The purpose of the scientific work is to determine the peculiarities of the formation of farmstead architecture and design in modern conditions of formation of united territorial communities on the example of the Western region of Ukraine. To achieve this goal, empirical theoretical methods of research and generalization are used. Rural population surveys, benchmarking, classification and generalizations were used. Studies of the modern farmstead conducted in the villages of the Western region of Ukraine have shown a great variety of farmstead development, which reflects the natural and climatic conditions, peculiarities of the life of the population, folk, religious customs and traditions. The region’s peculiar architectural forms of farmstead development are significantly influenced by the location of the territory and the frequent migration of the population abroad. Researchers have shown that residents of farmsteads are changing the way of life, living conditions and activate non-agricultural activities, for which houses and buildings for entrepreneurial and production activity are erected next to a dwelling house. Accordingly, new functional zones are allocated in the structure of the estate: sports, health, technical, sacral, entrepreneurial, production and guest. Based on the labor activity of the inhabitants of rural settlements, the typology of farmsteads was expanded: entrepreneurial, representative and bi-functional types (economic-entrepreneurial, economic-production, production-entrepreneurial and guest subtypes). It is proved that proper organization of the estate development will contribute to creating of comfortable, safe and accessible living space, preservation and multiplication of traditions and regional peculiarities in the formation of the rural environment. The topic of the study remains relevant as changes in spatial planning and integrated territorial development take place in the context of decentralization reform and the formation of united territorial communities. They are to provide the villagers with a modern level of competitive, comfortable, accessible, object-space environment of the new generation, which would meet their needs, opportunities, cultural achievements through the development of new types of farmsteads and residential homes. In order to implement the new standards, it is necessary to review the existing State Building Standards and bring them into line with EU standards.