3D Printing

Architects have unveiled designs for a NASA Mars settlement for four astronauts that could be 3D printed by a team of semi-autonomous robots. Foster + Partners New York’s design for a modular habitat on Mars was shortlisted amongst 30 finalists for the 3D Printed Habitat Challenge organised by Ame

A Dutch firm is to use robots to 3D “draw” a steel bridge over the water in the centre of Amsterdam. MX3D aims to 'print' the complicated and 'intricate' structure over one of the city's canals using robots to 'draw' the bridge into being.

The construction of Antoni Gaudí’s already 133-year-old Sagrada Família in Barcelona is now being accelerated by one of the most modern technologies around: 3-D printing. As a matter of fact, the construction process in Barcelona has been utilizing 3-D printing for 14 years, introducing the tech

BAM's Andrew Pryke on how 3D printing offering exciting possibilities for construction industry. When the first model T came off Ford’s Detroit production line in 1908, its design and production method transformed the automotive industry, cutting the cost of motoring and making it accessible to e

from left to right: Professor Simon Austin, Rob Francis, Professor Steve Rothberg and Dr Richard Buswell Skanska and Loughborough University have signed a collaboration agreement to develop the use of 3D printing in construction.