architecture
Castles in the Sand: Adam Kushner Discusses 3D Printing Architecture at Inside 3D Printing New York
One of my great passions is my love of architecture. My father had his own architectural practice for nearly 40 years and my grandfather had his own architectural firm, too….
Thai Company SCG Develops Custom 3D Printable Cement for 3D Printing Houses and Structures
While 3D printing homes still sounds like something that only happens in science fiction, the technology is coming along nicely. There are naturally a few hurdles to overcome before it…
Pixelstone: A Unique Brick 3D Printer That Could Change the Face of Construction
I’ve always loved the look of brick, whether on buildings or streets. There are still a few brick roads in my area, which I love – the color, the feel,…
Delicious Designs: New York Architect/Café Owner Uses 3D Printer to Create Architectural Chocolate
Not only does 3D printing open new creative doors in just about every industry, it also enables entrepreneurs to combine aspects of seemingly disparate industries into new and exciting businesses….
Less Than Two Weeks Left to Enter Stratasys’ Extreme Redesign 3D Printing Challenge
As of late, many of the “big boys” of 3D printing have seen their stocks take a precipitous plunge. The prevailing wisdom is that even the desktop 3D printing market…
Netherlands Leads the Council of the European Union from a 3D Printed, Recyclable Building
As humanity becomes more aware of the damage we’re doing to the environment, we are scrambling to find ways to fix it. There are more recycling options than ever before;…
3D Printed Houses Promise More Jobs on and with Local Soil
Rather than thinking of 3D printing as the latest manufacturing technique that will eventually trump all others, some believe it is more important to truly understand what 3D printing can…
Heijmans Contest Seeks the 3D Printed Wall Cladding of the Future
Heijmans is a construction company from the Netherlands, and together with 3D print luminaries DUS Architects and 3D Hubs, they’re sponsoring a 3D print contest. You may be familiar with Heijmans…
Another Hermit Crab Gets a New Home in a 3D Printed Japanese Wedding Chapel Shell
Almost exactly one year ago, we covered Japanese artist Aki Inomata’s fascinating project to 3D print hermit crab shells in the forms of various iconic skylines. Those tiny crawling cityscapes, printed…
3D Printed Chess Set Explores Juxtaposition Between Old and New in Milan
Some of the buildings in Italy are the oldest standing structures in the Western world. Thousands of years of history are sprinkled throughout the country, from the Roman Empire to…
UK Student Develops 3D Printable Post-Disaster ‘Modushelter,’ Solving Challenges in Refugee Housing
Most disaster issues can affect people all over the world and depending on where you live, you probably have some inkling of how difficult it is to be forced from…
London’s Strawberry Hill House Uses 3D Printing for Visually Impaired Tours
London’s Strawberry Hill was built by Horace Walpole in 1747 and is internationally known as a prototypical gothic revival house. Having recently undergone restoration to maintain its 18th century character, it…
3D Printed Sandstone Tiles Open Gateway to Beautiful Possibilites for Prefabrication
Sandstone has been used in construction since ancient times. Until now, if you wanted an impressive structure created from sandstone you only had two approaches to choose between: (slow option)…
hsbLABS: Transforming Architectural Home Drawings into 3D Printed Models that Snap Together
hsbLABS – the R&D division of hsbCAD – has developed a new software application that takes 3D architectural models and makes them 3D printable. And it goes even further than that:…
Everyone Gets to Live In a Penthouse with This 3D Printed Rotating Building Concept
One of the primary functions of science fiction, beyond being cool, is using the fantastic worlds being created to subtly critique the ills of today by envisioning the problems of…
Amazing 3D Printed Architectural Models Featured in Tel Aviv Museum of Art Exhibit
The Tel Aviv Museum of Art is featuring an exhibit that includes 28 3D printed architectural models. According to the museum website, “Production Routes” examines the 50-year-long “transnational circulation of prefabricated…
Porosity: This 87 Piece 3D Printed Pavilion is Constructed Using Properties in Nature
We have seen many uses for 3D printing over the past couple of years. Just recently we have begun to see 3D printing utilized in architectural design, and many experts in…
A Room So Quiet It Will Make You Crazy — Foteini Setaki and 3D Printing Will Change What You Hear
There’s a room in Minneapolis, Minnesota so quiet that, should anyone sit inside it long enough, they’ll begin to hallucinate and beg to be set free from the horror. Lined…
Architect Looks to 3D Print an Incredible Full-Sized Concrete Fantasy Village
When it comes to 3D printing and architecture, we are merely at the brink of something tremendous. 3D printing opens up a whole new realm of imagination for building construction…
BuiltinSG: 3D Printing Old Buildings in Celebration of Singapore’s 50th Birthday
Day in and day out, I continue to be amazed by all the unique uses that people and companies come up with for 3D printing. What is so exciting is…
3D Printed Replicas of Armenian Heritage Park’s Dodecahedron Created for Benefactors
The positive energy and power of Mcor 3D printing with paper is making headlines again — this time in Boston, where the Mcor 3D printing technology using paper is now…
3D Printing Houses Via Contour Crafting – Winner of ‘Create the Future’ Competition
In 2002, the publishers of the magazine NASA Tech Briefs began a contest titled “Create the Future” as a way to push forward and recognize outstanding innovation in engineering. It…
Stratasys Announces 11th Annual Extreme Redesign 3D Printing Challenge
It’s that time of the year again. No, I’m not talking about Halloween. I’m talking about the annual Extreme Redesign 3D Printing Challenge from Stratasys that is now running for…
