The article analyzes widespread information about one of the famous monuments of urban planning and architecture in Sakhalin Island – the Treasury building in Alexandrovsk-Sakhalinsky in the light of the ongoing study of activities carried out by architects and engineers on the eastern outskirts of Russia in the second half of the 19th - early 20th century. The research material presented in the article, in particular, on the activities of the architects I. A. Charushin and I. S. Stepanov who worked on Sakhalin, give reason to believe that the Treasury building of Sakhalin Island, currently used as a House of Creativity, was built according to the design of the architectural engineer I. S. Stepanov.

The Russian edition project of Phil O'Neill's book "Poems from the Unconscious" is described as a literature of trauma from the perspective of its visual and graphic features. The illustrations and typography of various books related to the literature of trauma are analyzed in order to identify common features in their artistic design and justify the choice of visual and graphic means for the translated edition.

The article deals with the problems of interaction between two functional zones: residential and industrial. It is suggested that there are urban planning contradictions that do not allow the industrial zone to be fully integrated into urban space. Among these, the most significant contradictions are the scale, formation, and planning organization. The study of these contradictions has allowed us to conclude that industrial zones are fundamentally irreducible to residential developments, which leads us to reconsider the placing of industrial zones in cities at the current stage of development.

Whereas previously the basic element of architectural and historical heritage conservation was material value, the modern concept of heritage conservation is enhanced by mental value, social value, and identity. The paper reviews Russian and international legislative acts, regulations and guidelines on the identification and preservation of architectural heritage and demonstrates the use of novel digitalization methods in the conservation of surviving or physically lost architectural heritage.

Attractor is a deeply layered term of physical and mathematical research. In a trivial interpretation, it designates the phenomenon and the subject of attraction. In the universe, the main process by which material bodies are built is gravity, attraction. The phenomenon of attraction permeates cosmic transformations at all levels of existence, starting with the coagulation of galaxies, formation of planetary biospheres, birth of societies, and organization of habitats. At any scale of transformations initiated by attractors, systems with the property of self-organization and development are created. One of these systems is architecture as a leading and comprehensive area of human activity in the organization of the living environment. The system of architecture involves abiogenic and biophysical parameters characterizing its integrity as an object of planetary metabolism, associated with other life support systems by general concepts and terms confirming the creativity of the principles of form-generation in material contacts and associative metaphors. Human society develops according to the same universal laws as all other matter, although not everyone agrees with this opinion. Hence the vast range of typologies of attractors, mundane and sacred, highlighting the existentialism of architecture. The types of attractors are just the object of consideration in this article.

This article considers the application of the agent-based modeling method using the AnyLogic program to assess the quality of architectural and planning solutions for open public spaces, using as an example the Embankment in the city of Polevskoy. The methodology of agent-based modeling is an effective tool for studying interactions between various agents in public spaces and evaluating their impact on the living environment, behavior model. In this work, we present the process of creating a model, defining key agents and influencing factors, as well as the analysis results that allow conclusions to be drawn about the quality of the architectural and planning solution for the Embankment in a small city.

In the course of their historical development, the architectural ensembles of the monastic complexes of the Kaluga province were growing more complex, acquiring a well-developed complex structure that would regularly include new components either in symbiosis with existing ones, organically complementing them or replacing them. This process is inextricably linked with a gradual increase in the share of built-up space and, accordingly, a decrease in open space and constant reorganization of spaces. The need to identify and rationalize formation regularities in monastic architectural ensembles makes it necessary to typify the development of both the monastery as a whole and its functional zones separately. For this purpose, it is advisable to use the same type of typological structures, the role of which may be the building morphotype of a certain functional area of the monastery’s territory.

The article examines the variety of interpretations of the concept of "architectural science" presented in scientific publications. A review of interpretations of the concept of architectural science by different researchers is instrumental at an initial stage when considering architectural science as a special phenomenon. The evolvement of ideas related to the concept of "architectural science" is demonstrated along with the diversity of formulations proposed by different researchers. The author proposes her concept of "architectural science" that would allow considering architectural science as an independent sphere in various modern knowledge classification systems.

The article provides a comparative historical architectural analysis of several versions of the design from the 1950s - early 1960s for an architectural and landscape ensemble consisting of the Palace of Pioneers, the Salut Sports Complex, and the surrounding area.

We have studied the territory and structure of the zoo located in the suburbs of Khabarovsk on the site of the former children’s summer camp. The main focus is on the analysis of the current layout, problems with the architectural environment, and proposals for re-zoning and renovation. The facility presents a disorganized structure for keeping animals in captivity and requires significant improvements. Visitor profiles have been studied, and possible architectural solutions to increase the commercial attractiveness of the zoo are being examined. A master plan proposal has been developed in cooperation with the V.P.Sysoev Priamursky Zoo, including recommendations how to optimize the use of the territory in order to attract larger audiences and improve animal wellbeing conditions. The study and the project proposal emphasize the importance of an integrated approach to the renovation of the facility in order to achieve scientific and educational goals.