Abstract
Architecture, as a science and practice of forming the environment, sensitively responds to the challenges of modernity – technological, economic, etc. One of the urgent challenges is environmental, the concern of which is formulated in many international acts, including the UN Sustainable Development Goals until 2030. Methods of neutralizing the negative impact on the environment in modern conditions are costly and consist of energy-intensive technologies. Architecture has been built since ancient times on the principles of consistent inclusion of artificial structures in the environment: in different countries there are traditional methods of protection from adverse climatic factors through the use of architectural planning and structural techniques. Demonstration of the possibilities of traditional ways of forming a comfortable environment in the countries of the East, as well as their interpretation in modern energy-efficient practice of architecture and construction is given in this article.