OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Archnet-IJAR International Journal of Architectural Research 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Spatial intelligence: integration of land use to connectivity in the context of eastern urbanism	29
Revitalisation of urban spaces by women architects: enhancing cultural heritage in the gulf region	25
Reshaping water-related urban places with collaborative participation: a critical examination of the Kabataş waterfront	24
Understanding historic buildings from an environmental perspective: Finsbury Health Centre – as an environmental rhetoric of modernism	19
Mapping architectural students’ perception on educational spaces: a guideline toward understanding spatial belonging	18
Designing democratic innovations: a methodological framework for participation in urban planning and governance	16
Nurturing an architect through transformative pedagogy: design studio teaching experience	15
Star architecture in online public discourse: exploring Reddit user-generated content on the Vessel, New York, through a text analytics approach	13
Integrated analysis of building form, orientation and envelope factors on energy efficiency in high-rise offices in hot-humid climates	13
Gamification in architectural and urban design methods: a taxonomy for human-centered designs and equitable future	12
Dwelling in the delay: hybrid temporalities, AI-mediated language practices and design pedagogy	12
Between tradition and modernity: a mixed-methods analysis of villa-like apartment units in Abu Dhabi	12
Researching children’s physical environment: a systematic review of research methods	12
Evolving informality as an urban cultural phenomenon: the case of evening food streets in Dhaka, Bangladesh	11
Sustainable Development Goals and the future of architectural education – cultivating SDGs-centred architectural pedagogies	10
Effects of biophilic design on sustainable behaviors: introducing the use of serious game as a measure of sustainable behavior	10
Re-envisioning farmsteads as commons through design: the case of olive tree intercropping in Laconia, Greece	10
Architectural learning networks: a study on eliciting the learning agendas of architectural schools	10
Embedding nature-based curriculum design into rural built environment: insights from Jianlou Village's built landscape	9
Designing belonging: a spatial framework for understanding university campus experiences	9
Drawing practice: revealing collectivity within architectural complexity	9
Participation under pressure: facilitator competencies in Egypt's urban planning	9
The impact of platform affordance on the representation of iconic architecture: a case study of Markthal across visual social media	9
Bodily experience and hybrid knowledge in Le Corbusier’s encounter with the Parthenon	9
Affordance-led framework of understanding of BIM adoption	9

Insiders' views: shifting architectural education at former Technikons in South Africa toward radical trans-critical spatial pedagogy	8
Cartography of controversy as an approach to inquiry into care and the city: a case study with architecture students	8
Identity discourse of contemporary post-war Iraqi architecture: an overview into modernity impact on domestic architecture and living environment	8
Toward a framework for the design of fair shared open spaces case study: Effat University, Jeddah	8
Everyday use of balconies in Cairo’s residential neighborhoods: a visual and ethnographic study	8
Co-creating school streets through participatory design-build: a transnational workshop with children and architecture students in Palermo	7
Maximizing solar energy generation: guidelines for optimizing photovoltaic panel placement on building facades	7
Economic powers encompass the largest cultural buildings: market, culture and equality in Stockholm, Sweden (1918–2023)	7
The role of the residential balcony in local context; perception of Cairene women	7
Developing a guiding framework based on sustainable development to alleviate poverty, hunger and disease	7
Exploring circularity through a context-sensitive and research-based architectural design studio: conceptual, contextual and pedagogical reflections	7
Viewpoint on what may be considered as evidence and how to obtain it when designing health-promoting and inclusive green spaces	7
Integrating aesthetics and sustainability: evaluating the aesthetic perception of photovoltaic installation on the apartment building façade in Jordan	7
Meaning-making in the architectural design studio: a reflexive thematic analysis of students’ research and inquiry practices	7
Defying tradition or maintaining the status quo? Moving towards a new hybrid architecture studio education to support blended learning post-COVID-19	7
Integrating sustainable development goals into architectural design education: a case study in second-year design studio	6
Smart interactive environment on campus for pedagogical stimulation: a focused analysis of open spaces on campus	6
Social network analysis (SNA) in architectural conceptual design: classifying factors for social harmony – a comprehensive review	6
Implications of rapid changes and identity transformation on walkability in Heliopolis, Cairo, Egypt	6
Pedestrian volume and street crime: a comparative analysis of tourist and residential areas in Manhattan	6
Under-bridge spaces across socio-economic contexts in Cairo: evaluating functional morphology, socio-spatial impact and the enhancement of urban vitality	6
Exploring the restorative environments in Bratislava using EEG and VR: a neuro-urbanism approach	6
Book review	6
An alternative spatial reflex to the global nomadic lifestyle experience: Escapecore	6
Re-establishing traditional stilt structures in contemporary architecture–The possibilities	6
