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Featured papers

Featured · Building and Environment · 2026

Ten questions concerning the future of intelligent buildings

Published in Building and Environment's Ten Questions series, created to set research agendas for researchers, funders, policymakers and practitioners.

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Architectural Science Review2016

What is an intelligent building? Analysis of recent interpretations from an international perspective

The most-read paper in the journal's 60-year history, with more than 50,000 downloads.

Applied Energy2014

State-of-the-art analysis of the environmental benefits of green roofs

A widely used review of what green roofs deliver: lower energy use, cooler cities, cleaner air, better water management, quieter buildings and ecological value.

Architectural Science Review2018

Sick building syndrome: are we doing enough?

The journal's second most-read paper, with more than 15,000 downloads.

Intelligent Buildings International2018

Intelligent or smart cities and buildings: a critical exposition and a way forward

A technical note that untangles what 'intelligent' and 'smart' should mean for cities and buildings.

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews2017

Building Information Modelling (BIM) uptake: clear benefits, understanding its implementation, risks and challenges

A highly cited review of what it takes for the construction industry to adopt BIM.

Landmark and most-cited papers

The complete, up-to-date list of all publications and citations is on Google Scholar.

Latest publications

Updated automatically on 29 October 2026.

Published in

Building and Environment · Energy and Buildings · Sustainable Cities and Society · Applied Energy · Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews · Cities · Urban Forestry & Urban Greening · Renewable Energy · Science of the Total Environment · Intelligent Buildings International · Architectural Science Review · Smart and Sustainable Built Environment · Automation in Construction · Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management · Journal of Building Engineering · Urban Climate · Building Research & Information · Habitat International · Frontiers of Architectural Research · Journal of Environmental Management · Architectural Engineering and Design Management · Construction Innovation · Energy Research & Social Science · Archnet-IJAR · Journal of Housing and the Built Environment · Urbanization, Sustainability and Society · and many more

Books

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  Sustainability and Construction: The Global Context and the New Zealand PerspectiveWith Kamal Dhawan, John E. Tookey and Ali GhaffarianHoseini · Elsevier (Woodhead Publishing) · 14 chapters, from planning and design to the living building
  Nov 2026
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  Digital Twins for Sustainable Cities: Bridging Technology and Urban Environmental ManagementWith Dat Doan and colleagues · Elsevier · forthcoming April 2027
  2027
• 
  From Neuro-architecture to Neuro-citiesLead Editor · Springer Nature collection of five volumes; three volumes in press, Volume 4 open for chapters
  2026–
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  Formal Reflections in Architectural Conceptualization: Rationality versus SensationWith Ali GhaffarianHoseini and Amirali Rafiee · The Images Publishing Group · 156 pages
  2014

Professional magazines and public writing

Writing for industry, professional and public readers, alongside the journal papers.

• Building consent reform: how digital technology can make new liability rules watertight ↗The Conversation · With Dat Doan and Ali GhaffarianHoseini · republished by interest.co.nz, PlaceMakers Under Construction and National Tribune
  2025
• Future of automated constructionProgressive Building (NZIOB), New Zealand · With John Tookey, Ali GhaffarianHoseini, Nicola Naismith and Dat Doan · pp. 119–120
  2016
• The evolution of intelligent buildings ↗The Masterbuilder · Lead author, with Ali GhaffarianHoseini, John Tookey, Nicola Naismith and Hasim AlWaer · 17(8), pp. 120–121
  2015
• Design computing and cognition vs indirect sustainability achievement methodologyDesign Concept, Malaysia · With Ali GhaffarianHoseini and M. GhaffarianHoseini · Issue 2 · Discovery Publisher
  2013
• The essence of innovation in sustainable architecture and urban developmentArchitect Concept, Malaysia · Lead author · Issue 6 · Discovery Publisher
  2012
• Integrated design projects publishedDesigner Concept and Architect Concept, Malaysia · Designer Concept issues 19 and 31; Architect Concept issue 5

Book chapters

Amir has contributed chapters to books from Elsevier, Springer Nature, Emerald and IGI Global, and to Springer's Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering. 17 chapters are listed below; the full record is on Google Scholar.

