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Buildings, Vol. 16, Pages 2723: Spatial Characteristics of Stormwater Resilience in the Canton Cultural Landscape: A Case Study of Jiangbian Village, Dongguan Buildings doi: 10.3390/buildings16142723 Authors: Xing Jiang Yuemei Lin Yanjuan Han Xiaolan Zhuo Previous morphological studies have confirmed that Canton settlements maintain a stable cultural landscape sequence consisting of ponds, open spaces, ancestral halls,…

Buildings, Vol. 16, Pages 2746: Influencing Factors of Eventfulness in Built-Environment Soundscapes: A Systematic Review with Grounded Theory Analysis Buildings doi: 10.3390/buildings16142746 Authors: Dizi Wu Shiyao Song Sixing Liu Yu Yi Shihai Wu Eventfulness is a core dimension of soundscape perception, reflecting cues of activity, social interaction, and dynamic change in the built environment. Although…

Buildings, Vol. 16, Pages 2750: Explicit Modeling of Compressive Strength in Manufactured Sand Concrete Based on Integrated Machine Learning Approaches Buildings doi: 10.3390/buildings16142750 Authors: Juanjuan Quan Kunlin Liu Hao Su Shaojun Fu Kaifeng Zhang Peiyu Wang Yufei Zhang To address the limitations of traditional BP neural networks in predicting manufactured sand concrete strength, specifically their…

Buildings, Vol. 16, Pages 2734: From Readiness to Resilience: Modelling a Human-Centred Upskilling Framework for Construction 5.0 Transition in Sub-Saharan Africa Buildings doi: 10.3390/buildings16142734 Authors: Molusiwa Stephan Ramabodu Francis Kwesi Bondinuba Bright Fosu Marfo Purpose: This study examines the preparedness of the Ghanaian construction workforce for Industry 5.0 by assessing digital readiness, identifying skill gaps,…

Buildings, Vol. 16, Pages 2753: Applying Passive House Design in a Hot–Arid Climate—Adoption Assessment and Energy Performance Simulation: Case of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Buildings doi: 10.3390/buildings16142753 Authors: Hassan Alnashri Abdulrahman Fnais Abdulrahman Bin Mahmoud Energy consumption in hot–arid and warm climates is driven by cooling demand during long, intense summers. In these contexts, the residential…

Buildings, Vol. 16, Pages 2736: Thermal-Preference Profiles Reveal Individual Differences in Residential Outdoor Thermal Comfort Under a Hot-Humid Climate: A Case Study for Age-Friendly Architectural Design Using Explainable Machine Learning Buildings doi: 10.3390/buildings16142736 Authors: Feng Du Hui Liu Yang Bai Wannian Zhang Individual differences in outdoor thermal comfort (OTC) are critical to the healthy use…

Buildings, Vol. 16, Pages 2754: Field Testing and Calibration of Building Hermetic Doors Under Extreme Bipolar Pressure Scenarios Buildings doi: 10.3390/buildings16142754 Authors: Weitao Luo Shudi Wang Dan Zhao Haoyang Li Yuqing Lin Jiangnan Wang Chenyi Ye Hermetic doors with high sealing performance are critically important for safety critical buildings, such as hospital operating rooms, biological…

Buildings, Vol. 16, Pages 2738: Experimental and Discrete Element Study on the Bearing Behavior of Fully Penetrating Geosynthetic-Encased Stone Columns Buildings doi: 10.3390/buildings16142738 Authors: Feng Liu Jiancai Zhu Haibo Hu Shile Zhou Xinyu Xie Panpan Guo Geosynthetic-encased stone columns (GESCs) utilize geosynthetics to form a geosynthetic sleeve over a certain length of the stone column,…

Buildings, Vol. 16, Pages 2755: Rethinking Climatic Adaptation for Residential Building Energy Efficiency: Cross-Regional Comparative Analysis for Envelope Insulation in China Buildings doi: 10.3390/buildings16142755 Authors: Yang Yang Junhui Zou Zhineng Jin Yiheng Liu Qianru Yang Envelope-parameter optimization for residential buildings is strongly climate-dependent, yet previous studies have mainly focused on single parameters or specific regions,…

Buildings, Vol. 16, Pages 2740: Construction Risk Measurement and Driving Mechanisms in Old Residential Community Renovation Projects: A Combined Correlation–SEM Approach Buildings doi: 10.3390/buildings16142740 Authors: Jie Yang Jinfan Zhang Lingchuan Song Old residential community renovation projects face intense socio-technical risks driven by complex construction environments, diverse stakeholders, and management frictions. To optimize risk governance, this…