Architectural design research in small practices	5
Social sustainability in architectural practice: examining experiences of architectural offices in B-Corp certification in the United Kingdom	5
Unveiling architectural and geometric dimensions through a systematic review of Córdoba: insights to UNESCO World Heritage Sites	5
Joyful living labs – pedagogical approach for urban design thinking soft skills	5
Unveiling the missing innovation – an actor–network theory analysis of regulatory efforts towards universal design	5
Wekalet Bazaraa as spatial intelligence: reviving vernacular market design for a resilient future in Cairo	5
Impact of biophilic classroom design on pupils’ creative thinking, perceived stress and place attachment: a quasi-experiment in the Egyptian context	5
Balancing complexity and restoration in virtual interior environments: user perceptions of organized complexity in biophilic design	5
The physical geometries of sacred spaces: methodological challenges in applying practice-based approaches to study sacred shrines	5
Interactive genetic algorithms for architecture: evaluating the capacities of interaction modes to integrate designers’ intuitive judgments	5
Speculation as design process in architectural studios: hermeneutic memory at the edge of meaning	5
Predicting and analysing initiator crime environments based on machine learning for improving urban safety	5
Voices from the frontline: care managers' insights on quality of life in extra care housing environments	5
Insights on the obstacles, challenges, and complexities of engaging youth in urban planning in Jordan: assessment and recommendations	4
Investigating the role of density in delivering 20-minute neighbourhoods	4
The meaning of the home in the realm of Korean everyday life	4
Beyond the grand narrative of Al Bastakiya: Ayesha Al Bastaki and the Windtower houses of Old Dubai	4
Usability test and implications of an activity allocation mapping in complex organizations: perceptions about a software by emergency room agents	4
Framework for application of Azheke Village’s traditional ecological knowledge for harmonious human-nature interactions in contemporary sustainable urban management	4
Adaptation of residential spaces in historic old cores of India based on socio-economic factors: a case of Bowbazar, Kolkata	4
Flexible housing for aging populations: integrating component-based adaptability with long-term residential needs	4
Between hopeful performativity and non-performativity: affective economies of awards in architecture	4
The influence of urban campus landscape on college students' exercise participation and mental health: an approach using deep learning and street view images	4
Innovation governance in practice: architectural agency and socio-technical risk at King George Tower, Sydney – a learning history	4
Distress, anxiety, boredom, and their relation to the interior spaces under COVID-19 lockdowns	4

Beyond participation, architecting the unknown future: a methodological framework for form-based adaptability	4
The appeal of the real: an architectural studio's engagement with people and place	4
Practitioner architects who teach design: evaluative judgement and identity	3
Sustainable infrastructure and community tourism involvement in the mediating metropolis: the roles of perceived value, climate change mitigation and trust in government	3
The diagonal axis from VERB to VOID: interdisciplinarity in basic design studio education	3
Design research for disaster and risk mitigation. The FOVI international project as a case study in architectural education	3
Guest editorial: Sustainable solutions for tropical Asian cities: the nexus between architecture, technology and heritage	3
We are architects researching architecture: Philip Christou and Richard Hall discuss the ongoing impact of the architecture research unit	3
A narrative inquiry framework for AI-supported reflective thinking in architectural design education	3
An emergent ontology for digitally modeling existing buildings: examining Kyoto’s Nishiki market	3
Leaving no one behind: unveiling gaps in inclusive architecture at the UIA World Congress of architects 2023	3
Publisher’s Note	3
A guide for a guide: using UIA publications for an SDG-focused studio	3
Theorizing architectural research and practice in the metaverse: the meta-context of virtual community engagement	3
Out of confinement: adaptive agency and dynamic meaning-making in accounts of pandemic campus restrictions	3
The missing link in the sustainability chain: Gulf women	3
Plot-based approach for controlled morphological transformation in urban heritage contexts: the case of New Gourna village, Luxor – Egypt	3
The periphery as a critical project: towards an architectural pedagogy for the Anthropocene	2
The role of grey space in creating socially engaging learning environments: a comparative study of higher education buildings in Bangkok	2
Research methods in architecture education: a comparative analysis of teaching approaches based on course syllabi	2
Experiencing cinematic architecture: the impact of architecture on the audience emotional engagement	2
Towards a new rural and urban intersection, “R-Urban” : the Beykoz district case in Istanbul	2
Why Imre Lakatos’ epistemological method best suits research in urbanization: the case of the Muslim built environments	2
Designing for uncertain futures: the transformation of knowledge with an algorithmic thinking system in early design studios	2
Visuality peaks, function lasts: an empirical investigation into the performance of iconic architecture on Instagram	2
The possibility of radical resources and participation in architectural education: autobiographical spatial narratives	2
