News Swiss researcher develops printable concrete held together with bacteria A Swiss researcher has developed a printable concrete-like material that is bound together by bacteria rather than cement.
News ‘How we built Europe’s largest printed housing project’ Students have begun to move into Europe’s largest printed housing project, the six-building Skovsporet cluster in Holstebro, Denmark for VIA University College. Danish for “The Forest Trail”, Skovporet has 36…
News Germany’s Matthäi prints headquarters and opens new division German construction engineering company Matthäi has created a printing division following the completion of a 364-sq-m, two-story headquarters in Selsingen, Lower Saxony, using a Cobod Bod2 printer. The 7.4m-high building…
News Concrete home printed in 12 days could set permitting precedent Sacramento’s first permitted concrete-printed home has been completed in 12 days by Californian companies K4K Construction and RIC Robotics. They say the project sets a permitting precedent that could support…
News Robots build one of world’s largest printed neighbourhoods Autonomous robots are helping to deliver Cleora, a 55-acre residential printed development in Salida, Colorado with 106 homes. California’s RIC Robotics deployed two autonomous printing systems to print 65 of…
News 500-sq-m Portuguese recycling centre printed in nine days A 500-sq-m public recycling centre office in Porto has been printed under budget by a four-person crew over nine days by Portuguese construction company Havelar using a Bod 2 construction…
News Researchers claim printed yeast gel could replace plaster and plastic A team from Sweden’s Chalmers University of Technology has created a printable bio-based material made from yeast which they claim can replace plaster, plastic or synthetic textiles for architectural and…
News France gets Europe’s biggest printed apartment block Europe’s largest printed multi-family residential building has been completed in Bezannes, northeastern France by a team of Plurial Novilia, a subsidiary of Action Logement, and German construction manufacturer Peri 3D…
News South America’s first 3D printed social homes Project in Colombia shows how the technology can be used to build in remote areas. South America’s first 3D printed social housing has been completed in La Unión, in Colombia’s…
News Seismic event: Japan’s first two-storey 3D-printed house approved Japan’s first two-floor, 3D-printed reinforced concrete house has been completed in Miyagi Prefecture, meeting the government’s strict seismic design requirements. Concrete printing startup Kizuki made it with builder Onocom using…
News Walmart picks team to deliver string of printed buildings 3D construction printer-maker Alquist has partnered with retail giant Walmart and other retailers to deliver more than a dozen printed projects across the US.
News Europe’s largest printed housing complex completed in Denmark The 3D-printing phase of Europe’s largest printed housing project, has been completed in Holstebro, west Denmark. Called “Skovsporet” (the forest trail), the project comprises 36 student apartments ranging from 40-to-50-sq-m…
News Printed reefs bring life back to Danish ports Port authorities in Denmark have begun attaching 3D-printed artificial reefs to the sterile sheet piling of underwater harbour walls to coax sea life back.
News Top floor of apartment block printed in four days German contractor Züblin and technology firm Instatiq are testing the boundaries of 3D printing by printing the top floor of a four-storey apartment building on site in the small city…
News Construction robot lays bricks, prints and sprays concrete Danish 3D printer maker Cobod and Technical University (TU) Braunschweig have unveiled a construction robot that prints concrete and sprays shotcrete with a robotic arm. The arm can also sand…
Innovation Tiny Swiss village gets world’s tallest printed tower What’s claimed to be the world’s tallest printed structure was unveiled this week in the southeastern Swiss mountain village of Mulegns. The 30m-tall “Tor Alva” – which means “White Tower”…
News Indian army 3D prints a bunker in the Himalayas The Indian Institute of Technology has worked with the Indian Army on what they say is the “world’s highest on-site” print in the Himalayas. The military bunker in Leh, in…
News Ireland gets world’s first printed social houses The world’s first printed concrete social housing project has gone up in Ireland – a terrace of three, 3-bedroom houses in Grange Close, Dundalk, County Louth. The 330-sq-m development was…