Special Issues

Buildings publishes Special Issues to create collections of papers on specific topics, with the aim of building a community of authors and readers to discuss the latest research and develop new ideas and research directions. Special Issues are led by Guest Editors, who are experts on the topic. The journal’s Editor-in-Chief and/or designated EBM will oversee Guest Editor appointments and Special Issue proposals, checking their content for relevance and ensuring the suitability of the material for the journal. The papers published in a Special Issue will be collected and displayed on a dedicated page of the journal’s website. For any inquiries related to a Special Issue, please contact the Editorial Office.

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Buildings for the 21st Century submission deadline 20 Dec 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1631 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Energy, Physics, Environment, and Systems)
Life Cycle Management of Building and Infrastructure Projects submission deadline 20 Dec 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1173 | Submission Open
Keywords: procurement; contracting; and project delivery method; building information modelling; civil infrastructure modelling; building comfort; life cycle analysis; legal and disputes resolution
(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 and
submission deadline 20 Dec 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 765 | 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 Concrete Technology for Sustainable Architecture
edited by Caitlin Mueller and Mohamed A. Ismail
submission deadline 20 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 312 | Submission Open
Keywords: reinforced concrete; precast concrete; embodied carbon; concrete mix design; concrete reinforcement; structural efficiency; digital fabrication; material optimization; urban construction; infrastructure
(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Materials, and Repair & Renovation)
Safety and Optimization of Building Structures—2nd Edition submission deadline 20 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 124 | Submission Open
Keywords: structural optimization; mechanical safety; progressive collapse resistance; fire safety; life cycle; metaheuristic algorithms; risk prevention; sustainable development; reliability; optimal design
(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)
Seismic Assessment of Unreinforced Masonry Buildings
edited by , Stefania Degli Abbati and
submission deadline 20 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 60 | Submission Open
Keywords: masonry; seismic assessment; monumental buildings; aggregate buildings; modelling strategies; out-of-plane and/or in-plane response; nonlinear analyses; strengthening and retrofitting solutions; case studies; experimental tests
(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)
Smart Asset Management for Sustainable Built Environment
edited by Raj Shah and
submission deadline 20 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 27 | Submission Open
Keywords: asset management; digital twin (DT); BIM (building information modelling) and AI (artificial intelligence); sustainable materials; climate impact on physical assets; application of AI in assets; law and policy in digital assets; cyber security and IP of digital assets; resilience of existing infrastructure; energy performance and sustainability
(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Energy, Physics, Environment, and Systems)
Advanced Green and Intelligent Building Materials
edited by , Decai Wang, Ruicong Han, , Ying Hao and Lihua Niu
submission deadline 28 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 38 | 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)
Research on Industrialization and Intelligence in Building Structures
edited by and
submission deadline 30 Dec 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3281 | Submission Open
Keywords: building structures; prefabricated strucutures; novel structural systems; novel structural materials; intelligent method; intelligent construction; structural optimization
(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)
Green Building Project Management
edited by
submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 9 articles | Viewed by 19711 | Submission Open
Keywords: big data application in green building projects; smart construction in green building projects; supply chain management in green building projects; risk management in green building projects; innovation management in green building projects; corporate social responsibility in green building projects; behavioral decision making in green building projects; material management in green construction projects; construction waste recycling; project management in green infrastructure
(This special issue belongs to the Section Construction Management, and Computers & Digitization)
High-Performance Steel–Concrete Composite/Hybrid Structures
edited by and
submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 6 articles | Viewed by 7441 | Submission Open
Keywords: steel– concrete composite structures; high-resilience structural system; disaster resistance and mitigation; high-performance materials; performance evaluation; fabricated construction; numerical simulation; seismic design; life-cycle design; machine learning
(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)
Advances in Strategic Replanning and Reconstruction of Cultural Heritage
edited by , Carla Bartolozzi and Daniele Dabbene
submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3966 | Submission Open
Keywords: assessment of the economic sustainability of the project in crisis contexts; reconstruction and circular economy; risk and responsibility; economic-financial feasibility and economic-social feasibility; decision support tools; memory value; cost– opportunity
(This special issue belongs to the Section Architectural Design, Urban Science, and Real Estate)
Sustainable Rural Development: Advances on Rural Digitization and Smart Village Construction
edited by , Zihan Cai and
submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3771 | Submission Open
Keywords: sustainable rural development; rural digitalization; digital and smart village; rural revitalization; rural planning; rurality evaluation; carbon neutrality; urban– rural integration
(This special issue belongs to the Section Construction Management, and Computers & Digitization)
