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Building Performance Evaluation: Achieving Better Outcomes Guest editors: Bill Bordass, Paul Ruyssevelt & Fionn Stevenson

Call for papers! Building Performance Evaluation: Achieving Better Outcomes

Guest editors: Bill Bordass, Paul Ruyssevelt & Fionn Stevenson
Abstracts due: 23 March 2026 noon (GMT)
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Living labs and building testing labs: enabling climate change adaptation | Buildings & Cities Research

New paper! Living labs and building testing labs: enabling #climate change adaptation

Climate action requires rapid, evidence-based, and locally appropriate adaptation measures. journal-buildingscities.org/articles/10....

Building Performance Evaluation: Achieving Better Outcomes Guest editors: Bill Bordass, Paul Ruyssevelt & Fionn Stevenson

Calls for Papers! #Building Performance Evaluation: Achieving Better Outcomes

What is the potential for BPE to support better outcomes? How can BPE become mainstreamed?
Abstracts due: 23 March 2026, noon (GMT)

Routledge Handbook of Degrowth Edited by Anitra Nelson. Routledge, 2025, ISBN: 9781032650159

New Book Review! Routledge Handbook of Degrowth

What is the meaning of degrowth? How long has it been around and where in the world? And why is it relevant to the built environment?

2025 Reviewers Buildings & Cities gratefully acknowledges and thanks our reviewers.

The Editors of Buildings & Cities would like to thank all our reviewers for their contribution and support during 2025.

We wish to acknowledge and celebrate the dedication and efforts of all those who have contributed to this.

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Briefing Note: How #urban green #infrastructure contributes to carbon neutrality

Reaching the #carbon-neutrality targets of cities necessitates not only reducing emissions but also enhancing #carbon sinks. journal-buildingscities.org/articles/10....

Call for Abstracts! Mainstreaming Building Component Reuse

Deadline for abstracts: due 10 February 2026

What practices and policies are needed for the viable reuse of building components? www.buildingsandcities.org/calls-for-pa...

Environmental effects of urban wind energy harvesting: a review | Buildings & Cities Synthesis

Environmental effects of #urban wind energy harvesting: a review

Urban wind energy harvesting is still emerging, mainly with the use of small wind turbines. The positive and negative effects need to be weighed to inform policy decisions and regulations.
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New paper! Designing for pro-environmental behaviour change: the aspiration–reality gap

Built-environment designers shape the spatial and material conditions that support or hinder pro-environmental behaviours (PEBs). journal-buildingscities.org/articles/10....

Mainstreaming Building Component Reuse Guest editors: Satu Huuhka, Kjartan Gudmundsson & Paul Jonker-Hoffrén

NEW CALL FOR PAPERS! Mainstreaming Building Component Reuse
Guest editors: Satu Huuhka, Kjartan Gudmundsson & Paul Jonker-Hoffrén
Abstracts due: 10 FEBRUARY 2026 (noon GMT)
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Co-creating urban transformation: a stakeholder analysis for Germany’s heat transition | Buildings & Cities This study analyses a real-world experiment (RWE) on heat transition in the urban context of a city–university partnership in Bochum, Germany, highlighting the theoretical foundations, methodological…

New papers! Co-creating urban transformation: a stakeholder analysis for Germany’s heat transition
The organisation of a real-world experiment on heat transition offers insights for practitioners and policymakers engaged in urban transformation.

Youth engagement in urban living labs: tools, methods and pedagogies | Buildings & Cities Empowering youth in urban governance is essential to align immediate societal concerns with long-term sustainability. Urban living labs (ULLs) provide a valuable framework for embedding youth…

New papers! Youth engagement in urban living labs: tools, methods and pedagogies

Empowering youth in urban governance is essential to align immediate societal concerns with long-term sustainability.

Expanding the framework of urban living labs using grassroots methods | Buildings & Cities Urban living labs (ULLs) have been widely adopted as collaborative experiments for tackling urban challenges, yet are critiqued for privileging institutional leadership, technocentrism and limited…

New papers! Expanding the framework of urban living labs using grassroots methods

By centring grassroots-situated knowledge and local agency, the study offers insights into a reflexive approach and a bridge between informal groups and formal structures.

How urban green infrastructure contributes to carbon neutrality | Buildings & Cities Reaching the carbon-neutrality targets of cities necessitates not only reducing emissions but also enhancing carbon sinks. This is enabled by urban green infrastructure (UGI), which is a…

Briefing Note: How urban green infrastructure contributes to carbon neutrality

Reaching the carbon-neutrality targets of cities necessitates not only reducing emissions but also enhancing carbon sinks.

