This article reviews studies on large-panel buildings carried out since the beginning of the
21st-century. The large-panel objects represent a significant part of the housing stock in …

This study collects and discusses the misperceptions about eco-design, renamed eco-
misperception, emerged from a group of students while applying common eco-design …

In the present context, large part of the Romanian urban population lives in collective multi-
storey residential buildings made out of large prefabricated reinforced concrete panels. Most …

Although Architecture and Structural Engineering have both had their own historical
development, their interaction has led to the many fascinating and delightful existing …

The energetic requalification of the existing buildings stock is a key question in the
attainment of the ambitious program regarding the energy efficiency proposed by European …

An important segment of the Romanian urban population, similar to other Eastern European
countries, lives in collective residential apartment buildings made using large prefabricated …

In today's developing world, in which sustainability has become an essential issue, over-
roofing of existing buildings, together with over-cladding form an optimum complete …

In an increasingly developing world, in which sustainability has become not only an option
but rather a demand, building adaptation or retrofitting has become an activity that continues …

The paper presents some architectural solutions for redesigning the interior spaces of
precast reinforced concrete large panel buildings by coupling apartments on horizontal …

In an integrated design strategy, the retrofitting process is based on a multicriteria analysis,
assessing all the issues that may interfere. In case of thermal rehabilitation of existing …