Construction 3D Printing
This New UK Factory Will 3D Print Concrete at Scale
A new factory in North Lincolnshire will use robots to 3D print concrete parts for construction when it opens next June. The facility will focus on producing components like foundations…
Holcim, COBOD and PERI Print 12 Unit Social Housing Project in France
Holcim has announced that a 12-unit residential structure, ViliaSprint² in Bezannes, France, was finished in a year. Nice to see that people seem to be properly building structures rather than…
U.S. Army Begins Construction of 10 3D Printed Barracks at Fort Bliss
The U.S. Army has begun construction of 10 3D printed barracks at Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas, in what is being described as the Department of Defense’s largest 3D…
PALFINGER and ICON Partner to Push 3D Printed Construction Into Heavy Industry
Construction 3D printing pioneer ICON is teaming up with Austrian crane specialist PALFINGER in a move that could help bring large-scale 3D printing closer to mainstream construction use. The two…
3D Printed Airport Building Shows Where Construction AM Really Makes Sense
At Milan Bergamo Airport, WASP has helped 3D print a new airport services structure. The small building, named Ol Casél, serves as a rest and relaxation area for customs staff….
Singapore 3D Prints Childcare Center Walls in Two Days
The exterior walls of a childcare center were 3D printed in two days in Singapore. The first story was made with additive while the second was made with conventional methods….
ICON Opens Sales of Its Titan Construction 3D Printer, Promises Walls for $20 per Square Foot
Construction 3D printing company ICON has taken a major step toward commercializing its technology. The Austin-based firm announced the launch of the Titan program, which will allow builders to directly…
Australian Researchers Develop Accelerator-Free Underwater 3D Concrete Printing System
Infrastructure projects are just as important as housing to the additive construction (AC) market segment, and structures used for underwater applications like coastal resilience have steadily become one of the…
3D Printing News Briefs, February 14, 2026: Project Call, Maritime Construction, Prosthetics, & More
Happy Valentine’s Day! We’re starting this weekend’s News Briefs off with a Project Call award, and then moving on to a business growth program. We’ll end with research in underwater…
StoneFlower 3D Launches Laboratory-Scale 3D Printer for Construction Materials
StoneFlower 3D has launched a new 3D printer designed for laboratory-scale research and development with concrete, mortars, clays, and other advanced mineral materials. The system is intended for researchers, designers,…
Italy’s First Certified 3D Printed Home is Alive: WASP Completes the Itaca Project
Additive construction (AC) can’t “solve the housing crisis”: that’s too much to expect from one technology. But AC processes have demonstrated that they’re a promising tool for helping to mitigate…
3DPOD 289: 3D Printing Concrete with Andreas Gallmetzer, Progress Group
In this episode of the 3DPOD, we sit down with Andreas Gallmetzer, Head of 3D Concrete Printing at Progress Maschinen & Automation AG. Gallmetzer shares his professional journey and offers…
Additive Construction Firm Black Buffalo 3D Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy
Black Buffalo 3D Corporation has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The U.S. company, known for manufacturing large-scale 3D construction printers and proprietary building materials, has not yet issued a…
Top 10 Moonshot Ideas for 3D Printing’s Future
As the year comes to a close, it’s clear that additive manufacturing (AM) is entering a new phase. Costs are falling, supply chains are changing, government spending is rising, and…
3D Printing News Briefs, December 27, 2025: Additive Construction in the U.S., Canada, & India
In this holiday weekend’s 3D Printing News Briefs, the focus is entirely on additive construction! We’ll start with news out of North America, specifically Canada and the United States, and…
Alquist Launches Concrete Printer Brand & Expands Construction 3D Printing Partnership with Walmart
One of the highest-profile use cases ever in the additive construction (AC) space occurred a little over a year ago, when Walmart announced that it had partnered with Colorado’s Alquist…
This Year’s Forbes 30 Under 30 Innovators Pushing 3D Printing Into the List
For 15 years, the Forbes 30 Under 30 North America list has highlighted young people who are reshaping industries across the U.S. and Canada. This year, a few innovators stand…
Indian Additive Construction Firm MiCoB Delivers Over 500 Bunkers to the Indian Army
Like many nations attempting to capture Industry 4.0 gains, India laid out an ambitious long-term plan in 2014 to transform its economy: the Make in India initiative. However, as is…
Boston’s Additive Edge at Autodesk: Harvard Researchers Turn Mining Waste into Masonry
When most people look at piles of mining waste, they see rubble. For Maddie Farrer and Chenming He, two researchers at Harvard’s Graduate School of Design (GSD), those rocks look…
3D Printing News Briefs, November 12, 2025: Standards, Printhead, UV Printing, & More
We’re starting with standards news from ASTM International in today’s 3D Printing News Briefs, and then moving on to business, as Precision Plastics Australia launched a new collaborative venture. ValCUN…
A Need for New Business Models for Additive Construction Adoption? Not Really
Compared to other industries, the construction sector is known for its lower margins, largely due to the nature of projects and the competitive bidding process it undertakes to acquire them….
Boston’s Additive Edge at Autodesk: MIT Experiments with 3D Printed Concrete
At the Autodesk Technology Center in Boston, experiments don’t stay on paper for long. Ideas are tested at full scale, sometimes overnight. Among the largest machines in the space is…
Building Homes From Plastic: How Azure is Changing Construction
In recent years, the construction world has started looking closely at 3D printing. Builders want ways to save time, cut waste, reduce costs, and be more flexible with design. But…
3D Printing News Briefs, September 20, 2025: Standards, Floor Slabs, Wastewater Treatment, & More
In this weekend’s 3D Printing News Briefs, we’ll start with standards news from ASTM. Then, we’ll move on to a new 3D printable alloy from QuesTek Innovations, and Autodesk Research…
