Architectural Image Studies (AIS) is an international, peer-reviewed, open-access journal that explores the visual, cultural, technological, social, economic, and managerial dimensions of architecture.
Adopting a multidisciplinary perspective, AIS brings together architecture, urban studies, economics, management, heritage, arts, social sciences, and digital technologies to understand how the built environment is conceived, represented, experienced, governed, and sustained.
We believe architecture is more than form and function — it is a cultural and economic asset, shaped by complex interactions between design, policy, markets, communities, and technology.
AIS publishes original research articles, theoretical explorations, visual essays, practice-based case studies, and critical reviews. The journal especially welcomes work that connects design thinking with economic development, urban governance, tourism management, and cultural industries.
Our Areas of Interest Include:
- Architectural Representation & Media – Drawings, photography, film, digital rendering, photogrammetry, AI-generated visualizations.
- Urbanism & Spatial Studies – Urban planning, infrastructure, mobility, public space governance.
- Cultural Heritage & History – Heritage management, preservation economics, restoration policy, memory studies.
- Sustainability & Environmental Design – Green architecture, climate-responsive planning, adaptive reuse, resilience strategies.
- Art–Architecture Intersections – Public art, installations, creative collaborations in spatial contexts.
- Digital Technologies & Innovation – VR/AR, 3D scanning, computational design, smart environments, BIM systems.
- Social & Cultural Perspectives – Inclusivity, participatory planning, community-led development, spatial justice.
- Economics of Architecture & Urban Development – Real estate markets, architectural entrepreneurship, cost-benefit analysis in design.
- Management & Policy in the Built Environment – Urban governance, cultural tourism management, infrastructure project management, policy frameworks.
- Interdisciplinary Approaches – Anthropology, sociology, philosophy, psychology, cultural geography in built environment studies.
Current Issue
Vol. 6 No. 2 (2025): Digital Capture: Advanced 3D Scanning and Architectural Representation
This is the third special issue that Clear+Park (C+P) have edited for AIS, and working with them has once again been a hugely enjoyable experience. In all our collaborations, we have enjoyed enormous freedom in the type of projects that can be included, especially the license to mix practice-based projects and speculative approaches alongside more traditional academic text-led pieces.
In this edition, we look at the technologies of digital capture: 3D scanning, photogrammetry and depth, and motion detecting technologies. The introduction of these instrumental forms of capture has allowed highly accurate processes by which objects and spaces can be surveyed, mapped and digitised. Currently, this information is predominantly used to catalogue, record and document spaces and artefacts as part of a digital project workflow, often within a construction or heritage context.
Published: 2025-05-17