American technology company Snaptrude is making its flagship building design tool free for architecture students across the ...

A new approach to producing metamaterials draws on kirigami techniques to make three-dimensional, reconfigurable building blocks that can be used to create complex, dynamic structures. Because the ...

In the ever-changing world of design and construction, the tools at architects’ disposal have remained the same for decades. With its ability to deeply understand how architects design, Snaptrude has ...

In the past decade, the ability to 3D-print buildings has become one of the latest, though still controversial, technological advancements in the construction industry. What was once used to ...

The idea of using an “additive” approach in construction is not new. In fact, the first 3D printed building – a small, circular outbuilding made with stacked rings of extruded concrete—was erected in ...

Building with 3D printers has matured rapidly in recent years, as advances in technology and material science allow for grander and more ambitious designs. The potential uses are also increasingly ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. China’s rapidly growing middle class–and their willingness to spend–in recent years has notoriously driven up property prices in ...

The first of five planned 3D printed homes nears completion at a Yuba County property, marking the start of the first micro community of such homes in California.

Concrete 3D printing reduces both time and cost by eliminating traditional formwork, the temporary mold for casting. Yet most ...