• Read
  • Publish
  • About

Read

Explore current and past TAD issues and related content.

Current Issue

Learn more about our current issue

Past Issues

Browse our compilation of past issues

Extras

Webinars, videos, articles and more

Publish

View submission guidelines, learn more about our review process and find helpful recommendations for publishing work in TAD Journal.

Call for Papers

Submit work for our next issue

Author Guide

Explore editorial tips and recommendations

About

TAD Journal is a peer-­reviewed international journal dedicated to the advancement of scholarship in the field of building technology and its translation, integration, and impact on architecture and design.

Our Mission

Learn more about our vision and values

Editorial Board

Meet the minds bringing our mission to life

Advisory Board

Meet the experts shaping TAD’s future

Articles: Op/Positions

6.2
Prolegomena to Computational Design
In 1989, I left Scotland for the Carnegie Mellon School of Architecture to help revamp the graduate program in...
Prolegomena to Computational Design
6.1
Digital Techniques in Historic Preservation
The field of historic preservation constantly seeks new ways to document, assess, and interpret existing landmark...
Digital Techniques in Historic Preservation
6.1
Digital Technology and Architecture: Towards a Symmetrical Approach
Should we take technology as an external factor impacting design literally from the outside? For the past 50 years,...
Digital Technology and Architecture: Towards a Symmetrical Approach
6.1
Technologies and Stewardship of a Native American City
Archaeology’s legacy lies with the unfettered examination of past peoples and their built landscapes. Explorer/scholars,...
Technologies and Stewardship of a Native American City
5.2
Thinking Tools for Systems Thinking
Connecting global conditions to local actions is inherently difficult because it requires a different way of thinking....
Thinking Tools for Systems Thinking
5.2
From Smart-Only Cities Towards Humane and Cooperative Hybrid Cities
Our working and living environments are increasingly determined by what I call the “Smart-Everything” Paradigm...
From Smart-Only Cities Towards Humane and Cooperative Hybrid Cities
5.2
Recognizing Place-Intelligence in Historic Environments for Sustainable Futures
Local knowledge is commonly understood as the accumulated knowledge of communities with long histories that have...
Recognizing Place-Intelligence in Historic Environments for Sustainable Futures
5.1
Research Redux
I was about three years into my doctoral studies at Harvard’s GSD when three questions, or more accurately, three...
Research Redux
5.1
Validating an Emerging Design Area through Industry‐Academia Research Partnerships
Collaborative research between the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) industry and academia can...
Validating an Emerging Design Area through Industry‐Academia Research Partnerships
5.1
Interview with Peter Galison: On Method
Peter Galison is a University Professor in Physics and the History of Science at Harvard University. His publications,...
Interview with Peter Galison: On Method