Navigating architectural process: tracking architects' and user-clients’ habitus shock in private dwelling design	2
Evidence-based implications for school architecture: spatial layout and teachers' perceived sense of school control	2
A study on children's multi-sensorial experiences of nature: design approaches and preferences for primary school architecture case studies in Glasgow, Scotland, UK	2
Evaluating multidimensional benefits of the Sponge City: an indicator-based analysis of public health, environmental and socio-economic outcomes	2
The impact of biophilic design in university study areas on students' productivity	2
Post-occupancy evaluation of residential properties: a case study on an organizational multistorey apartment building	2
The cost of universal design for public buildings: exploring a realistic, context-dependent research approach	2
Linking education and practice gaps for inclusive architecture in the AEC industry	2
Predicting children’s streetscape perceived safety based on new combinations of enclosure aspects and demographic characteristics	2
From xenomateriality to xeniomaterialism: an architecture of climate-responsive nature-techno-culture continuums	2
Developing a planning and assessment framework for school-based outdoor learning spaces in Egypt: integrating teacher perceptions and expert priorities	2
Investigation of architecture and architectural engineering online education; educator experience, self-efficacy and success	2
Pedagogical transformations in the age of flows: mapping studio educators’ perspectives in contemporary architectural education	2
Sensing with more-than-human care: a possible shift in architectural aesthetics	2
Framework for a participatory co-design approach of urban spaces with older adults	2
Collaboration in architectural design studios: a document analysis of professional and institutional policies in Australia	2
From hybrid practice to epistemological framework: metamodernism in architectural knowledge production	2
Disgust sensitivity and perceptions of urban density and densification	2
The built environment and social media: a semi-systematic review of architectural and design disciplines	2
Rethinking architectural phenomenology and contextual creativity within digital hyperreal colonial influx	2
Frameworks for doctoral research in architecture: paradigms, designs and models of analysis	1
Evaluating the vitality of urban public spaces: perspectives on crowd activity and built environment	1
Gender-inclusive urban planning: European frameworks as a potential methodology for Arabian Gulf urban parks	1
A studio-based pedagogy: toward inclusive and contextual design thinking	1
Young people’s preferences in public spaces	1
Empowering the next generation of women in interior design in the United Arab Emirates through competitive education: a curriculum review	1
Years of education and research driven in sustainable architecture: Where do we stand and where do we go?	1
Do smart residential environments influence social relationships between neighbors? A case of the Eco Delta Smart Village, Busan, South Korea	1
Reflection on modernism in contemporary Asian architectural thought: a study of the Architects Regional Council Asia's discourses	1
A framework for advancing competitive advantage in Egyptian architectural design firms through change-driven technological innovation	1
Our Common Gulf Cities: agenda for equitable AEC industries for sustainable urban development	1
Architecture as frozen music: perception of crossing boundaries as audible experience	1
Furniture configurations in an active learning classroom make further differences in student outcomes	1
The crucible of the unfinished master plans for Cairo and a plan for the new administrative capital city	1
How a high-modernism project in South Korea failed: Sewoon Sangga (1966–1972), the first experimental modern planning	1
Book review: The Architecture of the Bight of Biafra: spatial entanglements	1
Brainstorming the context–text dialectic: epistemic reflections from early-career researchers on urban design research	1
Guest editorial: Women and Gulf Cities. The transformative impact of women influencing the architectural and urban developments of the gulf region	1
Environmental analysis in UK modern methods of construction (MMC) housing: insights from early-stage architectural design process	1
The city as a laboratory: hybrid pedagogies for learning from Vienna's housing model	1
The assessment of biophilic features in residential buildings: a case from Dubai	1
“A calm space to reset”: perceptions of sensory rooms in Australian public buildings	1
Alternative domesticities: a typological reading of the Housing Research Unit at the University of Edinburgh	1
Between attunement and performance: towards a practice of co-design	1
Live projects: a mixed-methods exploration of existing scholarship	1
Trans disciplinary architectures: reconnecting theories, research and practices	1
A hybrid modelling approach for information processing workflow in inter-cultural heritage projects	1
Characteristics of notational expression by decomposition of Steven Holl’s sketches	1
Corrigendum: Built environment as a catalyst for heritage tourism destination development: linking place atmosphere, visual image, leisure satisfaction and tourists' revisit intention	1
Critical therapeutic landscape design elements for cognitive impairments in the Royal Talbot rehabilitation centre	1
Enhancing universal design through co-design: perceptions of practice, process and outcomes	1
Comparing desired spatial ratios among autistic and non-autistic children	1
A GIS-based MCDM model for identifying optimal urban sustainable locations for electric vehicle charging stations: the case study of Cairo, Egypt	1