In edited books

• Urban overheating governance on the mitigation and adaptation of anthropogenic heat emissionsIn Mitigation and Adaptation of Urban Overheating · Elsevier
  2024
• The Use of City Information Modelling (CIM) for Realizing Zero Energy Community: A Path Towards Carbon NeutralityIn Urban Sustainability City Information Modelling · Springer Nature Singapore
  2024
• Optimising Systems in Intelligent BuildingsIn Intelligent Buildings and Infrastructure with Sustainable and Social Values, Third edition · Emerald Publishing Limited
  2024
• Future of intelligent buildings: a critical debate on key performance indicators (Chapter 2)In Research Roadmap for Intelligent and Responsive Buildings, CIB Publication 415, ed. D. Clements-Croome · CIB W098 with the CIBSE Intelligent Buildings Group
  2018
• The Essence of Smart HomesIn Advances in Media, Entertainment, and the Arts Creative Technologies for Multidisciplinary Applications · IGI Global
  2016

In Springer Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering

• Moisture Control and Indoor Environmental Quality in New Zealand Buildings Under Climate Change: A Case StudyIn Proceedings of the International Conference on Smart and Sustainable Built Environment · Springer Nature Singapore
  2026
• The Nuances Between Microclimate, Thermal Comfort, and Daylight Studies on Medium Density Houses; A Systematic Literature ReviewIn Proceedings of the International Conference on Smart and Sustainable Built Environment (SASBE 2024) · Springer Nature Singapore
  2025
• Overcoming Client Barriers to Enhance Green Star NZ Adoption in New Zealand’s Construction IndustryIn Proceedings of the International Conference on Smart and Sustainable Built Environment (SASBE 2024) · Springer Nature Singapore
  2025
• Improving Livability in Cities by Identifying Outdoor Thermal Risk AreasIn Proceedings of the International Conference on Smart and Sustainable Built Environment (SASBE 2024) · Springer Nature Singapore
  2025
• From Construction 4.0 to Construction 5.0: Principles and Enabling TechnologiesIn Proceedings of the International Conference on Smart and Sustainable Built Environment (SASBE 2024) · Springer Nature Singapore
  2025
• Digital Technology for Construction Circularity: Applications, State of Practice, and TrendsIn Proceedings of the International Conference on Smart and Sustainable Built Environment (SASBE 2024) · Springer Nature Singapore
  2025
• Closing the Loop: An Analysis of Construction Waste Reduction PoliciesIn Proceedings of the International Conference on Smart and Sustainable Built Environment (SASBE 2024) · Springer Nature Singapore
  2025
• Circular Economy (CE) in Construction Waste Management: A ReviewIn Proceedings of the International Conference on Smart and Sustainable Built Environment (SASBE 2024) · Springer Nature Singapore
  2025
• Assessing Native Plant Presence and Maintenance Resource Allocations in New Zealand Backyards: A Nationwide Online QuestionnaireIn Proceedings of the International Conference on Smart and Sustainable Built Environment (SASBE 2024) · Springer Nature Singapore
  2025
• Application of Design Probes to Promote and Foster Children’s Creative Participation in Disaster Risk ReductionIn Proceedings of the International Conference on Smart and Sustainable Built Environment (SASBE 2024) · Springer Nature Singapore
  2025
• Advancing Sustainable Construction Waste Management in New Zealand: Overcoming Challenges Through Stakeholder Collaboration and InnovationIn Proceedings of the International Conference on Smart and Sustainable Built Environment (SASBE 2024) · Springer Nature Singapore
  2025
• The Impacts of Historical and Future Climate Change Projections on the Outdoor Thermal Comfort Patterns of Auckland, New ZealandIn Multiphysics and Multiscale Building Physics · Springer Nature Singapore
  2024

Chapter list updated automatically from Crossref every week.

