About Buildings and Cities
An international, open access, peer-reviewed, academic journal publishing high-quality research and analysis on the built environment
Buildings & Cities’ wide scope embraces:
- sustainable development goals (sdgs) & climate change
- energy
- policy
- practice, performance, outcomes & impacts
- societal demands & capabilities
Papers are published in the following formats:
- Research
- Synthesis
- Methods
- Replication
- Policy Analysis
- Briefing Notes.
Peer Review Statement
All manuscript submissions are subject to initial appraisal by the Editors, and, if found suitable for further consideration, to double-blind peer review by independent, anonymous expert referees. Further changes may be required in response to the reviewer’s comments and suggestions. In all instances the Editor’s decision on publication is final.
BIM Directory
[edit] Building Information Modelling (BIM)
[edit] Information Requirements
Employer's Information Requirements (EIR)
Organisational Information Requirements (OIR)
Asset Information Requirements (AIR)
[edit] Information Models
Project Information Model (PIM)
[edit] Collaborative Practices
Industry Foundation Classes (IFC)





