Architecture

An interdisciplinary research team from the University of Idaho (U of I) was given $4M USD to develop technology that will turn Idahoan wood waste into a more sustainable building construction material. Ultimately the goal is to use the material…

The global housing crisis, coupled with the labor and raw materials shortage in the construction industry has opened a huge opportunity for 3D printing to be leveraged as a solution to provide housing for people across the globe. Companies have…

MASK Architects has revealed a new concept of 3D printed steel modular structures, named “The Madre Natura”, which will be placed near the Nivola Museum, in Sardinia. In order to erect these small modular houses, the studio should rely on…

The American giant General Electric (GE) has announced the signing of a partnership with Fraunhofer IGCV and Voxeljet to develop a new 3D printer capable of designing the molds of certain key components of the Haliade-X offshore wind turbine. The…

A book cabin that has been 3D printed from concrete has been placed in Shanghai’s Baoshan Wisdom Bay Science and Technology Park. Designed by Professor Xu Weiguo of Tsinghua University’s School of Architecture, the curved structure is part of the…

Alas! After several months of work, the Dutch city of Nijmegen is now home to one of the longest 3D-printed bridges for cyclists. Inaugurated on September 8, the bridge measures 29 meters long and was manufactured in the 3D printing…

As the construction industry reinvents itself to address growing global environmental issues, 3D printed buildings have been gaining momentum. Whether in the United States, the Netherlands or China, where the first 3D printed retractable bridge was installed, the use of…

Across the globe, 3D printed homes are being constructed at rapid speeds and Texas-based startup ICON is one of the leading players in the developments. In Austin, the East 17th Street Residences has ICON-built 3D-printed homes on the market. The…

Once again, Austin-based, ICON, is in the news. This time however, it is for something that once again has brought them down to Earth. The company has partnered with the Texas Military Department, Logan Architecture and Fort Structures to create…

In the construction sector, 3D printing has been implemented in various projects as a solution to problems related to time, labor, and materials. Just last year, the city of Prague made headlines for its floating 3D-printed house. The capital city is…

NASA is once again using 3D printing in its work to bring humanity closer to space exploration. Not long after after announcing that Redwire Regolith Study, which will test whether 3D printing of regolith (loose soil) can be used to…

Recently, the first 3D-printed house in Germany was officially inaugurated and has been the talk of the town ever since. This is because the 160-square-meter building is not only an architectural sensation, but has already been awarded the “German Innovation…