- International Journal of Contemporary Architecture The New ARCH  -  ISSN 2198-7688 -

Aim and Scope

International Journal of Contemporary Architecture The New ARCH publishes research articles and studies on solutions to architectural projects and urban planning. Papers that are multidisciplinary and/or address new or emerging areas of architecture are particularly encouraged. Thus, the scope includes but is not limited to the design process and case studies with performance evaluation, buildings for tomorrow, transforming cities towards the future, course of adapting architecture, challenges of buildings refurbishment, energy efficiency and savings including building technologies, design in-line with environment associated with ecological impact of materials.

The New ARCH is committed to publishing original papers communicating both recent research findings and innovative new practice. Thus, it provides an active interface between theory, science and practice serving both researches and practising professionals. The accent is on the architectural quality demonstrating different approaches of relations between good architecture and environment, without focusing only on technical aspects of building. So, the sustainability and great design does not exclude each other in the process of creating architectural spaces. Joined, they provide contemporary pillar to architecture.

Language

The New ARCH is published in English and accepts contributions written only in English

Frequency

The New ARCH is a twice yearly open-access electronic journal.

Contributions

Two types of contributions are expected:

1. Original Article - must either be of a current general interest or of a great significance to readers,
2. Review - introducing a particular area through a concise overview of a selected topic by the author(s).

Responsibility

Submission of a manuscript implies that the work described has not been published previously, that it is not under consideration for publication elsewhere, that its publication is approved by all authors and that, if accepted, it will not be published elsewhere in the same form, in English or in any other language, without the written consent of the copyright holder.

The author(s) should provide a statement attesting to the originality of the work submitted for publication. Exception is an abstract or part of a published lecture or academic thesis.

Peer Review

The New ARCH is a peer-review journal. All submitted manuscripts, which follow the scope of the journal, are read first by the editorial stuff and only those that meet editorial criteria are sent for formal double-blind peer review process. Both the referees (at least two independent reviewers selected by the editors) and the author(s) are kept anonymous.

Authors are obliged to follow remarks and comments of reviewers, instructions for preparing manuscripts, reference list specification as well as remarks and corrections of the Editorial Board.



Disclaimer

Every effort is made by the Editorial Board to see that no inaccurate or misleading data, opinion or statement appear in journal. However, they wish to make it clear that the material appearing in the manuscripts is the responsibility of the author(s). Accordingly, Editorial Board accept no liability whatsoever for the consequences of any such inaccurate or misleading data, opinion or statement.

Instructions for Authors

In the journal The New ARCH you can publish original research articles and studies on solutions to architectural projects and urban planning, professional papers, reviews, communications, as well as reviews of new books, workshops and conferences regarding contemporary architecture and related fields.

Abstracts or short summaries of the M. Sc. and Ph. D. thesis defended at Universities are also welcome.

Manuscript Submission

The author should submit complete manuscript, original work written in English, including text, tables, graphics in MS word file (and .PDF file optional). Graphics (illustrations) have to be submitted also in separated files in a .JPG (and optionally .TIF format).
A cover letter should contains, the corresponding author's name, postal and e-mail addresses.

Participation Fee and Submission

Authors have to pay a participation fee of 310 Euro per paper accepted for publication in the journal The New ARCH.

Submission of the papers and their reviewing processes are free of charge.

After receiving positive opinions from the reviewers and decision of the Editor-in-Chief, the author(s) will be informed about acceptance of the submitted paper for publishing in the journal.

Permission for Reproducing

Authors should be aware of their own responsibility for reproduction of material published elsewhere (illustrations, tables, data) having written permission from the copyright holder to reproduce material in the submitted manuscript. Authors are responsible for paying any fees to reproduce material.