The paper presents the analysis of fragments from Homer poems dedicated to architecture of residential houses of 17-18^th centuries, B. C., i. e. urban and homestead houses, palaces of Alcinous, Menelaus, Nestor, Odyssey, Priam, etc. The town-planning aspects, functional-planning structure of residential houses are considered in this paper as well as façade design, architectural elements, and applicable building materials. Heating and water-supply systems played the important role in homesteads architecture and also the improvement of inner yards and gardens.

The article is devoted to design organizations, which in the years of 1933-1941 developed master plans of Western Siberia cities. Special attention is paid to local organizations, namely: Novosibirsk Branch of Gorstroyproekt and Zapsibproekt. The analysis is given for the structure of project organizations, designers, project works geography, departmental identity, and town planning approaches. The common architectural and planning techniques used in the 1930s are described as well as the landscape and climate conditions of Western Siberia similar to that period. However, design organizations use different approaches to the urban development and heritage conservation. Also, the diversity of local climatic conditions should be taken into account. The study is based on archival sources.

This article presents the architectural views of Hodges, the English artist and traveler (1744-1797) and their influence on aesthetic visions of Schelling, the founder of German romanticism. Schelling considered architecture of the transition period from classicism to historicism and eclecticism. It is shown that Hodges' vision of the oriental architecture was romanticized. He refused from the recognition of ancient Greek architecture as the only true measure of taste, and asserted the importance of climatic characteristics and national culture. Along with the ancient Greek architecture, Hodges emphasized the high artistic value of Egyptian, Indian, Moorish, and Gothic architecture. In accordance with romantic philosophy to unite the opposites of objective and subjective and recognizing the importance of the different styles of architecture, Hodges stated their essential unity, which had natural origins. Hodges’ ideas anticipated the trends of development of postclassical architecture.

The article is devoted to the activities of the building commission in Moscow late in 18^th - early 19^th century in the field of design and construction of guest houses in Moscow districts carried out for the urban development. Investigations include unpublished archival materials stored in the Central Historical Archive of Moscow. The history and specificity of the building commission activity is considered in the field of building control and design. The analysis of the architectural and town-planning principles of that time is presented in this paper.

The paper presents historical prerequisites and stages of construction of curches in settlements of Lower Angara in the 17th - early 20th century. Architectural, planning and composite characteristics of stone and wooden churches are described, which were built in Angarsk settlements last centuries. The analysis of archival documents, on-site investigation of the church architecture are presented herein which remained in the Lower Angara region. The historical and cultural value of ancient wooden churches built on the territory of large-scale industrial areas is studied in this paper. The expediency of their restoration and preservation as valuable objects of cultural heritage of Siberia is defined.

In compliance with the legislation of the Russian Federation, the strategic planning of the country and the region should be in close cooperation with regional planning to form the integrated system of strategic planning at federal, regional and municipal levels. Due to this fact, the analysis of existing approaches is required to prepare documents for strategic and land-use planning, assessment of their current state and developing proposals for increasing the level of correspondence between these documents. The effectiveness of strategic planning and feasibility of objectives depend on the solution of this problem. This paper presents the analysis of the current strategy and land-use planning in the Tomsk region. The role of land and property complex is shown for this process and necessity for its allowance for achieving strategic goals and choosing territorial and spatial decisions is shown in this paper.

The paper presents the stress-strain analysis of thick circular plates used in the design and construction of solid monolithic foundations, pressure vessels, press-tools and others. The methodology of calculation of quasi-static stress-strain state is suggested in this paper for a circular plate under the axial external loading. The applied variable differential method is the implementation of Lagrange principle using the finite-difference method. Geometric relations are taken in the form of Cauchy equations, and physical relations are accepted to be nonlinear and described by Ilyushin deformation theory of plasticity.

The paper presents the mathematical model of the dynamic fracture of an ordinary loam brick under shock-wave loading. This mathematical model is implemented using the RANET-3 software package allowing 3D simulation of impact and explosion problems using the finite element analysis oriented towards the solution of dynamical problems. The impact strength analysis is given for the type М100 loam brick using a steel plate 197 kg weight dropped from 1 m height.

