The idea of using an “additive” approach in construction is not new. In fact, the first 3D printed building – a small, circular outbuilding made with stacked rings of extruded concrete—was erected in ...

3D-printed houses seem poised to be the next revolution in home construction. Utilizing 3D-printing technology on a grand scale like that needed to craft houses unleashes design potential and removes ...

In architecture, new materials rarely emerge. For centuries, wood, masonry and concrete formed the basis for most structures on Earth. In the 1880s, the adoption of the steel frame changed ...

3D construction printing reached new heights this week as the world’s first 3D-printed medical center was completed in Thailand. Often associated with residential homebuilding, 3D construction ...

Experts estimate around 60% of buildings that will exist in 30 years’ time have yet to be built. This equals constructing a city the size of Stockholm every week until 2050. However, the construction ...

3D printing has made some massive strides. In fact, in recent years, we've even started to see architects experimenting with using 3D printing to create entire houses. If you really want to be ...

Though it started out as a futuristic-sounding niche proposition, 3D-printed construction is really taking off throughout the United States and the variety of projects being printed is remarkable.

HONOLULU (KHON2) — A machine pours concrete like soft-serve ice cream. Walls rise, layer by layer, as if built by a robot from a sci-fi movie. This is not the future. it’s happening now. From small ...

The world needs two billion new homes in the next 80 years, the World Economic Forum said in 2018. The United States needs 3.8 million additional new homes just to meet existing consumer demand, ...

The first house in California's first micro community of 3D printed homes stood between two metal tracks on a West Linda lot in Yuba County, nearly complete and unlike any of the other single-family ...

Tasked with building a new data center in an urban area of Germany, the team behind the Wave House harnessed the benefits of 3D printing technology to inject a sense of style into the unglamorous ...