The article discusses the architectural and artistic properties of facade cladding materials, which can be used to shape facade solutions. The main architectural and artistic properties and components of finishing materials are revealed, as well as ways of detailing them on a facade structure or element. As a result of the study, it was revealed that the artistic properties of facade materials depend on the expressive features of the surface and ways to change its structure, along with the variety of shapes and ways of its deformation, and the architectural properties lie in the constructive variety of installation and placement of material on the facade plane, as well as in its geometric variability.

Keywords: facade, surface, form, shaping, facing materials, artistic properties

The article discusses solutions to eliminate obsolescence of the Abakan Hotel, while preserving the historical appearance of the building. The main distinguishing features of the architectural image of the hotel are considered, examples of eliminating moral (functional wear) are given: replacement of wooden floors with monolithic reinforced concrete, arrangement of cores, creation of a frame frame in a docked block, creation of a basement floor instead of existing floors on the ground. Objects with the use of similar design solutions are considered. A variant of reconstruction with an attic floor superstructure is proposed.

Keywords: reconstruction, strengthening, Stalin's Empire style, attic floor, preservation of the architectural appearance, seismic impact