The priorities of «Architecton» are as follows:

• to publish papers prepared by would-be professionals in architecture (undergraduate and postgraduate students) on issues in architecture and design from across the country;
• to publish research papers, critique and monographs of professional architects and teaching staff of architecture and civil engineering schools;
• to present news from architecture and design schools;
• to publish the proceedings of student conferences, workshops and symposia;
• to present the results of student and professional competitions.

Being online is due to the following reasons:

• Online version is less expensive.
• It covers a broader target audience.
• It is more accessible.

The magazine has the following main sections:

• Theory of architecture
• Issues in architectural education
• Architectural practice
• Architectural critique
• The creativity of the young
• Design
• Art
• New technologies
• News from abroad
• Summaries
• Winners
• Heritage
• Official
• Events (information about competitions, exhibitions, events).
• Conferences and workshops (announcements, programmes, abstracts).
• Authors (brief information about the authors of this online magazine, including affiliation, research interests and publications).

Papers are published on the magazine’s web-site as html files for free access. The published materials are kept in accordance with the Federal Law «On Mandatory Copy of Documents» dated 29.12.1994 No.77-ФЗ and are regularly sent to the Informregister Centre and the database of the Russian universal electronic library www.elibrary.ru.

The magazine accepts research papers from individuals and groups in the following thematic areas:

• Theory and history of architecture, restoration and reconstruction of architectural heritage – 05.23.20;
• Architecture of buildings and structures. Creative concepts of architectural activity– 05.23.21;
• Urban and rural planning – 05.23.22;
• Technical aesthetics and design – 17.00.06;
• Fine and applied art and architecture – 17.00.04 We accept for publications articles, reviews, brief reports, discussion materials, manuals. lecture courses, reports and multi-part papers, and also, where needed, individual extended preprints of work and dissertations with the publication of their summaries.

If you are going to publish our materials on your web-site or elsewhere, please make a reference to «Architecton» (http://archvuz.ru) as the source — this is our sole but uncompromising requirement. All publications are subject to agreement with the authors.