Cabin of 3D Printed Curiosities Demonstrates Architectural Potential of 3D Printing
3D printing is often heralded as having the capability to change manufacturing as a whole. While the idea of it as a game-changer... read more »
3D Printing in Construction
3D printing in construction, also known as contour crafting or building printing, is what many believe the future of construction. The printing of buildings has a lot of potential advantages when compared to conventional construction methods. There are lower labor costs involved, construction can be done quicker and there is less to no waste produced. The concrete waste and failed prints that do occur can be reused as raw material for printing.
This technique can also be used for the construction of extraterrestrial structures on for instance the Moon or other planets where environmental conditions are less conductive to human labor-intensive building practices.
TU Eindhoven Professor Invents New Code Formulations For Printing Concrete
A new set of formulae appear to have cracked the code on efficient concrete 3D printing. While 3D printed concrete has been around... read more »
LifeTec Construction Group 3D Printing Steel Beams Using Framecad Technology
Vancouver-based company Lifetec is pushing an exciting new development in construction 3D printing. The company is offering to 3D print steel beams for... read more »
Dutch Company Aectual 3D Prints Floor For Amsterdam Schiphol Airport
A Dutch architecture company is poised to install a 3D printed floor at Amsterdam's Schiphol airport. Dutch company DUS Architects has commissioned the floor... read more »
Engineers in Eindhoven are Constructing a 3D Printed Concrete Bicycle Bridge
Engineers in Eindhoven the Netherlands are using a 3D printer that prints concrete to build the world's first 3D printed concrete bicycle bridge.... read more »
Cazza Construction’s X1 3D Printing Robot Can Potentially Rebuild Homes in Disaster Zones
Cazza Construction is a Silicon Valley based 3D printing company promising to revolutionize the construction industry. They plan to do do this through... read more »
Why a New Approach to 3D Printing Architectural Models is Required
There’s been a lot of excitement about the research taking place into 3D printing habitable buildings. But these projects are just part of... read more »
3D Printed Concrete Canoe Wins 1st Place in Design Innovation in German Competition
Germany's biennial Concrete Canoe Regatta competition sees many entrants partake in a 2 day trek through the Rhine river. Every other year, the entrants... read more »
New Project Aims to Develop Biobased Materials For Construction Applications
Biobased materials for 3D printing have been around for a while. PLA, for example, is the most common material in desktop 3D printing.... read more »
Modernising Construction: Drones, 3D Printing Robots & Sustainable Materials
The construction industry has been abuzz with new technologies recently. Barcelona's recent forays into combining multiple technologies for new models in construction. This... read more »
Leading Norwegian University Streamlines Project Workflows for Additive Manufacturing
As research institutes, universities and other places of higher learning continue to invest in new technology, students and research staff alike are delving... read more »
Contour Crafting Expected To Be Used To Build Homes By 2018
Contour Crafting made headlines in 2014 when the pioneer of the 3D printing method, Dr. Behrokh Khoshnevis of USC, was crowned the winner... read more »
3D Printing Limestone – Repurposing Portland Stone Waste
Novi Limestone Mechanism More increasingly than ever has the relevance of waste in this world become important. Quarrying is an inefficient process with... read more »
WinSun Uses Waste to 3D Print Houses for Only 4800 Dollars
As a journalist, you sometimes need to be a little skeptical on certain news facts. A news bulletin from earlier this month about... read more »