Conference proceedings

• GDI2026 and DigiBUILT2026 proceedingsPlanned conference proceedings · Springer Nature, by agreement · Main conference: 7–8 December 2026
  2026 · Forthcoming
• Proceedings of DFBI2025Co-editor · Springer, Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering 848
  2026
• Proceedings of SASBE 2024Co-editor · Springer, Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering 591
  2025
• Imaginable Futures: Design Thinking, and the Scientific Method — ASA2020Co-editor with Ali Ghaffarianhoseini and Nicola Naismith · 54th International Conference of the Architectural Science Association · ISBN 978-0-9923835-7-2
  2020
• NZAAR January 2018 proceedingsFourth international event series · GTower Hotel, Kuala Lumpur · 33 papers, 228 pages · Web of Science CPCI · Co-founder and Co-Chair; keynote speaker
  2018
• NZAAR July 2017 proceedingsThird international event series · GTower Hotel, Kuala Lumpur · 18 papers, 137 pages · Web of Science CPCI · Co-founder and Co-Chair; keynote speaker
  2017
• NZAAR December 2016 proceedingsSecond international event series · GTower Hotel, Kuala Lumpur · 24 papers, 194 pages · Co-founder and Co-Chair
  2016
• NZAAR June 2016 proceedingsFirst international event series · Shangri-La Hotel, Putrajaya · 43 papers, 190 pages · Co-founder and Co-Chair
  2016

His papers in the NZAAR proceedings

• Developing an EEG-based building management system to enhance built environment accessibility for disabled usersZhang, T., GhaffarianHoseini, A., GhaffarianHoseini, A., Naismith, N., Rehman, A., Lovreglio, R., Doan, D. T., Nwadigo, O., Tookey, J. · NZAAR-ALI-18-50a, pp. 40–42
  2018
• Establishing a knowledge base system (KBS) for post-construction building facility maintenanceZhang, T., GhaffarianHoseini, A., GhaffarianHoseini, A., Naismith, N., Rehman, A., Lovreglio, R., Doan, D. T., Nwadigo, O., Tookey, J. · NZAAR-ALI-18-50b, pp. 43–48
  2018
• Investigating the effectiveness of adopting BIM for the refurbishment of complex building projects: case of AucklandOkakpu, A., GhaffarianHoseini, A., Tookey, J., Haar, J., Ghaffarianhoseini, A. · NZAAR-CCS-18-51, pp. 70–75
  2018
• Why do people tend to walk in certain places? Urban social and physical attributes affecting pedestrians' sensory experienceRezvani, S., Ghaffarianhoseini, A., Hassan, N. · NZAAR-UDCP-17-47, pp. 83–88
  2017
• Proposing robotic foldable houses for a half-day urban lifestyleGhaffarianhoseini, A., Zhang, T., Li, Y., Doan, D. T., Rehman, A., Ghaffarianhoseini, A., Naismith, N., Tookey, J., Ghaffarianhoseini, M. · NZAAR-ALIU-16-26, pp. 54–57
  2016
• Examining the thermal performance characteristics of outdoor spaces in the tropical context of Kuala LumpurGhaffarianhoseini, A., Berardi, U., Ghaffarianhoseini, A., Tookey, J. · NZAAR-UDCP-16-02
  2016
• Parametric analysis of the thermal comfort conditions of unshaded courtyards in the tropical context of Kuala LumpurMaroofee, P., Ghaffarianhoseini, A., Hassan, N. · NZAAR-ALBE-16-95
  2016
• The role of green roofs towards enhancing the visual appearance of urban neighborhoodsKazemi, Z., Ghaffarianhoseini, A. · NZAAR-ALBE-16-96
  2016
• A new approach to urban heat island assessment in the context of Greater Kuala LumpurRamakreshnan, L., Aghamohammadi, N., Ghaffarianhoseini, A. · NZAAR-UDCP-16-86
  2016