A framework for 1.5°C-aligned GHG budgets in architecture | Buildings & Cities A methodological framework is presented for integrating 1.5°C-aligned greenhouse gas (GHG) budgets into architectural practice. Responding to the urgent need to decarbonise the built environment,…

New papers! A framework for 1.5°C-aligned GHG budgets in architecture

This study proposes a methodological framework for integrating 1.5°C-aligned greenhouse gas (GHG) budgets into architectural practice.

Lifetimes of demolished buildings in US and European cities | Buildings & Cities Building lifetime is a useful metric that serves as an input for many analyses, including property valuation, life-cycle assessment, material flow analysis and building stock analysis. Additionally,…

New paper! Lifetimes of demolished buildings in US and European cities
This research aims to increase literacy about the demolished building stock and identify what types of buildings are deemed obsolete.

Carbon Neutral Architectural Design By Pablo M. La Roche. CRC Press, 2024, ISBN: 9781003014829

New book review! Carbon Neutral Architectural Design
Ian Taylor reviews this book, which he praises as a must-read for anyone interested in carbon neutral design and sustainable architecture.

Designing Neuroinclusive Workplaces By Kay Sargent. John Wiley & Sons, 2025, ISBN: 1394309337

New Book Review! Designing Neuroinclusive Workplaces

This book provides understanding on how people with different sensory profiles can thrive in the work environment and insights for creating inclusive workplaces.

Mainstreaming Building Component Reuse Guest editors: Satu Huuhka, Kjartan Gudmundsson & Paul Jonker-Hoffrén

Calls for Papers: Mainstreaming Building Component Reuse
Abstracts due: 10 FEBRUARY 2026
What practices and policies are needed for the viable reuse of building components?

Next Built Conference: Call for Abstracts Deadline for abstracts: 05 December 2025

Next Built Conference: Call for Abstracts !

The 3rd International Conference “Challenges for the NEXT generation BUILT Environment” (NEXTBUILT 2026) takes place 4-5 June 2026 and is hosted by the University of Bologna and the Next Built Observatory.

AWARDS! 2025 Video Challenge Watch the winning videos from the 2025 Video Challenge! PhD candidates explain the significance of their 'next generation' research.

AWARDS! 2025 #Video #Challenge

Many congratulations to the winners of the 2025 Video Challenge who displayed creativity, vitality and good communication skills to explain the significance of their PhD research: “Why It Matters”.

Cast Your Vote! Watch the videos of the 2025 PhD Video Challenge and help decide which one will receive the People’s Award prize.

The winner of the People’s Vote will receive a prize of €400.

Full details:
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Moorfields Eye Hospital Redesigns Patient Flow with Architectural Innovation In the bustling corridors of Moorfields Eye Hospital, a silent revolution is underway, one that could reshape how we think about patient flow and clinic design. At the heart of this transformation is…

This is a lovely review of my latest Buildings&Cities paper @bceditors.bsky.social on clinic layouts at Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Trust @moorfields.bsky.social

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Trusting Building Performance Simulation As codes and regulations become stricter, is simulation the right tool for compliance as well as sketching performance to assist design?

Latest Special Issue: Trusting Building Performance Simulation

As codes and regulations become stricter, is simulation the right tool for compliance as well as sketching performance to assist design?

MMC and the Future of Housing Guest Editors: Rachel Macrorie & Andrew Karvonen

Calls for Papers: MMC and the Future of Housing

This special issue examines key issues in relation to housing supply and the retrofitting of the existing housing stock.

Deadline for abstracts: 14 November 2025 (noon GMT)

New paper! Developing criteria for effective building-sector commitments in nationally determined contributions

This study addresses the need for a consensus-driven framework to define and assess effective building sector commitments in NDCs.
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New paper! This study provides actionable insights into how ELLs can make housing energy transitions more inclusive by linking institutional strategies with residents’ everyday practices and living environments.

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Architectural Epidemiology: Architecture as a Mechanism for Designing a Healthier, More Sustainable and Resilient World By Adele Houghton and Carlos Castillo-Salgado. John Hopkins University Press, 2025, ISBN: 9781421450698

New Book Review! Architectural Epidemiology

Vivian Loftness identified this book as the most unique and critical addition to the body of literature on health in the built environment.

MMC and the Future of Housing Guest Editors: Rachel Macrorie & Andrew Karvonen

Calls for Papers: MMC and the Future of Housing

This special issue examines key issues in relation to housing supply and the retrofitting of the existing housing stock.

Deadline for abstracts: 14 November 2025 (noon GMT)

Trusting Building Performance Simulation As codes and regulations become stricter, is simulation the right tool for compliance as well as sketching performance to assist design?

Latest Special Issue: Trusting Building Performance Simulation

As codes and regulations become stricter, is simulation the right tool for compliance as well as sketching performance to assist design?