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Carefully extracting reinforced concrete (RC) elements from soon-to-be demolished structures and reusing them as load-bearing components is an emerging circular low-carbon alternative to building new structures. As floor construction typically accounts for ...

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chi-Shell, a new spatial deployable lattice compared to traditional reticulated shells

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FLO:RE – A new floor system made of reused reinforced concrete and steel elements

Instabilities in Elastic and Magneto-Elastic Beams and Shells: from Shell Buckling to the Design of a Programmable Braille Reader

Energy geotechnology: A new era for geotechnical engineering practice

Low-tech methods for the reuse of reinforced concrete structural elements

Combined Passive and Active Ultrasonic Stress Wave Monitoring of UHPFRC Properties on a Structural Level

Preliminary design of the cold mass supports for the EU DEMO feeders

Experimental testing and structural analysis of composite tile – reinforced concrete domes

Design of New Low-Carbon Floor Systems by Reusing Cut Cast-in-Place Concrete Pieces

Selection of informative monitoring techniques for bridge-performance evaluations

Extractable Witness Encryption for the Homogeneous Linear Equations Problem

A Collaborative Workflow to Automate the Design, Analysis, and Construction of Integrally-Attached Timber Plate Structures

From Marshall Plan to “Hilton in the wild”: The Transnational History of a Cooperative Housing Block in Esat, Ankara

Re:Crete - A Footbridge made of Reused Concrete Blocks

Case-Study on the Creep Behavior of Interconnected Timber Elements using Wood-Wood Connections

Structural design methodology in Integrally-Attached Timber Plate structures

Component reuse in structural design: emerging practices and tools for the circular economy

Design and temporal issues in Soil Bioengineering structures for the stabilisation of shallow soil movements

Design of Integrally-Attached Timber Plate Structures

Decision Framework to Balance Environmental, Technical, Logistical, and Economic Criteria When Designing Structures With Reused Components

Upcycling Space Structures (Preface to special issue)