Background: Smart building, as an emerging building concept, has been a key driving force for the transformation and upgrading of the building industry; Methods: To better understand the latest research progress and trends in the field of smart building, this study uses CiteSpace 6.2.R4 bibliometric software to visualize, analyze, and interpret the literature related to the field of “Smart Building” in the WoS database from 2014 to 2023; Results: As a cross-sectoral and multidisciplinary field, smart building has received significant attention in recent years, with a rapid growth in the number of publications. International cooperation is strong, with China, the United States, and South Korea leading in the number of publications, but there is still room for enhanced collaboration among institutions. Keyword analysis shows that technology and humanized design are both crucial, and emerging technology has become the current research hotspot. Conclusions: The field of smart building has gained global attention, and more breakthroughs will be made in improving building efficiency, reducing energy consumption, and enhancing the user experience. This development is moving towards a smarter and more sustainable direction that will bring greater benefits to human life and the environment.