Novel Design of Tall Building Structures Based on Modern Resilience and Sustainability Performance Criteria

Dear Colleagues,

In recent decades, the construction of tall buildings has significantly expanded as a result of material technology and scientific developments, combined with increased societal and financial needs for housing and commercial space in modern metropoles. According to the accepted terminology, tall buildings are typically defined as those exceeding 50 m in height, while super-tall refers to heights ranging from 300 m to 600 m and mega-tall to heights over 600 meters. In view of their special features, they are characterized by long periods of vibration and multi-modal response, while when it comes to earthquake resistance, nonlinear analysis procedures are employed, and innovative seismic resistant schemes are developed. Recently, intense research has been carried out towards the application of resilience and sustainability concepts in tall building design, addressing their failure–collapse impact and climate change effect, respectively.

This Special Issue is dedicated to current developments regarding novel design approaches of tall buildings (covering tall/super-tall/mega-tall types) that consider resilient and sustainable performance criteria.

We invite original contributions on new research, case studies, projects, reviews, and state-of-the-art discussions related to the design of steel, concrete, and composite steel–concrete tall buildings. Submissions may concern novel approaches in analysis methods and design practices, theoretical or applied research in the fields of civil engineering, building construction, and architecture engineering, accounting for contemporary resilience concepts and sustainability requirements.

We welcome papers on the following and related topics:

• Seismic design concepts—earthquake resistant/mitigation systems;
• Current codification provisions-specifications in tall building design;
• Wind loading effects;
• Finite element modeling and nonlinear analysis procedures;
• Performance-based design of tall buildings;
• Impact of building envelope—curtain wall contribution/resilience;
• Sustainable design of tall buildings;
• High-performance materials in tall building design and construction;
• Digital twin technology;
• Structural optimization of tall buildings;
• Case studies.

Dr. Evangelos Efthymiou
Dr. Vassilis Papanikolaou
Guest Editors

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