Nanotechnology research buildings have become increasingly popular on university campuses. Designing these buildings presents a multitude of well recognized challenges to architectural and engineering design teams, from environmental control to spatial arrangements to operational functionality. This research; divided into three parts, attempts to capture a snap shot of designing nano labs focused on the practice of nanotechnology research at university. First part, outlines the major steps of a successful design process, and identify the active involvement of all the people who should be...