public buildings

The article identifies the main conditions and problems of introducing energy-efficient technologies for business in Ukraine and considers the design experience of building green commercial buildings that have been erected in recent years (innovative parks UNIT.City in Kiev and LvivTech.City in Lviv, on the Sobachie mouth peninsula, Astarta Business Center in Kiev, etc.) It has been established that the main problem of introducing energy-efficient technologies in public commercial projects is the insufficient participation of the state in financing and stimulating business.

The concept of architecture as Gesamtkunstwerk exemplifies a model for creating an artistic building’s  character.  This  article  explores  how  it  is  reflected  in  non-ecclesiastical  edifices  of  Volodymyr Pokrovsky (1863–1924) during the cultural Renaissance of the early twentieth century in Ukraine within the context of the fin de siècle’s architecture.

Energy conservation is becoming increasingly more relevant for Ukraine and the world, and architectural education must meet one of the most significant challenges of our time. The article analyzes the existing laws and regulations of our country and points out to the lack of a number of national standards necessary for architectural design. It focuses on the problems of real design and ways to solve them within the framework of architectural training.