Work in Progress in the field of Architecture and Construction: Architectural history of South-Karelian village of Siargilahta Architecture of the Karelian White Sea Coast. Traditions and prospects Studies of the traditional architectural-and-spatial medium of the north and north-west Ladoga Lake-side area Studies of interdiscipline ties in the field of urban and regional planning Creation of a high technology for constructing individual dwelling houses using Scandinavian experience Studies of organization, legal, social, and economic aspects in the development of small business in Karelia Creation of a scientific and educational centre on non-traditional sources of heat and energy Creation of a scientific and educational centre on purification of natural and sewage waters in the north and north-west of Russia Adaptation of Russian structural design system to the European one (Eurocode) Civil Engineering design of codes in Finland and Scandinavian countries: adaptation for building foundations and their structures Projects proposed to be implemented in cooperation with other universities:  Ecologically sound construction of low dwelling-houses using wooden constructions Mechanics of composite materials Methodology for traditional architectural-and-spatial systems and objects on the territories of Scandinavian countries and the Russian North Graphic and text data bases for architectural-and-spatial systems and objects of the European North Deformation theory of concrete and reinforced concrete plasticity Metal reduction problems for structures in civil engineering and other branches of technology Hydrodynamics of fibre suspensions Solution of dynamic problems of the anisotropic media elasticity theory Investigation of ecological problems of accumulation and utilization of solid industrial wastes and wast water deposits (with Petrozavodsk as an example)