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Papers

(The TQCC of Nexus Network Journal is 1. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Gothic Design Procedures in Three Early Hawksmoor Churches	14
Varagavank Monastery’s Khachkar Motifs: Understanding Production Through Parametric Methods	11
Analytical Design in Architecture: New Developments	9
Hat Monotiles: Driving Innovation in Aperiodic Pattern Generation and Application	9
The Vaults of the Church of St. Michael the Archangel in Brixen Between Geometry, History and Missed Space	9
Constructing Vision, Surface, and Form in Architecture	9
Estimating the Minimum Thickness of Earthquake-Resistant Vaults and Catenary Arches by Using a Hanging Chain	8
Relationships between Mathematics and Art in Their Intellectual History - Reflections According to Max Bense	8
Creating Constellation Patterns II: Enumeration	7
Breaking Complexity: Kaleidoscopic Tools for Islamic Geometric Pattern Design	6
A Justified Plan Graph Analysis of Social Housing in Mexico (1974–2019): Spatial Transformations and Social Implications	6
Gothic Vaulting in Spanish Military Architecture from the Eighteenth Century	5
Non-trivial Self-organised Floor Plans: An Optimisation Strategy	5
A Mathematical Course Model for Architectural Education: Geometry of Design	5
The Corner Tower of Anagni Cathedral: Geometry and Equilibrium	5
The Modulor in Manuel Tainha’s Oliveira do Hospital Pousada	5
Visualizing Anne Tyng’s Transformations of the Octetruss	5
A Bibliometric Analysis of the Nexus Network Journal	4
Correction to: Heron’s Legacy: An Example of Ancient Calculations Applied to Roman Imperial Architecture	4
A Parametric Model for Designing Swallow Roofs of Anatolia	4
Stonecutting and Early Stereotomy in the Fatimid Walls of Cairo	4
Digital Heritage Classification via Machine Learning and H-BIM	4
A Recursive Algorithm for the Generative Study of Seljuk Muqarnas in Kayseri and Sivas	4
On the Math-inspired Sustainable Skyscraper Design	4
Proportions and Deformations in the Mosque-Cathedral of Cordoba	4

Computing the Spatial Explorations of Roberto Matta	4
A Mathematical Formalization of Making Grammars	4
Space Syntax Analysis of Visual Privacy in Residential Buildings Developed Under the Influence of Modernism: A Case study in Isparta	3
Nexus 20/21, Relationships Between Architecture and Mathematics	3
A Commentary on Silvio Belli’s On Ratio and Proportion	3
Examining Visitor-Inhabitant Relations in Palladian Villas	3
Algorithmic Modelling as a Key Tool for Ribbed Vault Geometry	3
On the Regularity of Opening Patterns in Building Facades	3
Reconstructing Pérez Piñero’s Anoeta Velodrome	3
Heron’s Legacy: An Example of Ancient Calculations Applied to Roman Imperial Architecture	3
Correction: Monge Surfaces. Generation, Discretisation and Application in Architecture	3
The Imperfect Geometries of the Basilica S. Peter and Paul in Casalvecchio, Messina	3
A Combined Shape Grammar and Housing-Space Demand Approach: Customized Mass Housing Design in Rural Areas of the North China Plain	3
Application of Fabric Formwork based on a Truchet Tiling Pattern for Planar Surfaces	3
Formulations: A New Lens on a Colourful Cast Bringing Maths to Mid-Twentieth-Century Architecture	3
Classical and Traditional: Palladio’s Design Process at the Redentore	3
Structural Plan Schema Generation Through Generative Adversarial Networks	3
A Geometrical Perspective on Otto von Simson’s Gothic Cathedral	3
Geometric Characterization of Late-Baroque Domes in Sicily	2
A Hexagonal Pattern in the Paraninfo at the Universidad de Alcalá	2
Form-Finding, Architecture and Mathematics	2
An Exemplary Case Study of Post-WWII Reconstruction in Milan	2
Computational Design and Parametric Analysis of a Fractal-Based Folded-Smooth (F-S) Hybrid Shell Structure	2
Complexity and Diversity in Palladian Facades	2
The Grammar of Anne Tyng’s Simpler Space Structures	2
Translating Movement into Architectural Form	2
Polyhedra and Honeycombs in a Coffered Ceiling in the Picasso Museum in Malaga	2
Publisher Correction to: Creating Constellation Patterns I: Composition	2
Publisher Correction to: Proportion and Ratio in Palladio’s Redentore	2
Observations on the Geometry of the Monument at the Kasta Tumulus at Amphipolis	2
El Escorial, Derand and Guarini: About Formal Control of Ribbed Spherical and Elliptical Vaults	2
Mathematics and Geometry in the Nembro Reinforced Concrete Arch Bridge	2
A Simulation-Validated Shape Grammar for Architectural Acoustics	2
Reflections on the Relationships between Mathematics and Arts	2
Learning by Doing: Integrating Shape Grammar as a Visual Coding Tool in Architectural Curricula	2
Masonry Sail Vaults in Maltese Architecture: Geometrical Analysis for the Study of Building Processes	2
Self-adaptive Modelling Method for Chinese Ancient Timber Architecture Based on Digital Structure Metamodel	2
Parametric Interlocking Elastic Wooden Plate Joint for Complex Structures	2
Formal Experimentation in Zaha Hadid’s Pictorial Work	1
Determining if the Offset of the Niche Predicts the Offset of the King’s Chamber	1
Optimizing Settlements for Seasonal Agricultural Workers with Genetic Algorithms: A Case Study in Turkey	1
The Intrinsic Dimension in Álvaro Siza’s Carlos Ramos Pavilion	1
The New Theory of the Metrological Framework of the Pantheon	1
Armonia Mundi and San Francesco della Vigna in Venice	1
Projecting Architecture	1
Edge-Corrugation as Structural Enhancement of Shallow Shells	1
Correction to: Visual Proofs in Mathematics and Architecture	1
The Critical Digital Model and Two Case Studies: the Churches of Santa Margherita and Santo Spirito in Bologna	1
Land- and Skyscapes of Hegra: An Archaeoastronomical Analysis of the Nabataean Necropoleis	1
Making Palladio Digitally Explicit: Geometrical Parameters in Door’s Ornaments	1