OF SINGLE BEAMS The paper presents the investigations of stress-strain state of beams made of nonlinear material subjected to tensile and compressive deformations. The suggested numerical method is based on linearization of the system of equations. Based on this method, a series of numerical experiments is carried out, the results of which show that the deformation properties of the material do not follow the classical Hooke's law. Thus, the physical nonlinearity and different resistance of the material lead to a substantial change in the structural tensile deformation when compared to linear calculations. The maximum difference in the load limit is 23,4 %, while in the rotation angles and deflections, its is respectively 14,83 and 15,9 %. This, non-linear properties and different resistance of the material should be taken into account in this structural analysis.

OF WOOD-CEMENT COMPOSITIONS Wood-cement compositions are being more and more widely used in construction industry. The paper is dealt with the combined processes underlying the structure formation of cement hardening connected one hand with hydration and hydrolysis of cement minerals and on the other, with the formation of calcium phosphates of different basicity. The composition of calcium phosphates is regulated by the introduced amount of buffer solutions and acetic acid. The modern methods of physicochemical analysis are used in the experiment that allow the identification of hardening products in wood-cement compositions. It is shown that buffer solutions used as mixing liquid improve the serviceability of wood-cement compositions as compared to the known analogs.

The paper presents the temperature field investigations of geothermal well, which is formed during the operation of the heat pump unit under different processing conditions. The multi-paradigm numerical computing environment MathLab is used to compare the theoretical and experimental results on operating conditions of the geothermal well. The obtained results are generalized using the theory of similarity and the modified criteria-based dependences connecting the parameters and used for further development of design technique of heat pumps based on the long-term forecast and assessment of their energy and economic efficiency.

The article discusses the changes in the dynamic properties of composite bridge spans having pavement defects. The design diagrams allow identifying basic dynamic properties of bridge spans in resonance conditions. The mathematical dependences obtained as a result of the analysis of parametric and combination resonances, provide the formation of conditions for the automated control for the dynamic properties of bridge spans.

This paper presents the results of mineralogical, petrogeochemical and experimental research of natural raw materials deposits and large-tonnage industrial waste for the production of acicular monomineral metasilicates and their use in the capacity of modifying components in road construction and pavement repair materials. It is shown that the quality of composite materials depends on their crushing methods and the size of dispersed modifiers.

The paper presents investigations on water-repelling agents increasing the waterproofing properties of cement-concrete structures. The effect of these agents the strength of cement concretes is investigated. The comparative analysis is given for water-repelling agents from different providers. The feasibility is shown for using these agents to prevent fracture of cement concrete pavement. Based on these results, OAO ‘Novosibirskavtodor’ company applied these additives in the reconstruction of the road P-254 ‘Irtysh’ in 2015.

The paper presents the staging effect of bituminous binder production method on physical and chemical properties. The experiment allows comparing the binder production process at various technological parameters. It is shown that a two-stage process with the preliminary production of concentrated suspension of composite bituminous binder is the optimum. Under the given conditions of thermomechanical treatment, this binder possesses the best physicochemical properties. The increase in the number of stages of rubber crumb introduction during the production of concentrated suspension leads to deterioration in bituminous binder properties.

The article describes the elaboration of design standards for flexible pavements in the Russian Federation and focuses on specifying the estimated characteristics of subgrade soils. The aspects of research aimed at the quality improvement of road design are considered herein which can be provided due to observations of the geographic complex of administrative units of the country. The basic approaches to the determination of subgrade soil humidity are shown for the base period of the year. The dependences between the Young’s modulus of clay soils and relative humidity are obtained. The estimated values of subgrade soil humidity, Young’s modulus, strength and deformation are given in this paper.

The paper presents the research carried out into the braking process of the lift car during the operation of catching devices. The power load values are obtained for the lift catching devices and the energy equation is modeled for braking lift car. A series of experiments is carried out using modeling method and the time dependences are constructed for the acceleration and deceleration of the braking path. It is shown that at the terminal braking path acceleration increases 1,8 times, the rise time being 0,05 s.

The article describes the wearing mechanism of flooring made of wood-polymer composites (decking). It is shown that the contact between the wood-polymer composite and footwear is performed through the "third body" represented by a microscopic dust-air layer. The calculation of the average lifecycle of flooring is carried out using the corrected linear hypothesis of damage summation. According to this hypothesis, the service life of wood-polymer composite can achieve 17,5 years.