Архитектура и социология как тела взаимного академическогопритяжения

The article highlights relationships between sociology and architecture as spheres of academic knowledge. The scientometric analysis of the publications, addressed by these two spheres to each other in the National Russian Research Electronic library, tries to answer the following questions. How this boundary field is developed against the background of the two disciplinary "metropolis" and the nearby interdisciplinary areas (such as urban sociology, sociology of space, sociology of design, sociology of planning etc.)? What branches of knowledge, in addition to architecture and sociology, and what specialists cultivate it? Who these persons are by their affiliation? In what organizational forms do architects - sociologists cooperate? It is shown that architecture and sociology have a stable mutual interest, forming the field of sociology of architecture as an array of academic publications. Judging by the number of published works, it is less developed than the urban or spatial sociology, but it is quite comparable to the sociology of design, urban planning or urbanism. The paper outlines the geographical (cities) and institutional (universities, research institutes) framework for the concentration and production of modern architectural and sociological knowledge, including its main centers. As a result of the study, ranked lists of the most productive and influential Russian "sociological architects" and "architectural sociologists" were compiled. The basic forms of social interaction of architects and sociologists - "alliances", "tandems" and "partnerships" are revealed. The higher educational and research institutions, where the most productive of these forms exist are specified. The phenomenon of "centaurs" is unveiled - rather unique persons, integrating experience, vision, understanding and knowledge of architects and sociologists, due to their personal characteristics, professional and academic biographies. Finally, in the recent history of national academic knowledge and professional architectural practice several organizational structures were designated, which served as focuses of architectural and sociological interdisciplinarity, and as a generating factor for synthetic, borderline competences. The conclusion about the potential of interdisciplinary associations for further development of social knowledge in architecture has been made.