The journal seeks works to communicate and improve empirical knowledge and theoretical understanding of architecture and urban planning in view of global challenges and their local manifestations. This includes the reality of the climate change, economic and urban growth, new technologies or societal, political and cultural shifts. Submissions are also invited in the forms of empirical research, desk study, book review, projects and exhibition that are intended to challenge and extend the ideas of architecture and urban planning. This journal also gives special attention to Vernacular Architecture, Post-disaster studies, and Islamic City and Architecture.