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Mighty Buildings’ 3D-printed homes might be a great solution to the housing crisis
Houses in California that would sell for $350K anywhere else in the country regularly start at $1M. And if you’re a renter, forget about it. You’ll pay thousands a month for a part-time share in a studio apartment. . But that’s not the housing crisis we’re talking...
MIT Researcher Develops “Illusory Material” and Lenticular 3D Printing Platform
An award-winning product and industrial designer, Jiani Zeng , has focused her work and research in creating tangible, responsive, consumer experiences through design that combines elements from the physical and digital world. . Her work explores the new design...
3D printed luxury homes made in just 24 hours by US company
A US company can customise a 3D-print of your own futuristic cottage in just 24 hours. Oakland based Mighty Buildings is able to manufacture a 350 square-foot studio almost overnight for the market price of £ 75,000. . The compact cottage can provide a peaceful and...
How 3D printing could change the way our homes are built
From computer-generated modeling, to the use of electric vehicles on construction sites, the way buildings are created is changing. . One area that has generated a great deal of interest over the last few years is 3D printing. It’s a process that has already...
Everyone’s Going to Live in a 3D Printed House – But When?
The concept of 3D-printed homes has been around since the early ’70s, adjusted for the industrial possibilities of the time. Most of the theories regarding 3D-printed lodgings had more in common with additive stacking than with the way architects built homes...
Can you 3D-print houses and live in them too?
Automation is coming to the real estate industry in the form of robots, drones as well as 3D printers. It cuts down on manual labour costs, once the plan is fed into the system, the construction is almost error-free. . Construction level has plummeted and many...
The World’s First 3D-Printed FRP Footbridge Leads the Way for Circular Composites
Fiber-reinforced plastic (FRP) composites are increasingly being adopted as structural materials when building modern urban infrastructure. . In a partnership with three Dutch companies, DSM , Royal HaskoningDHV and CEAD, the city of Rotterdam in the Netherlands has...
Bjarke Ingels Group invests in Texan 3D printing firm
Texan 3D-printing company Icon has raised $35m in funding from a number of investors including Danish architect Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG). . The company had already raised $9m in seed funding from Austin-based Cielo Property Group, Dubai’s Emaar and others. Icon...
BIG Partners Up with 3D-Printing Robotics Company, ICON
BIG - Bjarke Ingels Group has joined a series of investors and partnered up with ICON , in order to push forward the use of 3D printing robotics to deliver dignified, resilient homes around the world. . Aiming to contribute actively in the ongoing transformation,...