3d printed houses
Construction 3D Printing Company ICON Enters Hospitality Market with Signature Boldness
ICON, an additive construction (AC) company based in Austin, TX, announced that it has partnered with hotelier Liz Lambert in a project that will relocate and expand the El Cosmico…
COBOD Machines 3D Printing a House a Week in Kenya
COBOD, the Danish additive construction (AC) firm, has announced that the company’s printers are being used in Kenya to create the world’s largest community of printed affordable housing — topping…
Construction 3D Printing Startup ICON Lays Off 20% of Staff
To kick off 2023, tech companies have been ramping up the industry-wide layoffs that were a major factor sparking recession fears in 2022. ICON, the Austin-based, moonshot additive construction (AC)…
3D Printing News Briefs, January 7, 2023: NSF Grant, Spare Parts, & More
We’re starting with research in 3D Printing News Briefs, as Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University researchers were awarded a grant from the National Science Foundation to enable smart 3D manufacturing, and a…
3D Printed Home Made with All Bio-based Materials Unveiled by UMaine
The additive construction (AC) sector is really beginning to bloom and, while 3DPrint.com Executive Editor Joris Peels has qualms with the idea, 3D printed houses in particular are becoming the…
In Standoff with China in Ladakh, Indian Army to 3D Print Shelters
On the border between India and China, the two military powers have, in recent years, increased the buildup of their respective capabilities for armed conflict. Now, according to Indian news…
WASP 3D Printed Home Aims to Be Entirely Self-Sufficient
WASP is a very different kind of 3D printing company. The Italian firm is very idealistic and was literally founded to change the world—after all, the company name is an…
Mighty Buildings Completes World’s First Zero Net Energy 3D Printed Home
These days, leaders in additive construction (AC) are often quick to point out that the market segment is not a monolith. If you regularly follow the latest developments in AC,…
3D Printed Homes Catch the Eyes of Policymakers Across the US
This week, additive construction (AC) hit a major milestone. It had little to do with any development to the technology itself and more to do with public policy: Montana became…
Legacy Aussie Building Firm Transitions to 3D Printed Construction
Boss Products, one of the oldest building products manufacturers in Australia, made the decision about two years ago to transition to the use of additive construction (AC). The company recently…
3D Printed Organic Structures Grow Plant Life
The 11th annual Jerusalem Design Week was held at the end of this past June, at the Hansen House Center for Design, Media and Technology. Nearly 50,000 visitors showed up…
Black Buffalo Partners with Xerox to Finance Client’s Construction 3D Printing Purchases
Black Buffalo 3D, an emerging additive construction (AC) startup, announced a strategic partnership with FITTLE, Xerox’s equipment financing arm. Through the alliance, FITTLE will help make it easier for Black…
Indian Cements and Tvasta to Collaborate on 3D Printed Housing
India’s acceleration of its investment in 3D printing over the past year has been striking, and lately the country appears to be especially intent on exploring 3D printed homes. The…
3D Printed School and Tiny House Set Additive Construction Precedents for COBOD
COBOD, the Danish additive construction (AC) firm, is known not only for its consistency and precision, but equally so for the innovative projects that its technology allows its customers to…
3D Printed Housing Conference Takes Realistic Approach to Enormous Task
Perhaps more than any other segment within the broader 3D printing industry these days, additive construction (AC) falls victim to too much hype. There are obvious reasons for this. For…
200 3D Printed Houses Planned by Alquist 3D and Black Buffalo
Alquist 3D is a Virginia-based additive construction (AC) company, specializing in printing affordable, cement-based residential homes. Earlier this year, we covered a story about Alquist printing the first owner-occupied residential…
House 3D Printing Startup COBOD Builds Distribution Partnership PERI Group
Towards the end of 2021, the Danish additive construction (AC) company, COBOD International, made headlines thanks to a handful of projects that were completed by multiple COBOD customers in the…
Airbnb Alums Join House 3D Printing Startup Mighty Buildings
Mighty Buildings, an Oakland-based additive construction (AC) firm, recently announced three key hires that fill crucial leadership positions at the company. This comes at a time when Mighty Buildings is…
3D Printed House Startup ICON Raises $185M
Austin-based ICON is a startup on the move. After raising $207 million in a Series B in August 2021, the additive construction firm has extended that round with an additional…
Holcim and COBOD Build First 3D Printed House in Kenya
Previously, 14Trees, a joint venture between cement giant Holcim and CDC Group, used a BOD2 3D printer from COBOD to make a demonstration house. As we reported earlier this week,…
Holcim to 3D Print 52 Houses in Kenya
Swiss cement giant Holcim has announced that it will be launching the largest 3D printed house project in Africa with a 52-building housing complex in Kenya. Dubbed Mvule Gardens, the…
3D Printed Farmhouse Unveiled in China Ahead of 2022 Winter Olympics
Back in September, we covered a story about the world’s first 3D printed park in Shenzhen, China, constructed under the auspices of Tshingua University’s Xu Weiguo, a professor at the…
3D Printed House Tour: ICON Finishes Nation’s “First” 3D Printed Housing Development
Additive construction startup ICON has gone from 3D printing rocket pads to launching like a rocket, recently raking in $207 million in Series B funding. This occurred in the very…
ICON Unveils New Concrete 3D Printer and “House Zero” 3D Printed Home Design
Based in Austin, Texas, ICON is among the pioneers in additive construction. Alongside firms like COBOD and WinSun, the company has achieved some of the most significant progress in 3D…
