History of establishment
The idea of establishing BHRC was formed in 1971 in the framework of “united Nations Development Program (UNDP)”, until 1973, which is the beginning of BHRC formal activities, research duties on building and housing were being fulfilled by “the department of building studies and regulations” at the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development (MHUD). In 1971, this duty was transferred to the BHRC based on an agreement between “MHUD” and “UNDP”. In 1973, BHRC started its formal activities after completion of construction activities of BHRC administrative building and laboratories for physics and chemistry of materials.

The proposed statute of BHRC was approved by the parliament in 1977, and BHRC commenced its research activities.

 Objectives
BHRC, as the unique official Iranian research organization in the field of building and housing, is responsible for studying and research on relevant problems associated with construction activities in the country. The BHRC objectives and functions, which have been designed based on its articles of association, are as follows:

According to article 1 of her statute, major objectives for establishment of BHRC is “centralized provision and execution of research programs on building and housing by innovation of new methods and techniques, provision and publication of codes of practice and their application instructions, issuance of technical certificate for building products, provision of technical guidance in construction and housing in compliance with national requirements, climatic and local considerations and also by consideration of the need for industrialized construction within the country”.