The article considers foreign examples of sustainable and regenerative architecture of multifunctional residential complexes. The purpose of the research is to identify promising trends, innovative approaches and distinctive features of each of the directions. Their main innovative solutions, advantages and disadvantages are revealed. A comparative assessment of both directions was carried out. As a result of the research, the continuity of the principles from sustainable architecture to regenerative architecture was revealed. The distinctive features of the latter are the practice of "replenishing" the environment and a larger scale of intervention. Interventions may include biomimicry to simulate nature, air purification in buildings, water purification structures or carbon-trapping architecture, etc. Shifting the emphasis from a sustainable architecture to a regenerative one will allow us to develop a more effective strategy for solving climate and biodiversity problems that society suffers from today.

Keywords: sustainable architecture, regenerative architecture, regeneration, design, multifunctional residential complex, residential architecture