News — 3d printed house

US firm builds 3D printed house in less than a day US construction technologies firm Icon has demonstrated a method for 3D printing a single storey house in less than 24 hours. The small company – which is hoping to pioneer the use of 3D printing for homebuilding – has unveiled a 650 square foot home in Austin, Texas that was built using its Vulcan 3D printer, which builds structures by depositing layers of specially formulated cement. The firm claims that it can print an entire home for $10,000 but that costs could ultimately be brought as low $4000. It...

Europe’s first 3D printed house Named 3D Housing 05 the prototype one-storey house – which will be showcased at Milan’s design festival, Salone del Mobile in April 2018 – has a living area, bedroom, kitchen and bathroom and covers an area of 100 square meters. It has been designed to be disassembled and relocated and is currently being printed on site, in Milan’s central square, Piazza Cesare Beccaria. The structure is being built using a mobile 3D printing robot supplied by Netherlands firm Cybe Construction. This uses concrete to print the walls; the roof, windows and doors. Italcementi, one of...