The environmental approach in the regional architecture of the Soviet modernism of 1970-1980-ies, in the design of the Exhibition Hall of the Union of Artists of the TASSR in Kazan, the architects: G.A. Bakulin (head of the authors group), R.Kh. Galeev, V.P. Mulyukin
Problem statement. The goal of the research is to identify and summarize the facts related to the environmental approach and targeted design using the example of the project of the Exhibition Hall of the Union of Artists of the TASSR. - The principles of the environmental approach were formulated by the theorists of the Soviet architecture in the 70-80-ies, in parallel with the similar stylistic trend of «contextualism», and influenced the design of objects of modernist architecture of the late XXth century. - Analysis of the project of the Exhibition Hall of the Union of Artists of the TASSR, developed by the architect G.A. Bakulin on the basis of the environmental approach, revealed the main aspects of the method of environmental design in key positions: the consideration of the cultural and historical aspect, integration into historical development, the composition, scale, plastic structure of the building. Conclusions. The significance of the obtained results for the architecture is to identify the methodological aspects of the environmental approach that can be used in the design and architectural practice of today. The analysis of the project of the Exhibition Hall of the Union of Artists of the TASSR increases the knowledge about the history and value of regional architecture.