Housing and Building National Research Center (HBRC) (in Arabic : المركز القومي لبحوث الإسكان والبناء ) is an Egyptian agency affiliated to Ministry of Housing On 21 June 1954, a cooperation agreement on the establishment of the Institute for building researches in cooperation with the Department of Foreign Affairs of the United States of America government was signed.
495 was issued on 23 September 1954 to establish the Institute for building researches in Egypt as an independent organization.
In 1971, decision number 1871 was issued from the Prime Minister stating the affiliation of the Institute to the Ministry of Housing, Utilities and Urban Development.
On 16 February 2005, two presidential decrees No.
64 for the year 2005 were issued to reorganize the Housing and Building Center and its name become Housing and Building National Research Center affiliated to the Minister of Housing, Utilities and Urban Development.