Constructions in Europe: Current Issues and Future Challenges submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2764 | Submission Open
Keywords: civil engineering; environmental engineering; urban engineering; transport engineering; geotechnical engineering; construction economics; construction technology
Thermal Fluid Flow and Heat Transfer in Buildings
edited by and
submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2359 | Submission Open
Keywords: thermal fluid; fluid flow; heat transfer; conduction; convection; radiation; built environment; energy efficiency; sustainable building; ventilation; air distribution; thermal comfort; occupant well-being; HVAC; building retrofit; building envelope; thermal management; CFD; building simulation; case studies
(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Energy, Physics, Environment, and Systems)
Recent Advances in Structural Health Monitoring of Buildings and Infrastructures
edited by and
submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2317 | Submission Open
Keywords: damage identification; inverse problems in structural engineering; deep learning in SHM; smartphone sensing; sensor network; optimal sensor placement and instrumentation design; environmental and operational factors in SHM; static load testing and vibration testing of structure; swarm intelligence algorithms; sustainable developments in SHM; other related topics in SHM
(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)
Existing Environment, Equipment, Materials and Technical Means for Buildings
edited by
submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 772 | Submission Open
Keywords: indoor environment; buildings materials; buildings renovations; auxiliary equipment
(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Materials, and Repair & Renovation)
Deep Learning Models in Buildings
edited by and Jun Young Jang
submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 707 | Submission Open
Keywords: smart building technologies; building performance optimization; predictive maintenance in buildings; automated defect detection; construction data analysis; energy consumption optimization; AI-driven design decision-making; deep learning in construction
(This special issue belongs to the Section Construction Management, and Computers & Digitization)
Applications of Computational Methods in Structural Engineering submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 700 | Submission Open
Keywords: civil engineering structures (R.C.; steel; composite; masonry); structures under loads (earthquakes; winds; fires; blasts; etc.); computational methods in structural analysis (FEM; BEM; etc.); soil– structure interaction (SSI); seismic isolation of structures; structural vibration control; special dampers; smart materials and structures; artificial intelligence in structural engineering; soft computing techniques in structural engineering
(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)
Performance Analysis and Design Optimization of Renewable Energy Heating Systems
edited by , , Jiewen Deng and Chao Zeng
submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 571 | Submission Open
Keywords: renewable energy utilization; solar PV system; geothermal system; hydrogen system; hybrid energy system; long-term simulation; in situ monitoring; multi-object optimization
(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Energy, Physics, Environment, and Systems)
Comfortable Environments: Materials for Room Acoustics and Noise Control
edited by Jesús Carbajo, and
submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 235 | Submission Open
Keywords: room acoustics; noise control; acoustic materials
(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Energy, Physics, Environment, and Systems)
Planning for Sustainable Land Use and Built Environment in High-Density Cities
edited by
submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 209 | Submission Open
Keywords: smart spatial planning; intensive/mixed land use; high-density built environment; sustainability; three-dimensional; compact development; machine learning; land use change and evolution; data-driven approach; quality environment
(This special issue belongs to the Section Architectural Design, Urban Science, and Real Estate)
Research on the Performance of Traditional, New and Potential Building Materials: 2nd Edition
edited by , , Ying Qin, Zhiliang Zuo and
submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 151 | Submission Open
Keywords: traditional building materials (steel; concrete; masonry; timber; bamboo; etc.); composite materials and fiber-reinforced polymers (FRPs); potential building materials (graphene; bio-inspired materials; etc.); ultra-high-performance concrete (UHPC); 3D printing materials; concrete-filled steel tubes (CFSTs); static and dynamic performance; structural reliability; cross-section instability; numerical simulation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Materials, and Repair & Renovation)
Vibration Monitoring and Control of the Built Environment
edited by
submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 134 | Submission Open
Keywords: damper; earthquake engineering; friction damping; hysteretic damping; isolator; monitoring; negative stiffness; soil structure interaction; structural control; structural dynamics; tuned mass damper; vibration absorber; wind engineering
Application of Building Information Modelling in Construction Management submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 125 | Submission Open
Keywords: BIM; Construction 4.0; dynamic data exchange and transformation; IoT-oriented project management; scan to BIM; active BIM; BIM legislation and contracting; BIM and blockchain technology
(This special issue belongs to the Section Construction Management, and Computers & Digitization)
Advancements in Energy Efficiency and Life-Cycle Assessment of Phase Change Materials for Thermal Energy Storage Applications
edited by Zohir Younsi, Naoual Belouaggadia, , , Nicolas Youssef and Mohamed Lachheb
submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 123 | Submission Open
Keywords: environmental impact; energy efficiency; energy storage; life-cycle assessment; phase change material; buildings; sustainable development; numerical simulations
(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Energy, Physics, Environment, and Systems)
Advances in Soil–Geosynthetic Composite Materials
edited by , and Phan Truc T.T.
submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 92 | Submission Open
Keywords: composite behavior; geosynthetic reinforced soil (GRS); field-scale experiments; finite element (fe); compaction loads
(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Materials, and Repair & Renovation)
Advanced Analysis and Design for Steel Structure Stability submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 87 | Submission Open
Keywords: steel structures; steel composite structures; steel bridges; beams; columns; beam– columns; joints and connections; hot-formed steel; cold-formed steel; material models; theoretical models; numerical modeling; physical testing; buckling; nonlinear analysis; finite element analysis; structural optimization; static loading; dynamic loading; wind loading; earthquake loading; design codes of practices
(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)
Research on Rate-Dependent Mechanical Properties of Ultra-High Strength Concrete
edited by Shaohua Li and Weitan Zhuang
submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 82 | Submission Open
Keywords: ultra-high performance concrete; dynamic properties; micromechanics; strain rate; mechanical performance; multi-scale
(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Materials, and Repair & Renovation)
Structural Assessment and Strengthening of Masonry Structures submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 76 | Submission Open
Keywords: masonry structures; experimental study; seismic assessment; historical masonry; masonry-strengthening techniques; life cycle assessment; carbon footprint
(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)
The Damage and Fracture Analysis in Rocks and Concretes
edited by and
submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 65 | Submission Open
Keywords: concrete; damage; fracture; mining engineering; geotechnical engineering; numerical model; time-dependent fracturing; stress corrosion; high temperature
(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)
Advances in Soil-Structure Interaction for Building Structures
edited by Yu Tian, Ran Yuan and Wei Sun
submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 64 | Submission Open
Keywords: soil-structure interaction; deformation compatibility condition; contact surface; soil constitutive theory; substructure method; multiscale numerical simulation; computational method
(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)
Indoor Environment and Thermal Comfort: Healthy, Energy Efficiency and Sustainability
edited by Weiwei Liu and Xiaoyu Tian
submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 64 | Submission Open
Keywords: thermal comfort; heat stress; building energy; built environment; sustainability; building technology
(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Energy, Physics, Environment, and Systems)
Open Issues in Building Conservation
edited by and Fabrizio Comodini
submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 62 | Submission Open
Keywords: FRP-FRCM-SRG composite; masonry or reinforced concrete confinement; numerical model; flexural/shear strengthening; seismic risk assessment; seismic improvement of existing buildings; innovative seismic protection systems
(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)
Research on Solar Energy System and Storage for Sustainable Buildings
edited by and
submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 30 | Submission Open
Keywords: solar buildings; solar heating; solar cooling; sustainable buildings; thermal energy storage; building integrated photovoltaic; energy efficiency for data centre
(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Energy, Physics, Environment, and Systems)
Building Resilience through Integrative Approaches to Disaster Preparedness and Response in Urban Development
edited by
submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 23 | Submission Open
Keywords: damage assessment; disaster reconnaissance; building resilience; emerging technologies; response and recovery
(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)
Dynamic Response of Civil Engineering Structures under Seismic Loads
edited by Yanyan Li and Jingshu Xu
submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 11 | Submission Open
Keywords: dynamic response; engineering structure; civil engineering; seismicload; earthquake engineering; structural stability
(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)
Advances in Automation and Intelligence in Construction
edited by Ebrahim Parvaresh Karan
submission deadline 10 Jan 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 682 | Submission Open
Keywords: artificial intelligence in construction; smart construction; Internet of Things (IoT) sensors in construction; autonomous heavy construction equipment; pre-fabrication and modular construction
(This special issue belongs to the Section Construction Management, and Computers & Digitization)
Selected Papers from the “International Housing Congress in the Lusophone Space–5CIHEL2024”
edited by and António Baptista Coelho
submission deadline 10 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 246 | Submission Open
Keywords: housing and new ways of living; housing project; BIM modeling; construction and housing quality; rehabilitation; urbanism and neighborhood; social housing; housing programs and policies; housing promotion; housing cooperatives
