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Papers

(The TQCC of Nexus Network Journal is 2. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-07-01 to 2026-07-01.)

Article	Citations
Estimating the Minimum Thickness of Earthquake-Resistant Vaults and Catenary Arches by Using a Hanging Chain	13
Varagavank Monastery’s Khachkar Motifs: Understanding Production Through Parametric Methods	10
Constructing Vision, Surface, and Form in Architecture	9
The Vaults of the Church of St. Michael the Archangel in Brixen Between Geometry, History and Missed Space	9
Analytical Design in Architecture: New Developments	8
From Parametric Determinism to Emergent Fusion: Data-Curated Style Control in Connectionist Architecture	7
Relationships between Mathematics and Art in Their Intellectual History - Reflections According to Max Bense	7
Hat Monotiles: Driving Innovation in Aperiodic Pattern Generation and Application	7
Creating Constellation Patterns II: Enumeration	7
Spatial Configuration and Cultural Logic: A Cross-Regional Decoding of Chinese Courtyard Dwellings	6
Digital Heritage Classification via Machine Learning and H-BIM	6
Gothic Design Procedures in Three Early Hawksmoor Churches	6
A Mathematical Formalization of Making Grammars	6
Breaking Complexity: Kaleidoscopic Tools for Islamic Geometric Pattern Design	6
On the Math-inspired Sustainable Skyscraper Design	6
A Recursive Algorithm for the Generative Study of Seljuk Muqarnas in Kayseri and Sivas	5
Proportions and Deformations in the Mosque-Cathedral of Cordoba	5
Visualizing Anne Tyng’s Transformations of the Octetruss	5
A Parametric Model for Designing Swallow Roofs of Anatolia	5
Classical and Traditional: Palladio’s Design Process at the Redentore	4
Fourier Spectral Analysis of Architectural Rhythms: Case Study of Historic Isfahan	4
Survey and Preliminary Analysis of a Third-Century Brick-Chambered Tomb with Squinch Vaults in China	4
Discovering Arches of Timurid Architecture: The Case of Ishrat-Khana Mausoleum	4
Computing the Spatial Explorations of Roberto Matta	4
The Corner Tower of Anagni Cathedral: Geometry and Equilibrium	4

Gothic Vaulting in Spanish Military Architecture from the Eighteenth Century	4
Heron’s Legacy: An Example of Ancient Calculations Applied to Roman Imperial Architecture	4
Correction to: Heron’s Legacy: An Example of Ancient Calculations Applied to Roman Imperial Architecture	4
Non-trivial Self-organised Floor Plans: An Optimisation Strategy	4
Integration of Fabric Formwork and Geodesic Grids for Hemispherical Dome Fabrication	4
On the Regularity of Opening Patterns in Building Facades	3
A Commentary on Silvio Belli’s On Ratio and Proportion	3
Structural Plan Schema Generation Through Generative Adversarial Networks	3
Publisher Correction to: Creating Constellation Patterns I: Composition	3
Computational Design and Parametric Analysis of a Fractal-Based Folded-Smooth (F-S) Hybrid Shell Structure	3
Masonry Sail Vaults in Maltese Architecture: Geometrical Analysis for the Study of Building Processes	3
The Hexagon’s Persistent Presence: Frank Lloyd Wright and The Architecture of Olivetti	3
Geometry and Stress Resilience of Medieval Portals	3
Thinking Through Geometry: Bridging Polyhedral Structures, Parametric Modeling, and Digital Fabrication in Architectural Education	3
Space Syntax Analysis of Visual Privacy in Residential Buildings Developed Under the Influence of Modernism: A Case study in Isparta	3
Tools and Techniques for Curves Tracing in Nineteenth Century Techno-Scientific Culture: Daniel Eichberg’s Ellipsograph Described by G.A. Breymann	3
An Exemplary Case Study of Post-WWII Reconstruction in Milan	3
Reflections on the Relationships between Mathematics and Arts	3
Application of Fabric Formwork based on a Truchet Tiling Pattern for Planar Surfaces	3
Knitted Textile Canopies: A Rapid Generative Design Optimization Tool for Enhanced Shading Performance	3
Correction: Monge Surfaces. Generation, Discretisation and Application in Architecture	3
Self-adaptive Modelling Method for Chinese Ancient Timber Architecture Based on Digital Structure Metamodel	3
The Architecture of Logic: Diagrammatic Reasoning and Spatial Syntax in Lewis Carroll’s The Game of Logic	3
Publisher Correction to: Proportion and Ratio in Palladio’s Redentore	3
Building more mathematico in Renaissance Venice	2
Beyond Representation	2
The Measurement Theorem for the Project	2
An Open-Source Solution for Fast and Informative Modelling of Churches	2
Edge-Corrugation as Structural Enhancement of Shallow Shells	2
The Grammar of Anne Tyng’s Simpler Space Structures	2
AI-Assisted Floor Plan Design Incorporating Structural Constraints	2
The Critical Digital Model and Two Case Studies: the Churches of Santa Margherita and Santo Spirito in Bologna	2
Italian Architectural Ratios in the British Rotunda Typology	2
Typological Evolution in the Early Ottoman Period: The Case of Cross-Axial Mosques	2
The Habitat Perspective in Post-world War II Mediterranean Housing: A Space Syntax Analysis of Quinta da Malagueira (Portugal) and Carrières Centrales (Morocco)	2
Revisiting the Original Vision: Digital Reconstruction of the Kosmaj Monument’s Hyperbolic Contours	2
Translation of Form: a Model for Teaching Design Coding to Undergraduate Students	2
Geometry to Fabrication in Architecture	2
Wren’s Legacy: Proportion and Ratio at the Church of St James Piccadilly	2
Making Palladio Digitally Explicit: Geometrical Parameters in Door’s Ornaments	2
Quantitative Analysis of Eave Curves in Imperial Chinese Architecture Through the Cross-cultural Application of the Japanese CAD Curve Formula	2
El Escorial, Derand and Guarini: About Formal Control of Ribbed Spherical and Elliptical Vaults	2
Complexity and Diversity in Palladian Facades	2
Parametric Interlocking Elastic Wooden Plate Joint for Complex Structures	2
Proportion and Ratio in Palladio’s Redentore	2
From Archaeology To Gendered Space– Geometric Evidence in Architecture	2
Research Arising: The Nexus Conference 2023	2
The Model as Cognitive Infrastructure: Parametric and openBIM Approaches to the Knowledge of Existing Bridges	2
The Regular Polyhedra: Drawing and Computing in Euclid’s day	2
Deformations of the Fortress Towers Analyzed by the SfM Survey	2

AI-Augmented Parametric Façade Design: Exploring MCTS for Early-Stage Decision-Making	2
Mathematics and Geometry in the Nembro Reinforced Concrete Arch Bridge	2
A Novel System Combining Additive Patterns and Polygonal Structures	2
A Hexagonal Pattern in the Paraninfo at the Universidad de Alcalá	2
Observations on the Geometry of the Monument at the Kasta Tumulus at Amphipolis	2
Procedural Generation of Morava-Style Vernacular Houses for Video Game and Architectural Visualization	2
Symmetry Group Effect on Perforated Image Perception	2
Parameters, Modeling and Taxonomy for an HBIM Baroque Facade	2
The New Theory of the Metrological Framework of the Pantheon	2
A Generative Framework for Designing Linear-Modular Housing Integrated with a Real-Time User Interface	2