Abstract: The subject of the study is the peculiarities of the organization of the environment of specific centers, the main activity of which is the direction of the recovery of patients. The object of the study is domestic and foreign commercial rehabilitation centers for drug addicts and alcoholics. The increase in their number indicates the growth of a dangerous disease. The author examines in detail such aspects of the problem as the organization of rehabilitation centers abroad and in Russia and notes the main directions in the formation of an environment for the rehabilitation of patients with alcoholism and drug addiction. Special attention is paid in the article to the peculiarities of the environmental organization of rehabilitation centers. In this context, their architectural and planning solution and spatial design are of great importance.The main conclusions of the study are to identify the features of the environment of rehabilitation centers, which are determined through their organization (comfortable, safe, friendly, shock environment). The author's special contribution to the research of the topic is to determine the typological characteristics of existing rehabilitation centers (VIP-houses, hotel, family types, cottage, work, motivational) and their functional and planning formation. The novelty lies in the fact that the author conducted a comprehensive study, as a result of which the main characteristics of the environmental organization of rehabilitation centers, as well as their typological features, were determined. This allows us to identify promising areas in their creation and development.