Architecture

The first industrial 3D concrete printing facility in Europe was inaugurated on the 14th of January in Eindhoven, Holland. When applied to the construction sector, 3D printing offers many advantages whether in terms of costs, time or durability of materials.…

There continues to be implemented more and more green building solutions and 3D printing in construction. These developments appear in various ways and often require an innovative side to come up with something new. There are always a lot to…

S-Squared 3D printers (SQ3D) is a New York-based 3D printer manufacturer that has just filed a patent for its solution called Autonomous Robotic Construction Systems (ARCS), a 3D printer designed for the construction industry to speed up the process of…

The MIT Media Lab is behind a number of innovative projects related to 3D printing – including those launched by architect and researcher Neri Oxman. This time, the Mediated Matter Group presents its digital manufacturing platform; FIBERBOTS. Which combines architecture and robotics. It…

Remember the American startup based in Texas: ICON? Now the company has presented their project of 3D printed houses, created in few hours and at an unbeatable price. ICON has just announced that a fundraising effort raised $ 9 million. The money will help…

The Italian 3D printer manufacturer WASP quickly specialised in the Fused deposition modeling and now offers a wide range of machines of any size. We remember their 3D delta printer measuring 12 meters in hight and was 7 meters wide, the BigDelta,…

The French Startup XtreeE – 3D Concrete Printing Specialist – is presenting one of his latest works in collaboration with Studio 7.5, a German design firm. Together, they created three 3D printed concrete benches, all with the same woven pattern. The…

As part of the Solar Decathlon China 2018 competition, students designed and built a 3D printed solar house called the Lotus House.  The Chinese symbol of purity, the lotus flower, inspired this house designed to achieve optimum energy efficiency. The…

3D printing in construction have gained popularity over the past few years. Two years back the Yhnova project was launched, with the various stakeholders demonstrating how 3D technologies could be used to buildaffordable and sustainable housing. Now the 3D printed…

The winners of the contest by NASA to develop habitats in space was recently announced. One of the most prominent was the project MARSHA (Mars Habitat) created by the New York company AI Spacefactory, which developed a 3D printed house…

Take a tour of London this summer and visit Kew Gardens, where you can admire The Great Pagoda, an octagonal ten-storey tower designed in 1762 and recently restored with 3D technology. It has just reopened to the public today: the…

Students from the University of Applied Sciences, ETH Zurich, created a  6 meter high, 4 meters wide metal facade from 3D printed molds. Called ‘Deep Facade’, it was made by assembling 26 articulated metal panels. The use of 3D printing…