(This special issue belongs to the Section Architectural Design, Urban Science, and Real Estate)
Energy Performance in Sustainable Architecture Design
edited by
submission deadline 15 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 103 | Submission Open
Keywords: building energy; sustainable building; architecture design; energy performance; energy efficiency  ; sustainable design; sustainable architecture  ; energy consumption  ; renewable energy  ; built environment; building material
(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Energy, Physics, Environment, and Systems)
Innovative Solutions for Enhancing Seismic Resilience of Buildings
edited by Himan Hojat Jalali and Arman Mamazizi
submission deadline 20 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 15 | Submission Open
Keywords: structural resilience damage control; damper; rocking mechanism; low-damage system; repairable seismic system; self-centering seismic system
(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)
Towards Industrial 5.0 in the Construction Industry: Techniques, Requirements, Energy, Maintenance Engineering, Challenges and Opportunities submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 91 | Submission Open
Keywords: construction 5.0; advanced construction techniques; maintenance engineering; building information management (BIM); hybrid renewable systems; energy efficiency; circular economy; human interaction; Internet of Things (IoT); artificial intelligence
(This special issue belongs to the Section Construction Management, and Computers & Digitization)
Seismic Resilience of Structures and Infrastructure Systems
edited by Yu Shen, Lianxu Zhou, Jingren Wu and
submission deadline 15 Feb 2025 | Viewed by 156 | Submission Open
Keywords: structures and infrastructures; risk and resilience; earthquake damage; seismic behavior; risk mitigation and management; life-cycle analysis; resilience assessment and design; multi-hazard analysis; complex system modeling
(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)
Study on the Durability of Construction Materials and Structures
edited by
submission deadline 1 Mar 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2361 | Submission Open
Keywords: durability; construction materials; degradation mechanisms; sustainability; innovative construction techniques; environmental stress; mechanical loading; weathering
(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)
Potential Use of Green Hydrogen in the Built Environment
edited by and Christer Sjöström
submission deadline 20 Mar 2025 | Viewed by 47 | Submission Open
Keywords: green hydrogen; energy storage systems; heating and cooling homes; modelling energy systems; efficiency durability; hydrogen storage systems; integration
(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Energy, Physics, Environment, and Systems)
Modeling and Testing the Performance of Masonry Structures submission deadline 30 Mar 2025 | Viewed by 45 | Submission Open
Keywords: masonry structures; laboratory and in-situ tests; numerical modelling; non-linear behavior of masonry; seismic response of masonry structures; historical masonry buildings; smart bricks; retrofitting techniques for masonry structures
(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)
Building Tomorrow: Revolutionary Materials for Sustainable Construction submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | Viewed by 281 | Submission Open
Keywords: carbon footprint; energy consumption; waste management; sustainable materials; green construction materials; recycled materials; eco-friendly building materials; non-conventional building materials; repair; lean construction; circular economy; life-cycle assessment; smart buildings
(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Materials, and Repair & Renovation)
New Reinforcement Technologies Applied in Slope and Foundation
edited by Changfu Chen, , Renhua Tang, and Shimin Zhu
submission deadline 20 May 2025 | Viewed by 109 | Submission Open
Keywords: geotechnical reinforcement materials; geotechnical reinforcement technology; slope stability analysis; foundation treatment; soil– structure interaction; bearing performance; mechanical analysis model; performance optimization
(This special issue belongs to the Section Building Structures)
Advanced Experimental and Numerical Studies on Ancient Stone Masonry Constructions submission deadline 20 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 218 | Submission Open
Keywords: laboratory characterisation; in situ testing; numerical micro- and macro-modelling; retrofit solutions; numerical analysis; vulnerability assessment
(This special issue belongs to the Section Construction Management, and Computers & Digitization)
Advanced Research on Intelligent Building Construction and Management
edited by Lin Liu, Taotao Shui and Chun Wang
submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 147 | Submission Open
Keywords: artificial intelligence; project management; decision-making method; intelligent buildings; building information modeling; smart cities; intelligent management; low-carbon strategy; intelligent power technology; intelligence algorithm
(This special issue belongs to the Section Construction Management, and Computers & Digitization)
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