Graphical Modelling of Hoop Force Distribution for Equilibrium Analysis of Masonry Domes	1
Form follows function in a hyperboloidical cooling Tower	1
A Generative Framework for Designing Linear-Modular Housing Integrated with a Real-Time User Interface	1
The Masterly Perspective and Design of Bramante’s “Mirabile Artificio” in Milan	1
Digital Form Finding Using Voronoi Pattern	1
A Modular Interlocking Element for Material-Efficient Stereotomy Construction	1
Monge Surfaces. Generation, Discretisation and Application in Architecture	1
On the Topology of the Double Staircase	1
A Procedural Approach for Configuration of Residential Activities Based on Users' Needs and Architectural Guidelines	1
The Regular Polyhedra: Drawing and Computing in Euclid’s day	1
Modelling: Conceiving, Testing, Defining, Convincing	1
Translation of Form: a Model for Teaching Design Coding to Undergraduate Students	1
Structural Models Based on Minimal Surfaces and Geodesics	1
Proportion and Ratio in Palladio’s Redentore	1
Muqarnas, Interlacing-Arch Construction & Menelaus’ Spherics	1
Beyond Beauty, Life and Nature in Nasir El-Molk Mosque, Iran	1
Deformations of the Fortress Towers Analyzed by the SfM Survey	1
Prediction of Star Polygon Types in Islamic Geometric Patterns with Deep Learning	1
Building more mathematico in Renaissance Venice	1
Italian Architectural Ratios in the British Rotunda Typology	1
Beyond Representation	1
A Special Issue on Ratio and Proportion, Dedicated to Silvio Belli and Lionel March	1
Research Arising: The Nexus Conference 2023	1
A Methodological Approach and Geometry-Based Typology of Late-Gothic Net Vaults’ Rib Systems. Presented on Case Studies from Historic Hungary	1
Parameters, Modeling and Taxonomy for an HBIM Baroque Facade	1
3D Printing Plastic Molds for Repeatable Casting of Mortarless Topological Interlocking Assemblies	1
Partitioning Sites for Invention in Serlio’s and Palladio’s Palazzi	1
Cellular Automata for Infill Designs in Historic Urban Quarters	1
Publisher Correction to: A Special Issue on Ratio and Proportion, Dedicated to Silvio Belli and Lionel March	1
The Subsymmetry Analysis and Rule-Based Synthesis of John Portman’s Midnight Sun	1
Physical Models: Their Historical and Current Use in Civil and Building Engineering Design	1
Illuminating the Kastas Monument Enigma: A Computational Analysis of Solar-Architectural Interaction	1
Symmetry Group Effect on Perforated Image Perception	1
Author Correction to: Form-Finding to Fabrication: A Parametric Shell Structure Fabricated Using an Industrial Robotic Arm with a Hot-Wire End-Effector	1
Geometry in Veli Pasha Mosque, Crete	1
Architectural Form-Finding Through Parametric Geometry	1
Understanding Palladio’s Use of Proportion from the Roman Baths to Il Redentore Via 3D Models	1
Geometry to Fabrication in Architecture	1
About the Sources of the Vaults of San Lorenzo in Turin	1
Quantifying Urban Network Transitions with Evolution Degree	1
The Fractal and Geometric Problem of Coastal Measurement	1
On Vaulting: Heron’s Manuals and Their Role in Roman Dome Design	1
Integrated Structural and Environmental Form-Finding: A Teaching Experiment	1
Shaping Formal Methods: Syntax, Typology and Computation	1
From Archaeology To Gendered Space– Geometric Evidence in Architecture	1
An Algorithmic Approach to Palladio’s Design of Stairs	1