Tendencies of the Christian educational institutions architecture development as based on the example of the Catholic University of America in Washington

The article analyzes the peculiarities of architectural and space-planning organization of campuses in Christian higher educational instutions as based on the example of the Catholic University of America in Washington, depicts the history of the university establishment process, outlines the development of its architecture within the perspectives of time and space, highlights the major tendecies that define the formation of architecture of buildings, facilities and spaces in contemporary higher educational institutions, which carry out their educational and scientific activities under the guidance of the Christian Catholic Church ideology.