Yves Béhar designs "world's first 3D-printed community" for Latin America
Designer Yves Béhar has revealed plans to build 3D-printed houses for an impoverished farming community in Latin America. More
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3D-printed Gaia house is made from biodegradable materials
The latest instalment of our Dezeen x MINI Living series features a sustainable 3D-printed house made with soil and agricultural waste. More
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US military 3D prints concrete barracks on site
In a world first, the US Armed Forces has 3D printed a barracks out of concrete on site at an army base, in less than two days. More
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Eindhoven to build "world's first" 3D-printed houses that people will live inside
Eindhoven University of Technology has announced plans to 3D print a series of concrete houses that will be made available to rent. More
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CLS Architetti and Arup use a portable robot to 3D print a house in Milan
Engineering firm Arup and architecture studio CLS Architetti have used a portable robot to 3D print a concrete house, which is on show for Milan design week. More
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Arup and CLS Architetti to build "Europe's first 3D-printed house" at Milan design week
Engineering firm Arup and architecture studio CLS Architetti have revealed plans to 3D print a one-bedroom house at this year's Milan design week. More
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ETH Zurich unveils plans for robot-built house in Dübendorf
Researchers from Switzerland's ETH Zurich university will use robots and 3D printers to design and build a pioneering three-storey house at a local research and innovation campus. More
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DUS Architects builds 3D-printed micro home in Amsterdam
Dutch studio DUS Architects has 3D printed an eight-square-metre cabin and accompanying bathtub in Amsterdam, and is now inviting guests to stay overnight (+ slideshow). More
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WATG wins competition to design freeform 3D-printed house
A team of architects in Chicago has proposed a house made of 3D-printed plastic and carbon-fibre panels wrapped around glazed walls (+ slideshow). More
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Chinese company 3D prints 10 buildings in a day using construction waste
News: Chinese materials firm Yingchuang New Materials has reportedly produced 10 3D-printed buildings in 24 hours, using a custom-built machine that outputs layers of construction waste mixed with cement (+ slideshow). More
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3D-printed buildings to become reality "in the not-too-distant future"
Interview: 3D printing will revolutionise the way buildings are designed and built - and could herald a new aesthetic, according to Bart Van der Schueren, vice president of Belgian additive manufacturing company Materialise. More
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Amsterdam architects plan 3D-printed canal house
News: Dutch studio DUS Architects has joined the race to build the first 3D-printed house with plans to print a full-size canal house in Amsterdam. More
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3D printed houses are "not that far off"
Interview: earlier today, London studio Softkill Design unveiled plans for a 3D printed house. We spoke to Softkill's Gilles Retsin about the viability of printed architecture and how he intends to print a plastic dwelling in just three weeks.
"When we started this research, it was a kind of science fiction," he says. "It's not actually that far off any more." More
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3D printed plastic house will be assembled "in a day"
News: London architecture collective Softkill Design has joined the race to build the world's first 3D printed house, announcing plans for a plastic dwelling that could be built off-site in three weeks and assembled in a single day. More
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Architect explains how he will 3D print a "whole building in one go"
Following our story about plans for a 3D-printed house, Universe Architecture's Janjaap Ruijssenaars tells us about the race to be first to print an entire building (+ interview + slideshow). More
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Dutch architects to use 3D printer to build a house
News: Dutch architecture studio Universe Architecture is planning to construct a house with a 3D printer for the first time. More
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ProtoHouse by Softkill Design
London architecture team Softkill Design has designed a conceptual house that would be 3D printed in sections in a factory and fitted together on site (+ interview transcript). More
