ABC2: Journal of Architecture, Building, Construction, and Cities

The built environment is encountering significant challenges, from rapid urbanisation and climate change to environmental depletion and socioeconomic inequality. These challenges demand knowledge development and research that cross the boundaries of architecture, building design and practices, construction technologies, and urban studies.

ABC2 is an open-access journal (ISSN 2978-6282 - Online) that engages with the full spectrum of built environment-related disciplines and professions, including Architecture, Building, Construction, and Cities.

ABC2 aims to empower research for Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) through promoting dialogue among academics, professionals, and policymakers, to address pressing and timely challenges towards creating truly sustainable built environments. Focusing on cutting-edge research, advanced technology, and transformative strategies, ABC2 is a platform for meaningful research findings that defy present challenges and envision a better future.

ABC2 emerges from the combined editorial trajectories of the two eminent, highly acclaimed journals, Archnet-IJAR: International Journal of Architectural Research and SASBE: Smart and Sustainable Built Environment, building on their leadership and established strengths into advancing an integrative vision of the built environment. 

Co-Editors In Chief: 

  • Professor Ashraf M. Salama
    Professor of Architecture and Urbanism and Head of the School of Architecture and Built Environment, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
    asalama@abc2.net
  • Professor Farzad Rahimian
    Professor of Digital Engineering and Manufacturing, Loughborough University, Loughborough, UK
    f.rahimian@abc2.net

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ABC2 Volume 2026 - Issue 01 - Now Available

2026-01-14

We are delighted to announce ABC2 Volume 2026 - Issue 01, featuring five research contributions that advance sustainable transitions in architecture, building, construction, and cities.

The issue explores cognitive science frameworks for urban density management (Patil), fuzzy-based evaluation of green building performance (Mohandes et al.), barriers to 3D printing adoption in Nigeria (Rimtip et al.), theory-informed frameworks for construction exoskeletons (Gonsalves et al.), and integration of embodied carbon accounting into quantity surveying practice (Ghansah et al.).

The five contributions demonstrate that sustainable futures emerge through convergence—when organizational capacity, workforce competencies, and user acceptance align with technological capabilities across diverse global contexts. ABC2 remains committed to scholarship bridging human experience, digital innovation, and professional practice. The issue demonstrates that sustainable transitions emerge through convergence, integrating perception with performance, innovation with implementation, and technological capability with human experience across diverse global contexts.

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Vol. 2026 No. 02
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Forthcoming - March 2026 -- The 2026-02 issue of ABC2: Journal of Architecture, Building, Construction, and Cities brings together interdisciplinary research addressing sustainability across material, technological, urban, and educational dimensions of the built environment. The contributions explore bioreceptive architectural design, digital construction and data-driven systems, circular performance assessment, neighbourhood-scale decision support, and the social value of urban green spaces. Overall, the articles highlight how sustainability is advanced through context-sensitive practices, integrative frameworks, and institutional capacity building.

Published: 2026-01-15

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