/ National Mining University . SPb, 2013. 102 s. Basic information on the types of residential, civil, industrial, public and agricultural buildings, general requirements for the most common types and types of buildings and structures, their role and place in the urban and natural environment are given Much attention is paid to their classification, functional characteristics and features. The principles of volume-planning solutions are considered, the economic efficiency of operation of various types of buildings is shown. The discipline is taught to bachelors of the third year of specialty 120700 "Land management and cadastre" profile "City cadastre" in the amount of 72 academic hours. The training manual is intended for bachelors in the specialty 120700. 65 "Land management and cadastre" full-time education.