Article	ARCHITECTURAL IDENTITY OF THE CITY: CONCEPT AND RESEARCH METHODS
Authors	A. Skalkin, Moscow Institute of Architecture (State Academy), Moscow, Russia
Abstract	The article is a continuation of the publication cycle on the specifics of identity within the framework of architectural science. It deals with a different understanding of the meanings of identity, provides a version of the definition of the architectural identity and ways to study it through additions to modern architectural analysis.
Keywords:	identity, originality, types of identity, city environment, sociological aspects of the architecture, identity genesis
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For citation	Skalkin A. Architectural Identity of the City: Concept and Research Methods. Architecture and Modern Information Technologies, 2018, no. 2(43), pp. 87-97. Available at: http://marhi.ru/eng/AMIT/2018/2kvart18/05_skalkin/index.php