Izvestiya of the Samara Russian Academy of Sciences scientific center. Social, humanitarian, medicobiological sciencesIzvestiya of the Samara Russian Academy of Sciences scientific center. Social, humanitarian, medicobiological sciences2413-9645Samara Scientific Center Publishing House11022510.37313/2413-9645-2020-22-72-71-75Research ArticleARCHITECTURE OF THE 20TH CENTURY AS A BUILDER OF SOCIETYKuznetsovaAnna A.PhD (Architecture), Associate Professor of the Architecture of Residential and Public Buildings Departmentamore_86@mail.ruZhdanovaIrina V.Associate Professor of the Architecture of Residential and Public Buildings Departmentzdanovairina@mail.ruVoroninaIrina I.bachelor of 4 years of study at the Department of Architecture of Residential and Public Buildingskv4ss@yandex.ruSamara State Technical University15052020223727726082022Copyright © 2020, Kuznetsova A.A., Zhdanova I.V., Voronina I.I.2020The article discusses the development of architecture of the 20th century in different countries. The analysis of the prerequisites of the chosen path of development of architecture and society is carried out. The positive and negative aspects of the humanitarian approach in architectural activity and the formation of the identification features of cities are revealed through the perception of buildings and structures by society. It is concluded that it is necessary to search for a unified approach for shaping the city’s appearance, depending on the cultural characteristics of the region, the geographical location of the area, climate, and social and humanitarian values of a particular demographic group of the population.architecture of the 20th centurythe development of architecturea city for a personresidential architecturehouses for workersархитектура 20 векапути развития архитектурыгород для человекажилая архитектурадома для рабочих[Монтгомери, Ч. Счастливый город / Ч. Монтгомери. - М.: Манн, Иванов и Фербер, 2019. - С. 368.][Маклакова, Т. Г. Архитектура двадцатого века:конспект лекций / Т.Г.Маклакова. - М.: Просвящение, 1995. - С.115.]["Хрущевки" по-британски. Михаил Смотряев [Электронный ресурс] - URL: https://news.ners.ru/hrucshevki-po-britanski-proshloe-i-nastoyacshee-britanskogo-socialnogo-zhilya.html (дата обращения: 04.04.2020).][Vavilova, T. Ya., Potienko, N. D., Zhdanova, I. V. On modernization of capital construction projects in the context of sustainable development of social sphere. Procedia engineering. - 2016. - Т. 153. - С. 938 - 943.][Кузнецова, А. А., Жданова, И. В., Малышева, Е. В. Формирование эстетически-комфортной среды образовательных организаций // Известия Самарского научного центра Российской академии наук. Социальные, гуманитарные, медико-биологические науки. - 2018. - Т. 20. - №2. - С. 81 - 88.]