The buildings of business centers make up a significant part of the development of modern cities. Having different sizes, functional content and architectural and artistic solutions, these complexes are often spatial dominants. The compositional accent formed by them indicates the place of concentration for social activity associated not only with business activity but also often with an entertainment pastime program. The formation of a business center as a specific type of building has a long history from open or semiclosed spaces in ancient times, in which trade operations were carried out, to modern multifunctional, multistory buildings. These buildings are located singly or form complexes occupying one or more blocks. Business centers in Kazakhstan developed in a peculiar way, having a break in their development. The analysis carried out made it possible to identify a number of characteristic features of this development. The post-COVID-19 period has formed a new stage in the evolution of business centers. Demand for this type of building has partially declined. Existing buildings began to partially or completely reorient themselves to other activities. At this stage, the most promising option for multistory complexes is their transformation into hotels or residential buildings.

The article is dedicated to studying the evolution of business spaces, from their origins in prehistoric times to the modern stage, where business centers have become an integral part of urban infrastructure. It analyzes the process of formation and development of multifunctional business spaces, which are a crucial element of public buildings. The article examines various typological features of business centers, including their functional zoning, planning, and compositional solutions. In a historical context, the transformation of business activity locations is traced: from chaotically organized markets and trade exchange points in ancient times to the antique agoras and Roman forums, where organized spaces for negotiations and product demonstrations already existed. The medieval period is characterized by the dominant role of monasteries and temples as centers of economic and banking activities. During the Renaissance, the first specialized buildings for conducting business appeared, such as the gallery in Florence, which became a prototype for modern office spaces. Particular attention is given to changes in workplace organization in the 19th–20th centuries: from compact offices to the concepts of “Bureau-landscape” and “Action office”, as well as the emergence of cubicle systems. In the 21st century, business spaces have become flexible, adapting to digital technologies and new working methods, including coworking. An important focus of the study is the balance between individual and collective work, the impact of spatial organization on employee productivity, and issues of privacy and workplace comfort. The role of business spaces in creating an environment for communication, meetings, seminars, training sessions, and informal interactions is examined, as these aspects contribute to effective collaboration between employees and clients.

This article analyses the dynamics of changes in the social structure of large office buildings in the city of Almaty. The main goal is to identify the typological features of the social infrastructure in demand and the trends of their integration. The composition of social facilities during the construction period and their change after the functional operation of the building in the last few years is determined.

В статье анализируются проектные решения для малоэтажного жилья, адаптированные к условиям предгорных районов. Цель данного исследования – провести анализ соответствия проектных решений и реализованных жилых объектов утвержденным в 2025 году новым правилам застройки территории города Алматы. Результаты анализа демонстрируют переход к человекоориентированной и экологически адаптированной жилой среде, которая основывается на междисциплинарных принципах интеграции архитектурных, градостроительных и социально-экологических подходов.

At the present stage, there are very complex modern requirements for the architectural and artistic structure of the museum, concerning the implementation of educational and educational functions through the improvement of museum exhibitions. A new approach to the solution of the exposition of museum exhibition equipment is based on the creation of a single emotional and imaginative artistic ensemble, which is considered as an artistic work in the field of exposition design.Conducting research on the artistic and compositional foundations of museum exhibition equipment, the lack of a holistic scientific theory of exposure, the lack of research on the art history and theory of the museum exposition as a whole, the lack of fundamentals of the artistic structure of the exposition in its current state, which significantly complicates the work on studying the multifunctional aspects of museum equipment. In this regard,the research work was based on direct questions of attitude to common equipment from the problems of the exposition. Many aspects that perform a direct and additional structural function of museum equipment are considered, the basics of the relationship between the exposition and architecture and equipment are determined, and the main features of the tasks of the exposition equipment as a system-forming and constructive component influencing the formation of the socio-cultural environment in local history museums are determined. In this scientific work, in addition to identifying the main problems of the artistic structure and the process of forming exhibition equipment in museums, the design solution and architectural structure are also determined. The study and presentation of these issues in scientific circulation is currently becoming increasingly relevant.

Our paper focuses on the leading approaches to planning and construction of business parks that represent the novel type of office buildings. Business parks gained wide popularity in the past several decades and now represent the fastest-growing segment of the office building stock. Nowadays, planning and construction of modern business parks and office centres involves maintaining a certain code and specific rules that involve sustainability, energy efficiency, energy saving, and the use of renewable energy sources (RES). We find that the requirements for the office buildings in the 21st century are quite different and more fastidious that those imposed in the previous century. Our analysis reveals that the prerequisites for urban planning and architecture connected to modern business parks is quite similar worldwide. In appears that all projects follow the same pattern and copy each other functionality and other feature. Moreover, it appears that the usage of modern office building is also following the same pattern with coworking being on the rise as the number of global nomads is increasing. Our results show that modern business parks and office centres constitute the new step in the modernisation and the development of the global and digital economy, yet they are required as the hubs for socialisation and networking.