A short course on the history of world and domestic architecture is presented. The main artistic and structural directions of shaping in world architecture, accompanied by illustrations, are given. Each historical era is based on constructive and technical achievements determined for its time. Tectonic features depend both on the technical level of construction and on the aesthetic ideals of their time, the style of the era. Structural engineers should be aware that structures and construction techniques are fraught with aesthetic possibilities. The experience of the history of architecture provides extensive material, helps to solve the diverse problems of the relationship between design and artistic form. For students of all forms of education of the 1st year of bachelor's degree, studying in the direction of training 08.03.01 Construction, profile "Industrial and Civil Construction."