for this award. After a thorough evaluation of the originality and significance of the papers, citations, and downloads, five winners were selected.
Section “Architectural Design”
“A Grammar-Based Optimization Approach for Designing Urban Fabrics and Locating Amenities for 15-Minute Cities”
by Fernando T. Lima, Nathan C. Brown and Jose P. Duarte
Buildings 2022, 12(8), 1157; https://www.mdpi.com/2075-5309/12/8/1157
Section “Building Energy”
“Nature-Based Solutions (NBSs) to Mitigate Urban Heat Island (UHI) Effects in Canadian Cities”
by Alexander Thomas Hayes, Zahra Jandaghian, Michael A. Lacasse, Abhishek Gaur, Henry Lu, Abdelaziz Laouadi, Hua Ge and Liangzhu Wang
Buildings 2022, 12(7), 925; https://www.mdpi.com/2075-5309/12/7/925
Section “Building Materials”
“Permeability Prediction Model Modified on Kozeny-Carman for Building Foundation of Clay Soil”
by Jian Chen, Huawei Tong, Jie Yuan, Yingguang Fang and Renguo Gu
Buildings 2022, 12(11), 1798; https://www.mdpi.com/2075-5309/12/11/1798
Section “Building Structures”
“Experimental Seismic Assessment of Nonstructural Elements: Testing Protocols and Novel Perspectives”
by Martino Zito, Roberto Nascimbene, Paolo Dubini, Danilo D’Angela and Gennaro Magliulo
Buildings 2022, 12(11), 1871; https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings12111871
Section “Construction Management”
“Digital Twin and Industry 4.0 Enablers in Building and Construction: A Survey”
by Wei Hu, Kendrik Yan Hong Lim and Yiyu Cai
Buildings 2022, 12(11), 2004; https://www.mdpi.com/2075-5309/12/11/2004
Each winner will receive CHF 500 and a chance to publish a paper in Buildings in 2024 after peer review.
Please join us in congratulating the winners of Buildings 2022 Best Paper Award. We would also like to take this opportunity to thank all of our authors for your continued support of Buildings.
Buildings Editorial Office