Architecture schools and regional practices. Notes of the eyewitness

The presence of an architecture school is an important indicator of the level of the socio-economic and cultural development of the region. It is a permanent source of highly-qualified specialists – architects and urban planners. It is also a ground for studies of local problematics in the context of academic professional knowledge, which is a factor of sustainable development. In the natural process of mutual interaction between the achievements of a real practice and an educational institution, a unique regional school of Russian architecture can be created