The book by one of the best modern researchers of Byzantine architecture, professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (USA), summarizes information about the organization and technology of construction in the middle and late Byzantine period. Based on the most modern materials, a bold independent theory is developed and a new one is proposed a paradigm for constructing the history of architecture in Byzantium after the iconoclastic period. For historians, architects, art historians and archaeologists; students and teachers of architectural, historical, art history and art universities; everyone studying Byzantium and Ancient Russia. CONTENTS: L. Belyaev, I. Popov. About the features of translation………………………6L. Belyaev, G. Ivakin. About this book………………………9From the author………………………15Introduction. Architecture of Byzantium as a problem………………………16Chapter I. Byzantine temple as a phenomenon………………………19Chapter II. The invisible architect and his client………………………52Chapter III. Drawing lines and pulling cords………………………72Chapter IV. Changeable buildings………………………99Chapter V. Building materials………………………141Chapter VI. Structures of foundations and walls………………………170Chapter VII. Constructive solutions and structural expressiveness; construction of arches and vaults………………………214Chapter VIII. Builder and artist: creating interior decoration………………………241Conclusion………………………268Notes………………………275Abbreviations………………………309Basic literature…… …………………310Index………………………323Sources of illustrations………………………330