For the first time, a hydrogel material made of nanocellulose and algae has been tested as an alternative, greener architectural material. The study shows how the abundant sustainable material can be ...

Proponents say 3D printed construction could revolutionize church architecture. One Texas congregation is about to find out.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. House Zero in Austin, Texas, is a 2,000-square-foot home that was built with 3D-printed concrete. Lake Flato Architects In ...

A lot of 3D-printed architecture is focused on creating relatively simple and utilitarian structures that look functional but show little thought paid to aesthetics. However, leading 3D printing firm ...

A row of affordable homes—collectively known as Corduroy Castles—is currently being printed across a small plot of land in Olivehurst, a rural Northern California town in Yuba County, 40 miles north ...

Maine doesn’t have enough affordable housing or enough workers to build more, but it does have quite a bit of excess wood fiber from its substantial forestry industry. Seeking a solution to those ...

Most 3D-printed homes are currently arranged on one floor, which can obviously be a little limiting. However, an upcoming project in the Netherlands shows that this might not be the case for long as ...

Jason Ballard, the CEO and co-founder of 3D printing architecture company ICON, doesn’t mince his words. “There are certain people who are content to build a really ugly or uninspiring world,” he said ...

Across the globe, 3D-printed buildings are moving from experimental showcases to functional structures. In China, Europe, and ...

In architecture, new materials rarely emerge. For centuries, wood, masonry, and concrete formed the basis for most structures on Earth. In the 1880s, adoption of the steel frame changed architecture ...