Itty City Blocks: Build Your Own 3D-Printed Physical SimCity
At a scale of 1/1,000, these beautiful little models bring famous buildings to life but can also be fitted into whole blocks or assembled to form micro-metropolises. Car fanatics ...
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Under Construction: World’s First Concrete-Printing Robot
An interdisciplinary team of architects and material specialists is developing a commercially-viable 3D-printing machine capable of creating complex objects using one of the planet's most ...
3D-Printed Columns Use Ancient Technique Against Earthquakes
Bringing together cutting-edge technologies and an ancient approach to resisting earthquake damage, the so-called Quake Column marries tradition and high-tech to create a bold new structural ...
Free to Forge: Open Source 3D-Printed Metal Mesh Furniture
Completed by a robot programmed to extrude material in midair, the world's first fully 3D-printed metal furniture shows off a fresh range of possibilities for creating intricate structures ...
10 in 1 Day: Chinese Homes 3D-Printed from Scraps Materials
Using recycled construction waste and rapid prototyping processes, a Chinese company is showing off how 3D printing technologies can be applied to building at astonishing new speeds and scales. ...
3D-Printable Connectors Make DIY Furniture Assembly Easy
Leveraging the best features of available 3D printers and the materials they can print, this kit-of-parts approach opens up an amazing array of possibilities for do-it-yourself furniture ...
Real 3D Sketches: 3 Furniture Sets that Draw on 2D Doodles
Like photo-realistic art in reverse, these three-dimensional objects are carefully crafted to look like rough-edged, hand-sketched representations. If the approach looks familiar, you might be ...
Encyclopedic Landscape: Artist Carves 24-Volume Book Set
In his most voluminous undertaking to date, this book artist bids farewell to the long legacy of printed Encyclopedia Britannica sets with a mountainous tribute to their 244 years of ...
Secret Graffiti: Railings Reveal Art Only at the Right Angle
Railings, shutters, sun shades and other surfaces with separate-but-repeating elements are all potential canvasses for this unique semi-secretive approach to street ...
Möbius Strip: Plans to Build World’s First 3D-Printed House
An unlikely and unique collaboration is in the works between an architect, an inventor and a mathematician-plus-artist to produce a first-of-its-kind printed house in a single shot using ...
