Elnaz Imani - Ph.D. Student in Islamic Architecture, School of Architecture and Urban Planning, Tabriz Islamic Art University, Tabriz, Iran
Maziar Asefi - Ph.D. in Architectural Technology Assistant Professor, School of Architecture and Urban Planning, Tabriz Islamic Art University, Tabriz, Iran

Nanotechnology offer interesting new opportunities in the construction industry and architecture. Sustainability, being the urgent issue of nowadays, is closely related with the innovations in technology. Nanotechnology, although not a new science, can be regarded relatively a new science for buildings with brand new materials and applications. This paper tends to give a research review of current and near future applications of nanotechnology for achieving high-performance and healthy buildings for a sustainable future and provides an overview of nanotechnological applications and products in the construction industry and focuses on the question of potential environmental and health risks that these products may entail. In the introduction, the driving forces for the sustainability of construction industry are explained. Then, the term nanotechnology is defined, and significance of innovations in nanotechnology for a sustainable construction industry is revealed. After presenting the application areas of nanotechnology and nanomaterials for buildings with a number of cases, challenges in the adoption of this technology are put forward, and finally the impacts of nanoparticles and nanomaterials on human health and environment are discussed. Although the research sector has been reporting intensively about new nanotechnological developments, the reality shows that nano-products in the construction industry continue to play a subordinate role and currently merely occupy niche markets. The construction business is considered to be conservative, and innovations often have a difficult time breaking into the market

Sustainability, Architecture, Smart Material, Nanomaterial