• 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

Issue 5:1

Open III

Methods—cannot wholly be derived from the places, problems, phenomena, disciplines, technologies or conventions and professional habits associated with research; there is a specific, rather than general integrity of methods based on the practices of the researcher, the place, and the type of research being done. This issue asks: What are the methods best used in your research of the built environment, and why? What research methods or strategies are you using to implement practices over time? What are the meta-methodologies informing your research? What do you see as the most effective methods for specific types of research in the built environment?

Articles
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
Post Occupancy Evaluation in Architectural Education and Practice
Post Occupancy Evaluation (POE) is a research method that examines how buildings function; when the functions include...
Post Occupancy Evaluation in Architectural Education and Practice
5.1
An Argument Framework for Ecological Psychology and Architecture Design
Integral to the scientific process are theoretical frameworks that motivate specific research questions and empirical...
An Argument Framework for Ecological Psychology and Architecture Design
5.1
Parallel Paths of Inquiry: Detailing for DFAB HOUSE
DFAB HOUSE, a multi‐technology demonstrator of digital fabrication in architecture, integrates six full‐scale...
Parallel Paths of Inquiry: Detailing for DFAB HOUSE
5.1
Open III: Call for Papers
Research methods is a developing area of interest in the built environment and OPEN to discussion. The concept...