The first fully-operational 3D-printed building opened in Dubai as the United Arab Emirates indicates plans to use this technology in a quarter of new buildings by 2030. It took 17 days to print and build the “Office of the Future” a 250sq m building with flexible office space, meeting rooms, exhibition space and public cafe located at the foot of the Emirates Towers.

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The building officially nabbed the Guinness World Record for “the world’s first 3D printed commercial building” in February. The one-storey building on Sheikh Zayed Road was dwarfed by neighbouring buildings including the Burj Khalifa, officially the tallest building in the world at 163-storeys and 830 metres high since 2010.

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However the Dubai Creek Tower is expected to eclipse this record by 100 metres along with the $3.5 billion project to create the world’s biggest shopping mall. 

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