The paper analyzes the conditions for the formation of a microclimate of urban residential area with high-rise buildings. High-rise buildings in big cities have a double influence on the living environment – on the one hand, they change wind loads, and on the other hand they affect the direction and speed of the wind. The environmentally unfavorable zones of high-rise buildings, as well as the causes and sources of pollution, such as emerging transport and engineering infrastructure due to development of high-rise housing, have been identified. In high-rise housing areas, zones with impaired air exchange, which contribute to the formation of the “heat island”, have been indicated.

Keywords: urbanization; ecology; high-rise building; urban development; heat island; ascending air flow; temperature inversion; microclimatic conditions; terrain aerodynamics; living environment

The article is devoted to the comparative analysis of the construction and operation of buildings of traditional shape and round shape in the plan. Given data on material costs in the operation of buildings of different shapes.

Keywords: shaping, round buildings, energy efficiency, square buildings, building shapes, heating, thermal protection