3D printing hasn't quite reached full science-fiction territory yet; it can't make an entire building out of nothing in an instant. However, 3D printing-powered construction is a very real practice, ...

Forget bricks and mortar, scientists hoping to build houses on other worlds are turning to two unexpected building materials: ...

The world's largest 3D-printed construction project is currently underway in Qatar. The effort involves printing a pair of schools, each of which smashes current records for a 3D-printed building. The ...

D-printed cement supercapacitors could turn concrete walls and floors into structural energy storage for smarter buildings.

Recently, construction company ICON announced that it is close to completing the world’s largest 3D-printed neighborhood in Georgetown, Texas. This isn’t the only 3D-printed housing project. Hundreds ...

World’s first 3D-printed home that is designed to produce at least as much energy as it consumes is completed in Southern California Part of a future community of 40+ 3D-printed units providing ...

Concrete normally has one job: keeping buildings from tumbling down. But researchers in China have made a version that can do something decidedly less concrete-like. It can store electricity. Using a ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Michael Molitch-Hou is an additive manufacturing analyst. When wildfires sweep through communities, they leave devastation in ...

The future where humans colonize Mars is fast approaching. A future with self-sustaining biospheres, autonomous rovers, ...

Qatar is taking bold steps to transform its educational infrastructure. To lead this change, the country has launched one of the world's largest 3D-printed construction projects. UCC Holding and the ...

Engineers developed a new kind of reconfigurable masonry made from 3D-printed, recycled glass. The bricks could be reused many times over in building facades and internal walls. What if construction ...